Tech Enthusiasts May be Your Worst Enemies
This is the seventh in an occasional series of “maxims” on managing legal technology. Each one is a bit edgy – you have to decide where the line is on just how true it is! Tech Enthusiasts May be Your Worst Enemies. Value the lawyer...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
General Counsel – IT Gap
Holiday toast overheard tonight: “Long live e-discovery confusion”. EDD confusion is good for service providers, vendors and law firms. Not so for General Counsels, who should do more to reduce confusion. CommVault, a provider of data archiving, protection, and resource management systems with e-discovery solutions,...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
The Rising Tide of Law Firm Expenses and Looming Lay-offs
BigLaw has had an incredible run since the brief recession in the early 1990s, prospering even during the dot-com bust. If the good times end, law firms will be looking to shave expenses. Where should they look? Dan DiPietro, client head of the Law Firm...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Seagate Acquires MetaLINCS E-Discovery Software
Are you surprised that disk drive maker Seagate Technologies acquired e-discovery software developer MetaLINCS last week? According to the press release, this and prior acquisitions allow Seagate to “offer corporations, law firms, and litigation service partners a technology leading analytics engine along with one stop...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Legal Process Outsourcing Going Mainstream?
Ever get the feeling that people are doing something but just not talking about it? It could apply to large law firms and law departments that outsource and offshore legal work. Now the secret may be out. Well-known legal blogger David Lat at Above the...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Let Chaos Work for You
This is the sixth in an occasional series of “maxims” on managing legal technology. Each one is a bit edgy – you have to decide where the line is on just how true it is! Let Chaos Work for You, Not Against You. Law...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Thomson Acquires Contact Networks
Thomson, owner of West and other legal properties, has acquired Contact Networks. The Contact Networks home page has a notice at top: “Thomson, the world’s leading information company, has acquired Contact Networks, the global leader in Enterprise Relationship Management, providing social networking for the corporate...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Conflicts Checking for Contract Lawyers
Does your firm have a clear policy to check and clear conflicts for temp or contract lawyers? A lawyer / e-discovery expert asked me this yesterday. With all the articles and conferences about EDD, I don’t recall seeing much on this topic. Nor have I...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
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