Doing Deals Better with Diagrams
Lawyers may be the only professionals who routinely rely on dense text to understand complicated ideas. And that could change for transaction lawyers with the release of StructureFlow to diagram and track complex deals. Before I report on this product, based on a conversation with...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
5 min read
Judicial System Failure – An Example (a Personal Story)
I share here my experience with a judicial system failure. I sued a manufacturer for breach of warranty in Virginia small claims court. On Friday, I won a default judgment. Now I have to figure out how to collect. My story illustrates our judicial system...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
8 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
AI Beats Lawyers in NDA Review Accuracy – LawGeex Study
LawGeex, a developer of AI software to review contracts, today released a study that found that AI beats lawyers in the accuracy of reviewing NDAs (non-disclosure agreements). The LawGeex infographic is at https://www.lawgeex.com/AIvsLawyer/ and you can also download the 37-page PDF study from that page. It’s worth...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
4 min read
Gaining the Benefits of Legal AI for In-House Counsel
How can in-house counsel gain the benefits of legal artificial intelligence (AI)? That is the question I answered on April 12, 2017 in a webinar for the Buying Legal Council, the trade organization for legal procurement. The slides are below; I present here a brief synopsis of my talk....
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
4 min read
Upping the Game in Large Law Firm Online Legal Services
In December 2016, Goodwin announced an expansion of its Founders Workbench online legal service for emerging companies via a partnership with Shoobx. I follow large law firm online legal services carefully, so wanted to learn more about this move. This year, I spoke with Goodwin partners Mark Bettencourt and Gregg Katz and Shoobx executives Jason Furtado, CEO and Matt...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
5 min read
How Law Firms Should Prepare for the Future of Legal Services (HighQ SmartLaw Book Contribution)
HighQ, a UK-based software company serving the legal market, recently initiated a conversation about SmarltLaw. It started with a website earlier this year. This month, the company released a short e-book that asked 15 experts to answer the question “What do you believe lawyers and law firms need to do to...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
3 min read
Is Big Law Having Its Kodak Moment?
A recent report suggests Big Law is having its Kodak moment. Before the turn of the century, “Kodak moments” were good. That successful marketing slogan prompted many snapshots. Today, a Kodak moment more likely means a famous company with a fabulous brand and fantastic market share that misses new technology and goes bankrupt. (See,...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
4 min read
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