Category: Roundup

In this roundup: outsourcing at Orrick and Baker McKenzie, law firm convergence (Marxist conundrum?), and law firms weathering the next recession.   Outsourcing Orrick’s Staffing Moves Pay Off — Will Other Firms Follow? (The Recorder, 5/25/07) looks at Orrick and Baker McKenzie’s global service centers...

In this Roundup: legal wikis gaining traction, more on individual lawyer versus law firm institutional branding of blogs, and a fascinating analysis of how crowds influence individual preferences.  Wikis Wikis are an easy way to collaborate via the web. Bob Ambrogi blogs that the 7th...

In this Roundup: EDD takes time, a custom Google search for knowledge management web sites, and offshoring contract drafting.  E-Discovery Conrad Jacoby explains in E-Discovery Update: Recognizing Hidden Logistical Bottlenecks in E-Discovery (LLRX.com, April 24, 2007) why the mechanics of copying in EDD can be...

In this roundup: enterprise relationship discovery software gains ground in AmLaw 100 firms, document assembly updates, an e-discovery caution, and “cool stuff: Google voice queries.”  Enterprise Relationship Management – Discovery Legal Technology Insider (UK, #197, April 2007) reports that large Spanish firm Cuatrecasas has purchased...

In this Roundup: New York Times article on high-end jobs flowing to India; Defense Department using Endecca faceted search; and Morrison Foerster being “green” in its information technology.  Outsourcing India’s Edge Goes Beyond Outsourcing (NY Times, 4/4/07) reports that “increasingly the jobs of Western white-collar...

In this Roundup: a report on the Large Law Firm Leaders Forum (with coda on demise of Goodman and Carr); comments on new New York State advertising ethics rules; and a SharePoint 2007 case study.  Large Law Firm Leaders Forum Adam Smith, Esq. has a...

In this Roundup: why a law firm strategy may be an oxymoron, outsourcing is harder than it looks, law librarians are probably safe from outsourcing, an excellent article on law firm business intelligence, and a cogent analysis of why UK and Australian large firms are...

This roundup covers the Opentext acquisition of Hummingbird, a review of SharePoint 2007, KM predictions, a good Web 2.0 overview, another report on BI at Bryan Cave, and info on what Pepper Hamilton is offshoring.  Document Management Legal Technology Insider (Nov 2006, UK) interviewed Mark...