Preparing the Law Firm IT Budget in Tight Times
If I were still a Big Law CIO going into budget season now, I’d have strong views about how to present my 2009 budget proposal to management. This is a tough year for many law firms. Only desperate law firms will short-change critical IT infrastructure...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
E-Discovery Roundup
A few items about e-discovery caught my eye recently: corporate insourcing, a high profile move, a tech item on MD5 hashes, and comments on the cost of privilege review. Insourcing EDD Keeping EDD In-House Could Contain Costs (Law Technology News, October 8, 2008) by Patrick...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
2008 AmLaw Tech Survey
The 2008 Am Law Tech Survey is out. It’s a good read for law firm CIOs and IT directors but I would not rely on the year to year comparison. The article Am Law Tech 2008: IT in the Balance (Law Firm Inc., 9 Oct...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
Selecting an E-Discovery Vendor: Ask More than 5 Questions
There’s an old adage “the great thing about standards are there are so many to choose from.” Similarly, it seems there are more than a few questions you should ask when selecting an e-discovery vendor. Finding the Right Five Questions for EDD Vendors (Law Technology...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Does Enterprise 2.0 = 2 Knowledge Management 2.0?
I am at a large law firm knowledge management conference. The morning session was Does Enterprise 2.0 = 2 Knowledge Management 2.0 and featured Dan Keldsen, Director of Market Intelligence and Carl Frappaolo, VP Market Intelligence, both associated with AIIM. This was one of the...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
The New Thin Client: Your SmartPhone [Vlingo]
Last week I read about a product called vlingo in the New York Times. It strikes me as an important technology development. vlingo is voice recognition for smart phones, the Blackberry to start. With it, I can speak a command (e.g., “open calendar”), dial by...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
Sun Microsystems Law Department Using Wikis
Many law departments struggle with knowledge management. Sun Microsystems has put a big dent in the problem using wikis. Legal Departments, Law Firms Weighing Wikis (The Recorder, 25 Sep 2008) reports “Between January and the start of September, there had been 1,200 articles published internally...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
“Research Attorneys” Improve Legal Research
Large law firms create specialized positions to gain efficiency and improve service. Dickstein Shapiro’s innovative research attorney role is a recent example of a new and focused role. Research Attorneys Offer Focused Services, Training (National Law Journal, 15 July 2008, by Hollye R. Mann, Amy...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
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