The ROI of Knowledge Management (real time conference session report)
From a private large law firm knowledge management gathering, here is a near real-time report on knowledge management (KM) and Return on Investment (ROI) by Joshua Fireman of ii3. Here are some of the highlights I find most interesting: Given that law firms can barely...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
The Value of Twitter
Sometimes answers just fall into your lap unexpectedly. That happened to me today about Twitter. I attended a lunch today of local legal knowledge management professionals. We meet monthly and at our last meeting, Twitter came up. One thing led to another I agreed...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Deconstructing O’Melveny Chair’s Remarks on BigLaw
A.B. Culvahouse, Jr., the chair of O’Melveny & Myers, has piece in Corporate Counsel today called A Shift That Can Benefit All of Us. He writes “reports of the demise of “BigLaw” have, in the immortal words of Mark Twain, been greatly exaggerated.” Yet reading...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Early Case Assessment – Masters Session + Comments
This morning at the The Masters Conference, one of the leading e-discovery conferences, taking place in Washington, DC, I sat in on the first half of Early Case Assessment: Looking to the Future – From Early Assessment to Early Awareness. Here are notes from the...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
4 min read
How Defensible is Your E-Discovery Process? [Masters Conference Session Report]
This is a near-real-time post from the The Masters Conference, one of the leading e-discovery conferences, taking place in Washington, DC. This session is How Defensible is Your E-Discovery Process? Panelists: Dean Gonsowski, Esq., Vice President of E-Discovery Services, Clearwell Systems John Loveland, Managing Director,...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
4 min read
Is Legal Consulting Going the Way of BigLaw?
BigLaw economics likely have changed permanently. Is the same true for the consulting companies that advise large law firms? Consider that virtual law firms and boutiques now compete effectively with large law firms for a wide range of matters. This is true because Cost pressures...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Overhead Cost at Large Law Firms Matters After All
Large law firms historically have not spent much energy managing overhead cost. To be sure, BigLaw lay-offs are rampant but these have been aimed mainly at lawyers; staff have been cut in rough proportion to typical support ratios. News last week, however, suggests that firms...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
3 min read
Roundup of Twitter Posts – September 2009
Since not everyone reads Twitter, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. @ChristianUncut How much longer before fax dropped from contact info? First dodo, then telex, fax soon? US doctors still rely on it – ugh 10:54 AM Sep 4th RT @EDDUpdate The...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Project Management: the Answer to What Ails the Legal Market?
BigLaw and the market it serves is hurting. Some believe the new normal will be the same as the old normal; I don’t. I am now convinced that project management – applied to law practice – will be part of whatever happens. Recently, I’ve seen...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Practice Support Highlights of ILTA 2009 Legal Technology Survey
The International Legal Technology Association recently published its annual legal tech survey. From a practice management perspective, here are some findings that stand out for me. I leave it to others to comment on infrastructure. The 2009 ILTA Technology Survey is available with login or...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
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