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IT @ Morrison & Foerster: Lessons Learned from Retail

Best Practices

The Way Lawyers Work

Do lawyers think carefully enough about how they practice law?  I think not. Relatively few lawyers seem to analyze how they practice. How many carefully consider alternatives or consciously seek best practices? Do others share my impression that relatively few lawyers seem to apply the...
Outsourcing

Offshoring Among the AmLaw 200

The American Lawyer surveyed the AmLaw 200 firms (see Law Firm Leaders: Conservatively Optimistic). Lots of interesting information on the state of Biglaw; I’ll focus on offshoring.  The article notes that “Firms embrace temp workers — at least domestically. Seventy-seven percent of respondents said their...
Business Intelligence

Using BI to Improve Leverage

Yesterday I suggested that improving the process of assigning associates could improve partner profits. In fact, Bryan Cave, with its deep commitment to business intelligence, appears to have done so.  I asked John Alber, the firm’s technology partner and author of several recent excellent articles...
eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Another EDD Acquisition

Merger activity continues in the US electronic evidence market.  EPIQ Systems, “a national leader in the market for fiduciary management and claims administration systems and provides an advanced offering of integrated technology-based products and services,” has acquired nMatrix, a “a leading provider of case management...