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Admin Support for Legal KM

Is There a KM Role for Administrative Staff? That was the topic of a session I moderated today at a meeting of large law firm KM professionals. Staff roles in KM vary widely. At one firm, secretaries reguarly contribute to KM in both litigation and...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Legal Tech New York 2009: Is EDD the New DOS?

I’ve attended Legal Tech since 1990. Legal Tech 2009 reminds me of Legal Tech 1990. Back then, vendors had a plethora of new software versions, almost all based on DOS (the PC operating system). The forwarding thinkers understood that Windows loomed and would likely take...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 1 min read

Outsourcing

Top UK Law Firm Osborne Clarke Outsources Middle Office

Top UK law firm Osborne Clarke has outsourced a significant portion of its support services (“Middle Office”) to Integreon. The Osborne Clarke press release explains “Osborne Clarke (OC) today announced a unique and innovative response to client demands for greater efficiency from the legal industry...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 1 min read

Roundup

Recent Twitter Posts

I’ve been using Twitter (http://twitter.com/ronfriedmann) for a few months now. I post only items of professional interest. Here is a roundup of posts. Rees Morrison blogs that the Gap outsources legal work to India, citing ACC Docket. His post at http://bit.ly/14Ra9 UK lawyers skeptical about...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 5 min read

Knowledge Management

ILTA KM Cocktail Party at Legal Tech

If you attend Legal Tech in NYC next week, you might want to attend the ILTA KM cocktail party. Register for the ITLA KM Cocktail Reception, which takes place Wednesday, February 4th 2009 from 5:15pm to 6:30pm at the Bridges Bar in the Hilton (main...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

The Inhouse Perspective on Litigation Risk Analysis and Decision Trees

I recently found an excellent inhouse counsel perspective on why litigation risk analysis and decision trees are critical tools for litigators and lawyers working on settlements. Settlement Perspectives is a blog by John DeGroote, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at BearingPoint, Inc. DeGroote...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 1 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery

The Crisis Goes to Waste as BigLaw Muddles Through

Law firm lay-offs continue aplenty. How should firm management decide about cutting staff? Staffing Cuts Multiply, but Are Associate Cuts a Better Solution? by Karen Sloan (The National Law Journal, 23 Jan 2009) recounts the many BigLaw staff reductions and suggests “firms should be cautious...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 1 min read

Supplier News

Autonomy to Acquire Interwoven

Autonomy announced on 21 January 2009 that it will acquire Interwoven. The Autonomy press release spells out the rationale for the acquisition: “The combination of Autonomy’s Meaning Based Computing technologies (IDOL) (with its ability to understand content) with Interwoven’s suite of products (focussed [sic] on...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 2 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

When Will Lawyers Apply Statistics to E-Discovery (EDD) and Document Review?

Money pours into e-discovery. Courts rule on it. Lawyers debate it. Seemingly missing though are statistics. Is e-discovery and document review today all that different from litigation support 20 years ago? Sure, technology has changed. The underlying process, however, has not. The biggest difference is...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 1 min read

Personal Productivity

Get a Bigger Monitor or Dual Monitors

Three years ago I blogged about the productivity benefits of dual monitors. Today, the New York Times published a long article extolling the virtues of bigger or dual monitors. Boss, I Need a Bigger Screen. For Work Efficiency, of Course by Farhood Manjoo (15 Dec...

Ron Friedmann, 17 years ago 2 min read

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