Tech Developments that Will Change Your Practice
The over-hyping of technology leads to a natural reaction to discount its impact. That is a mistake. Broken promises notwithstanding, new technology continues to change law practice and business. In…
CIOs as Change Agents
In response to my post about business intelligence software, one of my large law firm readers provided interesting comments about large law firm business development. This helps illustrate that some…
Asking the Wrong Question
I recently asked a lawyer whether his firm was pursuing a relatively new idea and his response was, “how many other large law firms are doing that?” My reply was…
Profit and Tech Differences: US v UK
Last week blogger Adam Smith, Esq. wrote that per partner profits at large UK firms are much lower than at large US law firms. It’s interesting to consider why and…
The Real Challenge of Technology is Change
Last week I spoke at the ABA Tech Show on “Where Are We Going,” in which Toby Brown, Marc Lauritsen, and I talked about the future of legal technology. My…
The Billable Hour
Fellow blogger Adam Smith, Esq. has assembled his second panel of “savvy bloggers” to address the question of the future of the billable hour. The assembled responses are an interesting…
Legal Ethics and Legal Technology
New legal technology frequently raises ethics concerns. A new Legal Ethics blog covers ethics and, this week, in connection with the ABA TechShow has a focus on legal technology and…
Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
Last Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that companies “have struggled for years to reduce their legal costs, with little success” and that “[n]ow technology is coming to the rescue.”…
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