Technology to Present in Court
The Wall Street Journal reports today on the growing use of technology in trials. This raises an interesting point, an extension of my prior post about lawyer resistance to change. “Courtroom-Technology Firms Give Evidence State-of-the-Art Look” (WSJ, 5/26/04) reports that growing use of technology...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
A New Approach to Control Outside Counsel Costs
Hildebrandt consultant Rees Morrison wrote a very good article, Cost Control Patrol (Legal Times, May 17, 2004), in which he outlines five existing approaches for inhouse counsel to manage outside counsel and proposes a new, sixth way. It’s an interesting idea and raises indirectly, I...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
3 min read
Marsh & McLennan Acquires Kroll
Marsh & McLennan announced on May 18th that it would acquire Kroll, provider of electronic evidence services via KrollOntrack. It will be interesting to see what impact, if any, this has on the litigation support and electronic evidence market. Identical press releases (Marsh and Kroll)...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Portals – A Provocative Column and an Upcoming Webinar
“Despite the popularity of enterprise portals, portal projects aren’t delivering the expected benefits.” So reports the column Analyst Watch: Portals Underperform in Information Week (5/3/04). More on this, and a Webinar that explores portals follows… The column cites a Forrester Research survey (fee-based) on portals....
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Thomson Elite Acquires Expert Ease
Thomson Elite has acquired Expert Ease, the developer of Deal Proof and other software. This adds to Thomson’s already strong offerings in knowledge management. The press release on PR Newswire provides additional detail. I could not find any information on this story on either...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Full Text Technology and E-Discovery
With the explosion of digital data in litigation, lawyers may need to re-consider the application of full-text technology to manage discovery. New technology and new thinking may converge to help tame discovery. In previous blog postings, I have mentioned Attenex, H5 Technologies, and Cataphora...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Personal Productivity in the News
A recent article by KM guru Tom Davenport focuses on the importance of personal productivity, a theme I’ve recently started to develop in this blog. There have also been a lot of reviews of a product called X1 for personal full-text searching – an example...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Law Schools and Legal Technology
Applying technology to improve law practice is a continuing challenge, as those of us who have been doing it for years can attest. What, one might ask, are the law schools doing to help? A New York Law Journal Article, Law Schools Steal a Page...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
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