KM in Law Departments
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...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
Latest AmLaw Tech Survey
ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media) has released its latest, 10th anniversary edition, of the AmLaw Tech Survey. We sometimes forget how much has changed in 10 years. Highlights include the revolution in mobility (laptops, PDAs, and Blackberries), the adoption of wireless networks, and increasing budgets...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
Is BigHealth a Harbinger for BigLaw
Cisco is taking on health care costs. Could this initiative have implications for BigLaw? Cisco: Paging Dr. Info Tech ($) in Business Week (7/11/05) explains that Cisco is “quietly organizing Bay Area companies to support pay-for-performance in health care.” Sound familiar? I recently wrote about...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
2 min read
Doctors Mend Their Ways – Can Lawyers?
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that “anesthesiologists pay less for malpractice insurance today, in constant dollars, than they did 20 years ago.” This is a result of a conscious effort – one with lessons for lawyers. In the lead story, Once Seen as Risky,...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
New Embedded Law System
Reed Smith recently announced a joint venture with DolphinSearch to create ComplianSeek, a product designed to help investment advisors meet regulatory requirements. This looks like what I have previously called an embedded law system. I previously suggested that law firms could and should create systems...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
Does DuPont Get KM?
A few days ago I asked if Microsoft gets KM. A recent article reports on DuPont’s adoption of the “the Edge,” an extranet designed to support teamwork and knowledge sharing among its outside counsel. I now have to ask the same question about DuPont. Pushing...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
2 min read
Lawyers Migrating and the Long Tail
I hope the cryptic title piques your curiosity. It’s inspired by Group Mentality: Lawyers Are Moving to New Firms En Masse on law.com and Rick Klau’s KM blog post The Long Tail and KM. They raise questions about institutional and personal motivation to do KM. ...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
3 min read
Evidence-Based Law
Lawyers use evidence to prove a case. Why not apply that same discipline to law practice itself? Medicine is adopting an evidence-based approach, relying on well-controlled studies to determine which diagnostic tools and treatments work best. An article about contract attorneys makes me think the...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
2 min read
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