Howrey’s Hop from DC Suburbs to India
“It’s not outsourcing” says Robert Ruyak, Howrey managing partner, of the firm’s new office in Pune, India. So reports “Howrey Vindaloo” (American Laywer, Feb 2008). Howrey, which has long operated a document review facility 15 minutes from downtown DC, has opened an office in Pune...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
“Counselor, Why can’t You Google It?”
Live from Legal Tech NYC, a session on empirical research on e-discovery, specifically the reliability and value of using computers to review document. The session: “The Electronic Discovery Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to resolving the legal community’s electronic discovery challenges. The Institute’s...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
6 min read
More E-Discovery Convergence (HP and Clearwell)
Some industry commentators speculate that e-discovery as a separate product category (if not discipline) will disappear as enterprise software vendors get in on the act. I’ve previously written about EMC’s foray into EDD. Now, HP joins the game. A Clearwell press release (29 Jan 2008)...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Learning from IBM in Experience Location
When you run a $50 billion (US) business with 170,000 employees scattered across multiple countries working in global teams, it pays to make finding the right people easy. Global law firms are much smaller but face similar challenges. In Moving from Expertise Location to Expertise...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Legal Outsourcing in 2007 – Inside Perspectives
Will legal process outsourcing (LPO) grow in 2007? Will LPO vendors consolidate? When will law departments and law firms “go public” with their offshoring? These are some of the questions addressed in a new article. Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO): 2007 And Beyond by Mark Ross,...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
An Interesting Take on the Future of Legal Secretaries
Fellow blogger Jordan Furlong has an excellent blog post about the potential role of legal secretaries. I’ve written about this topic as well and am glad to have another voice join in. In Legal secretaries 2.0 at law21.ca, Furlong picks up on one firm’s idea...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
ILTA KM Reception at Legal Tech
The Knowledge Management Peer Group of ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) is hosting a reception at Legal Tech NYC on Thursday, February 6th. For event details and to register, click here. See also details on Legal Tech 2008 in NYC.
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Myth versus Reality in Legal Offshoring
Legal process outsourcing and offshoring remain hot topics judging by two recent articles. And both illustrate on-going perception issues. In GCs Embrace Outsourced Work (The Recorder, 25 Jan 2008) a BigLaw partner objects to offshoring document review because it is “better for lawyers who are...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
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