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Bar Rules that Reading Post-It Notes is Unethical

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Bar Rules that Reading Post-It Notes is Unethical

Ok, the title is not true. But it may as well be given the mind set of some bar regulators. What’s a Little Metadata Mining Between Colleagues? on law.com discusses lawyers’ use of metadata and that some state bars are considering making it unethical to...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Good Legal Outsourcing Article

The current issue of Law Practice Today (April 2006) has several useful articles about outsourcing in the legal market. One of the articles is Inside vs. Outside: When Does it Make Sense for Law Firms to Outsource?, a roundtable discussion that includes several legal technology...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Automating Risk Analysis

I have advocated formal risk analysis and decision trees to assess and manage litigation risk. Learning decision trees is, however, not that easy. A new automated approach overcomes this barrier for some cases. Predix, from case management software provider Bridgeway, “is a sophisticated decision analysis...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

Views on KM in 2006

I recently blogged (here) about a good knowledge management article in the The National, a publication of the Canadian Bar Association. In Knowledge Uprising (PDF), journalist-author Patti Ryan interviewed several KM practitioners. The full-text of her interview with me is now available. Questions she asks...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Why Law Firm Innovation is so Hard

Last November I reported on a Richard Susskind article explaining the lack of innovation in US law firms. The situation may be even worse according to a new article by professional services guru David Maister. In Are Law Firms Manageable?, Maister paints a grim picture...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

More E-Discovery Consolidation: Pitney Acquires Ibis

Consolidation in the e-discovery market continues. Pitney Bowes announced today the acquisition of e-discovery company Ibis Consulting. According to the press release, “Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced that its Management Services subsidiary has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the stock...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Legal Offshoring Gets VC $

After the dot-com bust, it seems VC investments are a decent indicator of business potential. So it is interesting to note that a legal offshoring company has received $4 million investment. Pangea3, which, according to a March 30th press release, “has created a hybrid business...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Roundup: Trends, Blawgs, Search, Jurisprudence

In the latest roundup: Trends: convergence questioned + “procuring” legal services; Blawgs: a taxonomy + a UK update; Search: Oracle search + tagging; Jurisprudence: two new articles. Legal Market Trends – Law Departments – Challenges to Convergence (Legal Times, March 20, 2006). Law department...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 2 min read

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