A Marketplace Trial
“Clients are exposed to the disciplines of the market. Why shouldn’t trial lawyers face the same sort of scrutiny?” That is my opening abstract for my article, A Marketplace Trial. American Lawyer Magazine published it in its Fall 2003 The Future of Litigation. In it, I...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
1 min read
Decision Making: Lawyers versus Business People
This week I was at the Legal Tech conference in Chicago to present on knowledge management. One the first day, I attended the keynote address by Christine A. Edwards, a partner at Winston & Strawn. Until recently, she was the General Counsel of Bank One...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
More Lessons from Medicine, this Time for Inhouse Counsel
Regular readers of my blog have seen several posts that draw lessons for the legal market from developments in health care. I have previously suggested that lawyers adopt “best practices checklists” (as the ICU at Johns Hopkins has) and that they demonstrate that their tried...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
NJ Passes New Court Rule on E-Discovery
In New Rule on Discovery of Computerized Data the New Jersey Law Journal (October 23, 2003) reports on what may be an important new rule concerning discovery of digital data in federal cases brought in New Jersey. This rule does not yet seem to appear...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
1 min read
Clients Paying for KM – Part 2 – Market Forces
One of my legal technology friends saw my posting What if Clients Were to Pay for Knowledge Management (23 Oct 03). In this posting, I suggested that it makes sense for general counsels to pay for law firms to perform a matter de-briefing or post-mortem...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
3 min read
Thoughts on the Paucity of Online Legal Services
Why are there so few commercial online interactive legal advisors (online legal services)? One explanation is lack of demand. This seems unlikely. Both corporations and consumers are desperate for affordable advice and, unlike lawyers, seem not to care who provides it or how. Lack of...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
What if Clients Were to Pay for Knowledge Management?
Many large law firms are trying various approaches to knowledge management (KM). The goal is to capture and re-use know-how. In a meeting of KM professionals earlier this week I had an “aha” moment…. First, two observations/concerns: (1) I have always been concerned that without...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
Expertise Location and Knowledge Management
When knowledge management first emerged as a distinct discipline several years ago, the focus, at least among law firms, was on capturing and re-using documents. Now, at least anecdotally, it seems there is as much discussion of locating experts within one’s organization as there is...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
1 min read
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