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How Much Information Technology Support is Enough?

How much IT support should firms provide to users? Many firms answer this question via benchmarking (that is, comparing spending and staffing to comparable firms). Lawyers are demanding “customers.” They want a lot of support and, when they want it, they want it now. By...

Ron Friedmann, 23 years ago 3 min read

Management and Technology

Scenarios of Future Law Firms Rely Heavily on Technology

This past weekend, I attended the annual meeting of the College of Law Practice Management. The attendees are a mix of lawyers and law firm managers (including chief administrators, marketers, HR, and technology). We spent an entire morning working in small teams. Each team had...

Ron Friedmann, 23 years ago 1 min read

Online Legal Services

Morgan Lewis Announces “Morgan Lewis Resources”

In a press release dated September 10th, Morgan Lewis announces Morgan Lewis Resources, the firm’s “NEW ENTERPRISE TO ASSIST COMPANIES WITH FEDERAL COMPLIANCE NEEDS.” According to the release, “Morgan Lewis, one of the 10 largest U.S. law firms, today announced the launch of Morgan Lewis...

Ron Friedmann, 23 years ago 2 min read

Management and Technology

The Limits of Technology

I recently had a personal experience that perhaps illustrates the power and limits of technology. I was grocery shopping when I noticed an employee using a hand-held wand to scan the shelf bar code for out-of-stock items. It surprised me that a person had to...

Ron Friedmann, 23 years ago 2 min read

Management and Technology

Internet Telephony and Lawyers Working at Home

More and more, technology allows workers at all skill levels to work at home. Should law firms think about this option in their long term planning? This posting is prompted by an article the The New York Times ran, More Companies are Routing Calls via...

Ron Friedmann, 23 years ago 3 min read

Knowledge Management

New Analysis of Cost, Value, and ROI of KM

Stuart Kay, the Knowledge Manager of Sydney-based Gilbert & Tobin has written a very good and thorough analysis of knowledge management called Cost, Value and ROI for Knowledge Management in Law Firms, which appears in the August 31st edition of LLRX. Kay starts out by...

Ron Friedmann, 23 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

CT Corporation Acquires E-Billing Expert TyMetrix

I just came across a September 3rd press release, on the home page of Tymetrix, announcing the purchase of Tymetrix by CT Corporation (which is owned by legal publisher Walters Kluwer). Tymetrix provides e-billing software and tools for measuring law firm performance. CT provides registered...

Ron Friedmann, 23 years ago 1 min read

Online Legal Services

New Online Service: 50 State HIPAA Study

The September issue of American Lawyer reports, in Robert J. Ambrogi’s article Making Money Online (Finally) about a new online service, statehipaastudy.com. Ambrogi explains that a healthcare coalition wanted a 50-state guide to medical privacy law, prior to the April 14, 2003 deadline for compliance...

Ron Friedmann, 23 years ago 2 min read

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How Much Information Technology Support is Enough?

How Much Information Technology Support is Enough?

Scenarios of Future Law Firms Rely Heavily on Technology

Morgan Lewis Announces “Morgan Lewis Resources”

The Limits of Technology

Internet Telephony and Lawyers Working at Home

New Analysis of Cost, Value, and ROI of KM

CT Corporation Acquires E-Billing Expert TyMetrix

New Online Service: 50 State HIPAA Study

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