Strategic Legal Technology Blog

New Type of Spam: Calendar Entry via Meeting Request

I don’t normally write about spam but I just received a new and irritating type I’ve not previously seen. In my junk mail folder in Outlook 2003, missed by the spam filter on my server, is a spam message about an award. But this is...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Blaming IT

Inside Counsel (April 2008) reports on a LexisNexis survey on information overload by professionals: “77% of legal professionals… cite a clack of sufficient information technology tools to cope with the ever-increasing information burden.” Law firms and legal market vendors undoubtedly can do better in creating,...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 2 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

Results Count – Purchasing Department Influence on Legal Spend

In the war for clients, results count. Obvious as that may be, where are good metrics that measure legal results? In Legal Tech 2.0 I described a war for clients driven by service and results. Game-changing uses of technology can win battles. I suggested that...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 3 min read

Interesting Technology

Cemaphore as Option to Replace Microsoft Exchange

What if enterprises could do away with Microsoft exchange servers? Maybe they can now, and without switching to Lotus Notes. Bringing Outlook and Gmail Closer Together (NY Times blog and in print on 31 March 2008) describes a product by Cemaphore Systems called MailShadow for...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Number of Big Law Firm Blogs Continues to Grow

Blogging continues to grow in big law firms. Kevin O’Keefe of LexBlog posted his State of the AmLaw 200 blogosphere, March 2008 last week. He found that from August 2007 to March 2008, the number of big law firm blogs grew from 74 to 110....

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Outsourcing

HSBC and Philip Morris Go Public on Legal Outsourcing

Many discuss legal outsourcing but few admit doing it. I predicted in January that more law firms will go public about outsourcing. As more law departments reveal publicly that they outsource and offshore, barrier for law firms to do the same falls. HSBC launches offshore...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Innovation and Change Management

Legal Technology 2.0

I started blogging here 5 years ago. It’s a good occasion to think about how my posts have evolved. I now see that both the legal market and I have moved to “Legal Technology 2.0”. Why, you might wonder, does a blog called Strategic Legal...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 3 min read

Knowledge Management

KM Not the Only Self Doubters

Knowledge management professionals spend a fair bit of time examining what they do, how it works, and if it matters. We have looked at times with envy and awe at marketing department budget and headcount growth. Law Firm Marketing: R.I.P. in New York Lawyer (6...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service, Litigation Finance

Funding Law Suits: Market Discipline to Manage Legal Risk?

Champerty is one of the those great law school words that few think about or remember in detail. Something to do with buying law suits being illegal. Funding them, however, may be a different story. Third-Party Litigation Funding Stepping up in U.K. in the Wall...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 2 min read

Online Legal Services

New Collaborative Web Sites for Legal Market

Two relatively new web sites offer the legal market a way to market services, share documents, and build community. To some extent, each is trying to apply the Facebook or MySpace paradigm to lawyers. First, some history. Fifteen years ago David Johnson, David Post, and...

Ron Friedmann, 18 years ago 2 min read

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