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
The Future of Contract Management
What is the future of contract management? I ask for two reasons. First, we have seen an explosion in software start-ups focused on various elements of drafting or managing contracts. And second, in the last month I saw demos of synergist.io and LawGeex. Synergist’s tag line is...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
6 min read
Knowledge Management Priorities in Large Law Firms – 2017 Survey
I report here on a recent, privately conducted knowledge management survey of large law firms. Mary Abraham, Oz Benamram and I conduct this survey in preparation for a meeting of KM professionals in February. Learning about current KM priorities and interests inform our agenda. We...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
7 min read
Is 2017 the Year of Legal Data Analytics? Jackson Lewis’ New Team
In this post, I interview Jackson Lewis Principal Eric J. Felsberg about a team of statisticians and data scientists he leads. (See the firm’s 22 November 2016 press release for additional detail.) Introduction I think 2017 is more likely to be the year of legal...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
7 min read
What Will be Hot in 2017?
Legal IT Today asked several commentators, including me, to answer three questions about 2017. The questions and my answers appear below. You can download the entire PDF issue here. See the end of this post for list of other commentators who answer the questions. Q: In...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
4 min read
Legal Market on the March
The legal market has been on the march in the last few days, despite the the long US Thanksgiving weekend. I highlight here, in two related groups, a few news items of note… Law Firm Business Services Staffing May Be Up For Grabs The Lawyer magazine...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
3 min read
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Legal – Why the Hype?
I’ve been thinking lately about why there is so much hype recently among lawyers and legal market commentators about artificial intelligence (AI). I was not ready to put hands to keyboard for a full explanation, so on Sunday I recorded a short video on Twitter...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
4 min read
Client Facing KM and AI: Opportunities and Challenges
Client facing KM (knowledge management) and AI (artificial intelligence) have been topics of conversation at conferences and in articles for years. I revisited this topic when in a recent presentation at the International Bar Association Annual meeting in Washington, DC. My slides are below and the post...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
1 min read
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