A New Generation of Online Legal Services?
Will general counsel and the ACC demand for more value from law firms drive firms to consider offering online legal services? Bob Ambrogi’s Crowdsourcing the Law (Law Technology News, 1 Aug 2010) describes some interesting new web services – OpenRegs and Spindle Law – that...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
2 min read
Going Beyond Full Text Search to Meaning: Review of Catatphora’s Digital Mirror
Have you ever wondered what your e-mail says about you? Conversation is ephemeral; e-mail leaves a record. The e-mails you send and receive and the meetings you have tell stories. Now, there is fun software that extracts those stories for you. And I can see...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
6 min read
Has the Recession Affected General Counsel Thinking about Law Firms?
After the last two years of severe recession and huge corporate legal spending cuts, I thought it was safe to assume that general counsel buying behavior had changed. It turns out, perhaps not. Reading What’s Really Going On in Today’s Legal Departments? a survey of...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
2 min read
Will Legal Outsourcing Drive Large Law Firm Innovation?
Innovators at the Barricades by Bruce MacEwen at Adam Smith, Esq. argues that legal process outsourcing (LPO) is a disruptive force for law firms, citing Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma. “Outsourcing is here to stay” writes MacEwen. He describes different flavors using a 2 x...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
3 min read
1, 2, 3, RESET! The 2010 Futures Conference and Symposium – Coming in October
The College of Law Practice Management and The American University Washington College of Law are hosting “1, 2, 3, RESET! The 2010 Futures Conference and Symposium” on October 22-23 at AU in DC. I encourage anyone interested in the future of the legal market and...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
1 min read
Dealing with a Dell Personal Productivity Odyssey / Nightmare
About two weeks ago I got a new Dell notebook PC from my company. Ordering an extra battery for it on my own from Dell.com turned into a personal productivity nightmare. Dell’s famed model business model feels creaky, which may hold lessons for BigLaw. After...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
3 min read
BigLaw Faces Challenges in Managing New Staffing Approaches
The Recorder 19 July 2010 article Is Adding a Second Tier for Law Firm Associates a Good Thing? asks a great question. The answer is “yes, but….”. The author, Justin T. Miller, J.D., LL.M., CFP
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
1 min read
AmLaw 2010 Law Librarian Survey – Interesting but Not Surprising
American Lawyer magazine has just released its 2010 large law firm library survey. The results are interesting but not surprising. Law Librarian Survey 2010: More Bang, Less Bucks writes-up the results and has links to survey data (free registration required). Almost one-half of the 86...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
2 min read
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