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What’s Hot in KM?

What’s hot in legal knowledge management? What would KM managers not do again? And what legal KM topics are of most interest now? KM professionals at about 50 large US, UK, and Canadian law firms answered these questions in a recent survey in advance of...

Ron Friedmann, 15 years ago 2 min read

Knowledge Management

The KM Imperative – New Report on UK Legal Knowledge Management

A new report on knowledge management from the UK highlights KM best practices, barriers, and outcomes. The February 2011 report, The Knowledge Imperative (14-page PDF), is by OMC Partners, a “a management consultancy that works with leading legal and professional services clients to reduce costs...

Ron Friedmann, 15 years ago 2 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Should Lawyers or Computers Have the Final Say in Doc Review?

Last month I suggested in Wall Street Traders Trust Computers, Why Don’t Lawyers? that the time has come to rely on automated document review in discovery. A comment by Keith H. Mullen of Winstead Attorneys raises a great question, which I address here. [I drafted...

Ron Friedmann, 15 years ago 3 min read

General

Defining Good Support for Lawyers

I frequently discuss with law firms and law departments how best to provide lawyer support, including outsourcing as an option. Inevitably, the conversation turns to support quality. I am surprised how few have defined what “good support” means. Defining good lawyer support was a big...

Ron Friedmann, 15 years ago 4 min read

Roundup

Twitter Roundup – February 2011

Since not everyone reads Twitter, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. RT @wiredgc: Legal Tech + the Rise of the Virtual Lawyers http://bit.ly/gosgkR || Cost effective approach to #LawFactory work – and more 26 Feb Biz card questions: 1. Has sharing mobile...

Ron Friedmann, 16 years ago 2 min read

General

New and Improved: LTN but not the Practice Technology it Covers

Kudos to the new and improved Law Technology News (LTN). I just wish I could say that practice technology were also ‘new and improved.’ Monica Bay and her LTN and ALM colleagues (including Aric Press, David Snow, and Sean Doherty) deserve praise for the newly...

Ron Friedmann, 16 years ago 2 min read

General

Commentary on “Should Law Firms Impose a Cover Charge? “

Last week I wrote Should Law Firms Impose a Cover Charge? in response to Bruce Carton’s blog post, BigLaw May Roll Out ‘Minimum Annual Legal Spend’ Requirement for Clients, commenting on a Legal Week article. The topic struck a note among legal bloggers. Collected here...

Ron Friedmann, 16 years ago 3 min read

General

Should Law Firms Impose a Cover Charge?

Should law firms charge a minimum (“cover”) to accept a client? I think that is perfectly reasonable. Indeed, it is more than reasonable, it is a good practice. On February 2nd, I tweeted “Legal Week reports DLA Piper will require new clients spend annual minimum,...

Ron Friedmann, 16 years ago 3 min read

Law Factory v. Bet the Farm, Low Cost Law Firm Centers

Steps toward Law Factory: A&O Belfast Center; Cisco Privacy Website

With Legal Tech New York ending today and the monster storm, don’t miss two interesting, and seemingly unrelated news items from today slip by. One is that Allen & Overy is opening a low cost, onshore service center. The other is that Cisco has launched...

Ron Friedmann, 16 years ago 2 min read

Interesting Technology

Is ERP the Future Infrastructure of Large Law Firms

This is a live blog post from Legal Tech NY of the session Why ERP Now for Law Firms?, presented by Martin Telfer, Global Director, GIS, Baker & McKenzie (“BM”). BM has 70 offices in 40 countries with 10,000 users. BM currently uses Elite...

Ron Friedmann, 16 years ago 3 min read

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