Category: Knowledge Management

Morrison & Foerster is one of the leading US law firms for creating and developing an innovative and highly effective approach to knowledge management.  Last month, Law Technology News published IT @ Morrison & Foerster: Lessons Learned from Retail (free registration required or PDF version...

Will lawyers contribute to knowledge management efforts? In the US, the answer is probably not. Even among corporate counsel, where the billable hour does not create perverse incentives, lawyers do not contribute.  Fellow blogger and law department consultant Rees Morrison writes (12/21/05) that law department...

Many knowledge management professionals say that KM is 80% process and 20% technology. Perhaps true but if honored, requires often unrealistic cultural changes. A new article about work at Morrison & Foerster illustrates how applying modern software creatively can achieve important KM goals.  IT @...

Last week at the Marcus Evans Law Tech Forum in NYC, Phil Crowley, Assistant General Counsel of Johnson & Johnson and I presented on knowledge management in corporate law departments.  We discussed the demand for KM and processes, technology, and staffing to support it. Though...

Two of the older, more established vendors of advanced full-text search software are combining.  The Financial Times reports today that Autonomy has purchased Verity for $500 million. Details are outlined in the Autonomy press release. Though I’ve not seen industry data, my impression is that...

An upcoming teleconference features DuPont’s legal model and knowledge management.  Spotted on LegalLines, the Montague Institute is sponsoring a teleconference, Dollars & Cents of KM: The DuPont Legal Model Story: “Featured guests are Marybeth Davies, Paralegal Manager, and Pam Martin, IT Manager, for DuPont Legal...

Last week at the Ark KM conference in Chicago, Joshua Fireman of ii3, Inc. and I co-led a workshop on making KM client facing. A dozen plus experienced knowledge management professionals participated and developed several potential plans. Joshua and I summarized the key issues of...

The Ark KM in the Legal Profession conference just wrapped up day 2 of 3. Leading knowledge management practitioners from the US, Canada, and England are participating. My take away is that KM may be morphing.  Jason Marty, Global Director, KM, Baker McKenzie and Julia...