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Back to the Future – A Short Legal Tech History

Interesting Technology

A Legal Tech Sea Change?

DC-based Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP has chosen enterprise resource management software SAP to run key business processes. This may be a first for a US-based firm.  According to an SAP press release, “[t]he first phase of Howrey’s implementation will include SAP® solutions for...
Knowledge Management

Law Firm GCs and KM

Large law firms are hiring general counsels. Will this have an impact on knowledge management?  Spurred by Insurers, General Counsel Posts Popping Up at Large Firms in Corporate Counsel magazine (December 2004) reports, citing an Altman Weil study, that “63 percent of the nation’s 200...
Knowledge Management

List of KM Resources

A group of large law firm knowledge management professionals recently compiled a list of KM resources.  This list was compiled in November 2004. It is neither comprehensive nor exhaustive. It lists both free and for-pay resources. Thanks to my professional colleagues who compiled this list....
Best Practices

Best Practices Questioned

I periodically blog on the topic of best practices so was intrigued to read “The Quest for the Best” in the Legal Times (11/15/04, subscription required). In it, management consultant Rees Morrison argues that the quest for best practices is akin to the search for...