Tracking Law Firm R&D Initiatives
My June 2015 blog post Law Firm R&D Initiatives Grow – Time for a League Table? recapped recent large law firm research and development announcements. It asked if the time had come for a Big Law R&D league table. That time has now arrived. Early last week I published a R&D in...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
1 min read
The Rise of Legal Knowledge Management
Legal knowledge management appears to be on the rise. The definition of KM that I like best is the art and science of capturing and re-using legal know-how and identifying colleagues with relevant experience. The Pressure Behind the Rise of KM. The corporate C-suite now demands...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
3 min read
Putting Deep Legal Know-How Online: Cadwalader Cabinet
Some cabinets are bare, some are well stocked, some are chaotic, and some are organized. Cadwalader Cabinet, an online legal service covering financial regulations is not only well-stocked and well-organized, it is lovely to look at. I have a long standing interest and monitor developments in...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
5 min read
Are Firms Succeeding with Low Cost Service Centers? (Live from Ark Library)
This is a live blog post from the Ark Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services conference in NYC. The topic of this session is “Service Delivery Transformation: Are Firms Having Success On-shoring Back-Office Operations?“. Onshore back-office operations are a subset of the broader...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
6 min read
Librarians as Market Analysts: The Intersection of Big Data and Competitive Intelligence (CI)
This is a live blog post from the Ark Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services conference in NYC. The topic of this session is “Librarians as Market Analysts: The Intersection of Big Data and CI“. The presenters: Steven A. Lastres, Director...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
4 min read
Surprise! How Our Unplanned Future Can Inform Today’s Decisions (Live from Ark Library)
This is a live blog post from the Ark Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services conference in NYC. The topic of this session is “Surprise! How Our Unplanned Future Can Inform Today’s Decisions”. The presenter is John Alber, Practical Futurist (and retired...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
4 min read
Legal Tech Market: Sizing and Opportunities
After Legal Tech New York in early February, it is easy to forget that legal software includes more than eDiscovery. Today, enterprise legal management software provider Mitratech provides a good reminder. Mitratech’s just-published “Catching the Wave” report sizes the market for legal tech (excluding e-discovery). The survey covers legal...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
3 min read
Knowledge Management Priorities in Large Law Firms – 2016 Survey
Each year, Mary Abraham, Oz Benamram and I organize a meeting of global legal KM professionals to discuss trends, issues, and opportunities. In prep for it, we conduct a survey of invitees in November, December, and January. We use the survey to build our agenda, share some results publicly,...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
6 min read
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