Should Law Firms Fear Losing Clients? (Altman Weil 2016 CLO Survey)
Should law firms fear losing clients? Many do already but just how much should they worry? The 2016 Altman Weil CLO Survey provides insight. The report opens with worrying data: 53% of law departments say they shifted a portfolio of work worth $50,000 or more because of a client...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
2 min read
Legal Market on the March
The legal market has been on the march in the last few days, despite the the long US Thanksgiving weekend. I highlight here, in two related groups, a few news items of note… Law Firm Business Services Staffing May Be Up For Grabs The Lawyer magazine...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
3 min read
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Legal – Why the Hype?
I’ve been thinking lately about why there is so much hype recently among lawyers and legal market commentators about artificial intelligence (AI). I was not ready to put hands to keyboard for a full explanation, so on Sunday I recorded a short video on Twitter...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
4 min read
Client Facing KM and AI: Opportunities and Challenges
Client facing KM (knowledge management) and AI (artificial intelligence) have been topics of conversation at conferences and in articles for years. I revisited this topic when in a recent presentation at the International Bar Association Annual meeting in Washington, DC. My slides are below and the post...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
1 min read
Data Security Required. KM Demanded. AI Here: Armageddon or Utopia
This is a live post from the 12th Annual Ark Knowledge Management (KM) conference. (PDF of Agenda). I publish as a session ends so please forgive any typos or misunderstandings of meaning. This session is Data Security is Required. KM is Demanded. AI is Here: Armageddon or...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
3 min read
Practice Engineering: KM for the 21st Century (#ArkKM Live)
This is a live post from the 12th Annual Ark Knowledge Management (KM) conference. (PDF of Agenda). I publish as a session ends so please forgive any typos or misunderstandings of meaning. This session is the keynote, Practice Engineering: KM for the 21st Century, byMichael Mills,...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
5 min read
My Big Unanswered Legal Tech Question
Shortly after ILTACon (the International Legal Technology Association annual meeting, August 2016), the editors of Legal IT Today asked a deceptively simple question: “Going into ILTACON 2016, or while in an ILTACON session, or now that you’re starting to process everything coming out of ILTACON,...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
2 min read
Will All Lawyers Work for the Big 4 by 2026?
In September, as a panelist at the College of Law Practice Management 2016 Futures Conference (PDF of agenda), I addressed the question “Will All Lawyers Work for the Big 4 by 2026?”. (The conference used the term mega accountants but it’s hard to imagine in 10 years that term...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
4 min read
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