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13 Jan 2026

Category: Do Less Law

Alternative Legal Provider, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Bar Regulation, Do Less Law, Innovation and Change Management, Interesting Technology, Online Legal Services...

Automating Legal Advice: AI and Expert Systems

In 2015, we regularly read about automating legal advice with artificial intelligence (AI), especially with IBM Watson. In my view, the AI smoke – at least as described in many reports – exceeds the fire. In fact, I cannot name a single large law firm that has deployed...
Ron Friedmann, 10 years ago 6 min read
Do Less Law, Innovation and Change Management, Law Departments / Client Service, Law Firm Service Delivery, Law Firm Staffing, Legal Project Management

Is Legal Ripe for an Uber-like Disruption?

Is legal ripe for an Uber-like disruption? That is the question my friends at Logikcull posed to me when they invited me to an audio interview. My short answer: no! In October 2015, I spoke with Logikcull on innovation and disruption in the legal market. The audio...
Ron Friedmann, 10 years ago 5 min read
Contract Management, Do Less Law, Innovation and Change Management, Law Department Management, Law Departments / Client Service, Outsourcing

Law Department Trends + Contract Management Opportunities

Now is law department survey season. In my prior post, GCs Now Do Less Law, I reported on the Altman Weil survey of Chief Legal Officers. Here, I report highlights of two other recent surveys: The Annual Law Department Operations Survey by the Blickstein Group  surveys law department directors of operations....
Ron Friedmann, 10 years ago 4 min read
Do Less Law

GCs Now Do Less Law

General Counsels seek to reduce cost, to do more with less. That is clear from virtually every survey and conference since the 2008 economic crisis. The Altman Weil 2015 Chief Legal Office Survey (PDF), which came out this week, confirms the trend. Question Six, which has...
Ron Friedmann, 10 years ago 3 min read
Do Less Law, Innovation and Change Management, Interesting Technology, Legal Tech Start-Ups

Filling the Gaps that Legal Complexity Causes – An Example

A big challenge in law is that rules vary significantly across jurisdictions. All practices – litigation, transactions, regulatory, and counselling – face this problem. That means even highly experienced lawyers often need help outside their home jurisdiction. If countries, states, provinces, cities, agencies, and other law-makers were...
Ron Friedmann, 10 years ago 4 min read
Alternative Legal Provider, Contract Management, Do Less Law, Innovation and Change Management, Legal Process Improvement

The Future of Law & Contracting (live from IACCM)

This is a live blog post from the International Association for Contracting & Commercial Professionals (IACCM) Americas Forum. [Please forgive any typos or misunderstandings in meaning.] This session is The Future of Law & Contracting (live from IACCM) with Mark Harris, Founder, Axiom and moderated by Tim Cummins...
Ron Friedmann, 10 years ago 3 min read

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