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Green Skies for Cloud Computing

No typo in title. The skies for cloud computing may well be green – energy efficient green. This could accelerate the move to cloud computing. Demand for Data Puts Engineers in Spotlight (New York Times, 17 June 2008) reports on the rapidly rising demand for...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

General

Managing the Brand Called You

Should serious professionals be present on the web? This morning I talked to a friend about Linkedin. Neither of us have found it incredibly useful yet but we both view it as (1) an option for future value and (2) an easy and professional way...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 2 min read

Management and Technology

Seven Secrets of Managing Legal Technology in Large Law Firms

Successful large law firm CIOs have learned many secrets to managing legal technology. Over the last year, I wrote in this blog about maxims for managing legal technology. I collected and refined these blog posts, which have now been published as Maxims for Managing Legal...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

Mining Law Firm Documents – A Free Ride on BigLaw?

I always get excited when I see a system that brings together some of my favorite themes: knowledge management, open source law, and best practices. My former client Practice Technologies, Inc. provides a web-based service called RealDealDocs. It allows you easily to search for a...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 2 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

FTI Consulting (FCN) Acquires Attenex

FTI Consulting announced on Tuesday that it is acquiring Attenex. FTI is already a major player in e-discovery; it also owns popular litigation support software Ringtail. The press release, FTI Consulting, Inc. to Acquire Attenex Corporation, dated 10 June 2008, enumerates several expected strategic advantages,...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

A Modest Proposal to Regulate Large Law Firms

General counsels complain about large law firms: too costly, bad service, and clueless about the clients’ businesses. After the failure of GC’s many attempts to fix the problem, regulation is surely the solution. This simple and easy idea struck me last week when I heard...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 2 min read

Management and Technology

Investing in Law Firms – Right Now [Interview of Lyceum Capital]

I have previously written that Australian and UK legal reforms allowing public ownership of law firms could mean big changes in law firms and legal technology. Lyceum Capital in the UK announced in March that it seeks investments in UK law firms. Today, I heard...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 7 min read

General

2008 AmLaw 200 List Published (for 2007)

When the AmLaw 100 list came out last month, I wrote that CIOs who want a strategic role must understand law firm economics and where their firms sit in the pecking order. On Friday, the American Lawyer, in the June 2008 issue, published its Am...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Online Legal Services

Baker & McKenzie Launches New Online Legal Service

Baker McKenzie has recently launched an online legal service, this one with a bit of a twist. Lawyers Weekly reports (4 April 2008) that “BAKER & MCKENZIE’S global climate change practice last week launched the CDM Rulebook website – a freely available, comprehensive online database...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Best Practices

Measuring Lawyer Quality

I recently suggested lawyers call “timeout” when they see a problem in how law is practiced. Doctors and pilots use checklists and have the ability to call timeout. I think a big difference between lawyers and other professionals is that lawyer errors may never become...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

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