The Need for a Data Platform to Improve Law Firm Business + Practice
A Briefing written for Foundation Software Group I have long been a fan of Foundation Software Group. I remember seeing their platform with a consulting colleague the first time in 2016. One of our clients showed it to us. We were not only impressed by...
Ron Friedmann,
5 years ago
3 min read
Better Law Firm Business Decisions with Data Analytics
Law firms can win more cases and gain new business with proper use of data analytics. We now live in the age of data analytics so expect to keep hearing about this topic. I explain here what data analytics is, how its age arrived, and...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
5 min read
Just one word: ̶P̶l̶a̶s̶t̶i̶c̶s̶ Data
A classic scene in the movie THE GRADUATE explains to the young protagonist (Dustin Hoffman) that the future lies in plastics. Spool forward 50 years and the concept to replace plastics is data. ARK Group’s upcoming legal KM conference—October 22-23 in New York—poses the question “What...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
5 min read
Data Driven Law Practice Management
I read a growing number of articles about data analytics and AI in the legal market. Few, however, provide as much detail of how systems work as I would like. Around the time I was ruing that fact, I exchanged tweets with Intapp about data...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
6 min read
Getting Real about #LegalTech
In the last couple of years, I have written blog posts questioning the hype around legal artificial intelligence (AI) and legal innovation? Has the time come to focus on legal technology hype? I think so. In this post, I share some dynamic Twitter exchanges from...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
2 min read
2019 KM Summit Survey Results
I report here on the 2019 Knowledge Management (KM) Summit survey results. The Summit is a meeting of about 80 senior knowledge management professionals from large US, UK, and Canadian law firms. Mary Abraham, Oz Benamram, and I organize the meeting. To prepare for it,...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
9 min read
Law Firms Learning from Industry
Mainstream media articles often hold lessons for large law firms – if management can look beyond the industry and story-line specifics. And some days, articles coincidentally group to offer a lesson book. The Friday, 2 November 2018 print edition of the Wall Street Journal published...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
4 min read
Data Science + Law: An Interview with LexPredict
To understand more about the role of data science in law, I turned to LexPredict, a company specializing in legal data analytics. Three of its principals, Dan Katz, Mike Bommarito, and Andrew Baker collaborated to answer the questions I posed. One reason I wanted to...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
9 min read
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