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Could BigLaw Unravel

Could BigLaw follow Wall Street in unraveling? Few saw that Wall Street Masters of the Universe were really Naked Emperors? Michael Lewis, of Liar’s Poker, writes in The End (Portfolio.com, 11 Nov 2008) about a few who did see the emperor had no clothing. Could...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

General

Help for Laid Off BigLaw Associates (and musings on social networks)

If you are friends with any associates laid off from large law firms, point them to Legal OnRamp for networking and resources. Legal OnRamp (LOR) is a social networking site exclusively for legal professionals. LOR is primarily for inhouse lawyers but is currently inviting laid-off...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

EDD Concept Searching

Will Uppington of Clearwell has a good post called Concept Search Versus Keyword Search in Electronic Discovery . It offers a helpful explanation and comparison of concept search versus categorization. He concludes that for concept searching “use to become widespread, it will need to become...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

E-Discovery – The First Full Page WSJ Ad?

One measure of market size is the advertising for it. In a possible first, the Wall Street Journal today has a full-page ad for an e-discovery product. Turn to B5 to see (at least in the editions delivered to DC and NYC areas) a full-page...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Working Virtually and Hard Economic Times

The legal market faces tough times but working virtually appears to thrive. Even Law Firms Feel Strain of Layoffs and Cutbacks (NY Times, 12 Nov 2008) opens “You know things are bad when even lawyers are getting laid off.” The The Layoff List at American...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

Law Department Operations Survey Shows GC Apply Limited Cost Saving Tools

A survey of Law Department Operations (LDO) Directors sheds light on how general counsels are – or are not – controlling costs. “Law Department Operations Director” is a recent position. The First Law Department Operations Survey is published by Inside Counsel magazine and the Blickstein...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 3 min read

Interesting Technology

Specialized Legal Market Search Sites (Quest and Lexis Web)

You can now chose from at least two specialized legal market search engines. Quest from law.com has been around a while. I’ve been disappointed in my occasional use of it so, inspired by Bob Ambrogi’s article Tour the Legal Web’s New Sites, decided to look...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Personal Productivity

Little Things Matter for Personal Productivity

File names and document titles turn out to be a big deal. Without proper file names, it’s hard to find the right document. Where document management systems prevail, lawyers and staff often fail to provide meaningful titles. So much so that you have to...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Roundup

Roundup: KM + Linkedin, Blogging Dead?, Ark KM Conf, Primer for New Lawyers

In this Roundup: KM and Linkedin, working effectively with law firm professionals, is blogging dead, and links to reports on Ark KM conference. Knowledge Management and Linkedin Toby Brown, who heads Fulbright‘s knowledge management and blogs at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, reports on...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

BigLaw: Get Ready to Hire Statisticians

How should lawyers deal with the ever growing volume of digital data in e-discovery? The answer likely involves far more extensive use of statistics. Do Your Searches Pass Judicial Scrutiny? by Wayne C. Matus and John E. Davis of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (New York...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 3 min read

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