Contract vs. Offshore Lawyers (Part II)
Who would you rather have review litigation documents: contract (temp) lawyers or full-time lawyers in India? In Document Review in the US versus India (8/07) I suggested that Indian lawyers likely do better reviewing documents than US contract lawyers. For a well-written, colorful, amusing, and...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
New Position Pioneers Law Firm Best Practices
It looks like one large law firm finally sees business benefit in developing best practices. Heller Ehrman announced in September that Suzanne Hawkins joined the firm as Chief of Practice Excellence. She “will be responsible for developing best practices to ensure that the highest quality...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Personal Productivity – Backup with Mozy
Ocasionally I post about personal productivity tools. I used web-based back-up system Mozy for months and find it fantastic. Mozy is a web-based service, accompanied by desktop software, that back-ups selected directories on your hard drive. Up to two gigabytes of storage is free; unlimited...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Should Law Firms Do E-Discovery Inhouse?
Should law firms do e-discovery data collection and processing inhouse? Most large firms have – and should have – the capacity to process and collect some amount of data. The question is how much. As far as I know, only a handful of large firms...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Web Hosting Problems
Prismlegal.com has been down a fair bit over last 3 days. Apologies. Web hosting company is working on this.
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Staff Attorney Redux – McDermott Will’s Move
“McDermott, Will & Emery plans to create a new tier of attorneys — think of them as permanent contract associates — to handle lower-end tasks at lower billing rates.” So reports McDermott Will to Add Lower-Paid Associates (The Recorder, 11/2/07). A big focus of these...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Another EDD Acquisition: Iron Mountain Acquires Stratify
More consolidation in the e-discovery (EDD) market. Iron Mountain today announced it will acquire Stratify. Between acquisitions and start-ups, it’s hard to track exactly, but I think the number of free-standing review platforms is going down. For reference, from my The Best Home for an...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Susskind: The End of Lawyers? I Think Not
Well-known legal commentator Richard Susskind again predicts the end of law practice. I respectfully disagree. The TimesOnline is publishing extracts of Susskind’s forthcoming book. The kick-off article, Will lawyers exist in 100 years? (10/22/07), links to landing page The End of Lawyers, which in turns...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
3 min read
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