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Call for Law Firm Collaboration Case Studies

Knowledge Management

Call for Law Firm Collaboration Case Studies

Ark Group will host its annual knowledge management conference in Chicago on October 10-11. I’m helping develop the program. We’re looking for a law firm willing to present a case study on new collaboration approaches, especially blogs or wikis. A new generation of collaboration tools...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

Little Traction for Legal RFPs

It seems that RFPs to buy legal services are like alternative billing – much discussed but limited impact. I’ve suggested in prior posts that auctions relate to BigLaw technology because “price pressure should drive even top law firms to think more creatively about how they...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Working Virtually – Another Visit

A recent Business Week article explores how the “rise of mobile workers has companies unloading space and rethinking what’s left.” Square Feet. Oh, How Square! (7/3/06) opens with the fact that on any given day, 40% of employees are not in the office. They are...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Opentext Seeks to Acquire Hummingbird

In May, Hummingbird, one of two main document management vendors to large law firms, announced it was being acquired by Symphony Technology Group. That announcement may not, however, be the last word. On July 5th, Opentext, an enterprise content management (ECM) systems company, announced “its...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Roundup (7/9/06)

This roundup looks at some recent articles on outsourcing, knowledge management, and e-discovery. Outsourcing LPOs here head for consolidation in IndiaTimes (5/22/06) reports that legal process outsourcing “may be headed for a phase of consolidation in its bid to move up the value chain.” “Large...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Good Legal Offshoring Article

“Offshoring legal work to India could transform how lawyers’ services are bought and sold in North America.” That is the premise explored in a new and useful article in the National, the journal of the Canadian Bar Association. In Over the Horizon (June 2006,...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Offshoring List Update – Some Churn

Offshoring continues to be a hot topic. My next post will feature a good article covering the issues. Meanwhile, excited utterances and I have updated our list of legal market outsourcing and offshoring users and providers. We assemble this list based on our reading and...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Technology Reduces Friction (New Lawyer Referral Service)

Finding the right information and the right people can be hard. I recently came across a new web service that addresses one angle of “finding people.” Lawrex is a lawyer referral service started in April. It “provides lawyers with an efficient and effective forum to...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

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