Ajax and Hash
No, this is not a post about mixing cleaning powder and food. The Wall Street Journal this week had two articles about interesting technology developments. This is a bit techier than my usual posts, but I was fascinated by both reports. I have recently become...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
2 min read
Outsourcing Moves Up the Value Chain
Outsourcing Innovation is the cover story of the current issue of Business Week (March 21, 2005). It reports that major companies now outsource R&D, not just manufacturing. Does this have implications for the legal market? I think so. Not long ago, US companies viewed outsourcing...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
2 min read
KM, the Innovator’s Dilemma, and New Tools
At Legal Tech a few weeks ago, I moderated a session on clients paying for KM and subsequently posted session notes. That prompted interesting comments from panelist Jeff Rovner, Director of Knowledge Management for the Americas Region, Clifford Chance US LLP. In my follow-up notes,...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
3 min read
UK Pilot to Standardize Extranets
I have long been a Marxist about legal market Extranets. If they succeed, they sow their own destruction because in-house counsel will not be willing to log-on to multiple extranets. Now, a group of law firms and investment banks in the UK are piloting a...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
2 min read
Doing KM in Law Departments – or Not?
In a recent post, I said individual lawyers have little incentive to contribute to KM efforts. Now, experienced law department consultant Rees Morrison confirms that in-house lawyers resist KM for this reason. In Altruistic Information Sharing Doesn’t Happen: Intranets, Case Management Systems and Knowledge...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
Legal Tech Report: KM, E-Discovery, Infrastructure
Legal Tech NYC is a good time of year to take stock of the legal technology market. Some years nothing is new (e.g., around 1992, the only new thing at Legal Tech was a coffee maker!). This year, fortunately, there is much to report… ...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
Good Overview of the Legal Market
Consulting firm Hildebrandt and The Law Firm Group of the Citigroup Private Bank, which works with many of the leading law firms, have just released their 2005 Client Advisory. The combination of Hildebrandt’s strategic insight with Citigroup’s financial insight yields a very useful look at...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Lawyers Migrating and the Long Tail
I hope the cryptic title piques your curiosity. It’s inspired by Group Mentality: Lawyers Are Moving to New Firms En Masse on law.com and Rick Klau’s KM blog post The Long Tail and KM. They raise questions about institutional and personal motivation to do KM. ...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
3 min read
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