How and Why Law Firms Can + Should Do Less Law (#DoLessLaw)
A just-released report finds that lawyers and law firms can and should do less law. (For background on #DoLessLaw, see my prior post, written with Tim Corcoran, a Taxonomy of Do Less Law). The Legal Leadership Council of CEB published a post (8 Jan 2016), Corporate Law: How to Help Your Team...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
2 min read
The Evolving Corporate Law Ecosystem
The corporate law ecosystem continues to evolve. Twenty years ago, it was just Big Law, a few boutiques, and law departments. Today, new players offer far more choice. I discuss here Crowd & Co, a recent Australian legal market entrant, as an illustration of the ecosystem evolution. Founder Jarred Hardman told me...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
5 min read
Is Software Eating Law Departments?
Is software eating law departments, a question inspired by Marc Andreessen famously noting that software is eating everything. Is this true for law departments? The lead article in Inside Counsel Magazine (Dec 2015) may answer the question. The IC10 2015 Award Winners The 2015 IC10: The law department of the...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
3 min read
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
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