Category: Management and Technology

Crafting an Effective Strategy is an ITLA 2009 executive track session with panelists Greg Kaple, Senior Partner of Integrated Management Services, Inc. and Ash Banerjee, CIO of WilmerHale. I am attending the ILTA 2009 annual conference. This is a real-time blog post.  Ash explains where...

A blog post over at the Drug and Device Law blog sparks me to return to the issue of BigLaw blogging. Two lawyers, one from Jones Day and one from Dechert, write this blog jointly.  By now, blogs are so popular that many observers blame...

I came across an interesting technology use survey sponsored by LexisNexis. It has a lot of data on tech usage and attitudes and compares legal and other professionals and three generation of users. It’s worth a look though it’s a bit overwhelming in scope and...

A recent law suit contends that a law firm’s online research client charge-backs are unlawful. This hints at the bigger issue is what should be overhead and what should be a charged to clients.  Carolyn Elefant writes in Law Firm Markup of Research Costs: Annoying...

Would you see a doctor who does not use current diagnostic and therapeutic treatments? If you answer yes, perhaps you are are a lawyer who has yet to master legal technology.  Technology Changes Law Firm Management by Jeremy T. Elman, McDermott Will partner (Law Firm...

I recently received a new legal technology magazine in the mail. I was surprised because I had no prior notice of it. And I was disappointed.   I was going to remain silent about my reaction to NextGen_Law, published by the Daily Journal Corporation because...

The legal market faces tough times but working virtually appears to thrive.  Even Law Firms Feel Strain of Layoffs and Cutbacks (NY Times, 12 Nov 2008) opens “You know things are bad when even lawyers are getting laid off.” The The Layoff List at American...

I often write about working virtually. Some lawyers object to it because they think it detracts from collaboration. But does anyone really have good data on what it takes for lawyers to collaborate?  I was intrigued to read Share and share alike (Lawyers Weekly, Australia,...