Twitter Roundup – February 2011
Since not everyone reads Twitter, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. RT @wiredgc: Legal Tech + the Rise of the Virtual Lawyers http://bit.ly/gosgkR || Cost effective approach to #LawFactory work – and more 26 Feb Biz card questions: 1. Has sharing mobile...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
2 min read
New and Improved: LTN but not the Practice Technology it Covers
Kudos to the new and improved Law Technology News (LTN). I just wish I could say that practice technology were also ‘new and improved.’ Monica Bay and her LTN and ALM colleagues (including Aric Press, David Snow, and Sean Doherty) deserve praise for the newly...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
2 min read
Commentary on “Should Law Firms Impose a Cover Charge? “
Last week I wrote Should Law Firms Impose a Cover Charge? in response to Bruce Carton’s blog post, BigLaw May Roll Out ‘Minimum Annual Legal Spend’ Requirement for Clients, commenting on a Legal Week article. The topic struck a note among legal bloggers. Collected here...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
3 min read
Should Law Firms Impose a Cover Charge?
Should law firms charge a minimum (“cover”) to accept a client? I think that is perfectly reasonable. Indeed, it is more than reasonable, it is a good practice. On February 2nd, I tweeted “Legal Week reports DLA Piper will require new clients spend annual minimum,...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
3 min read
Steps toward Law Factory: A&O Belfast Center; Cisco Privacy Website
With Legal Tech New York ending today and the monster storm, don’t miss two interesting, and seemingly unrelated news items from today slip by. One is that Allen & Overy is opening a low cost, onshore service center. The other is that Cisco has launched...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
2 min read
Is ERP the Future Infrastructure of Large Law Firms
This is a live blog post from Legal Tech NY of the session Why ERP Now for Law Firms?, presented by Martin Telfer, Global Director, GIS, Baker & McKenzie (“BM”). BM has 70 offices in 40 countries with 10,000 users. BM currently uses Elite...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
3 min read
Wall Street Traders Trust Computers, Why Don’t Lawyers?
A hot legal topic is predictive coding in e-discovery. In the automated approach to reviewing discovery documents for responsiveness, computers do much of the work instead of armies of humans reviewing each document. Those who doubt the reliability – and I would argue inevitability –...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
3 min read
Office Space Shrinking – Except Perhaps at Law Firms
Office Work Space Is Shrinking, but That’s Not All Bad (New York Time, 19 Jan 2011) is a good read for anyone interested in working virtually and the future of work spaces. Employees have become more mobile. One study found that 60% of desks...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
1 min read
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