Comparing Tech Use in Legal and Non-Legal, Across Generations
I came across an interesting technology use survey sponsored by LexisNexis. It has a lot of data on tech usage and attitudes and compares legal and other professionals and three generation of users. It’s worth a look though it’s a bit overwhelming in scope and...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
E-Discovery Goal: Win or Avoid Disaster?
Have lawyers forgotten the goal of e-discovery? EDD articles and professionals seem exclusively focused on avoiding disaster. The real EDD goal is winning the case. In 1997, I characterized the goals of discovery as: [see note below for source] A. Achieve the best outcome for...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
3 min read
Are Lawyers Even as Systematic as Artists?
I’ve long argued that lawyers need to develop and follow best practices. Two recent cases show what happens when lawyers allegedly skip steps. Failure to File Routine Financial Statements Can Mean Trouble for Law Firms, AmLaw Daily Blog 9 June 2009, describes how two AmLaw...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
1 min read
Roundup of Twitter Posts – May 2009
Since not everyone is a Twitter fan, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. BT Group pilots eBay-like online auction for roster of law firms. Corp Counsel Mag http://bit.ly/Nzdx9. Auction resurgence or blip? 31 May LegalWeek launches Linkedin group for in-house lawyers...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
1 min read
A Step Closer to Rating Lawsuits?
In my Fall 2003 article, A Marketplace Trial, published in the litigation supplement to the American Lawyer, I argued that one could apply financial techniques to value and hedge lawsuits. The market may have taken a big step in that direction. Investing in Lawsuits, for...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
1 min read
Comments on Whether Cost Control is a GC Priority
My prior post asked Is Cost Control Really a General Counsel Priority? My answer was “no”, based generally on what I read and specifically an analysis of the Best Legal Department articles in the current issue of Corporate Counsel magazine. Since not all readers click...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Is Cost Control Really a General Counsel Priority?
The gap between what general counsels say and do about controlling outside counsel cost continues. At least that’s my take reading the Corporate Counsel magazine’s Best Legal Department 2009 issue. Best Legal Department — 2009 has three feature-length stories about the 2009 winner (The Hartford)...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Understanding the TREC Study and Making it More Useful
Raise your hand if you’ve read the TREC 2008 Legal Track study released in March. TREC is a great project to help legal professionals understand the accuracy and process of document review. To improve doc review and gain the value of this on-going study, however,...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
6 min read
Innovation Ideas from Law Practice Management Magazine
Signs of Innovative Life in the Practice of Law in the April issue of Law Practice Management magazine offers multiple authors’ ideas on innovative ideas for law firms. Here, in slightly edited forms, are the two two items I contributed, one on legal outsourcing, the...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
4 min read
Legal Technology and Client Charges
A recent law suit contends that a law firm’s online research client charge-backs are unlawful. This hints at the bigger issue is what should be overhead and what should be a charged to clients. Carolyn Elefant writes in Law Firm Markup of Research Costs: Annoying...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
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