Risk Aversion and the Failure to Consider Alternatives
Lawyers are risk-averse. They frequently fail, however, to consider the risk of alternatives. Cutting a Winning Edge in Law Firm Blogs, an article about large law firm blogs illustrates this point. A blog-less BigLaw firm’s spokesperson is quoted, re firm blogs: “They take effort, we...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Wipro and Infosys Offer Legal Process Outsourcing
The entry of established, adjacent players in an emerging market is a sign of good times. This is now happening with legal process outsourcing. I began writing about legal outsourcing (onshore and offshore) five years ago. Since then, the LPO market has grown. There have...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Blaming IT
Inside Counsel (April 2008) reports on a LexisNexis survey on information overload by professionals: “77% of legal professionals… cite a clack of sufficient information technology tools to cope with the ever-increasing information burden.” Law firms and legal market vendors undoubtedly can do better in creating,...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
New Collaborative Web Sites for Legal Market
Two relatively new web sites offer the legal market a way to market services, share documents, and build community. To some extent, each is trying to apply the Facebook or MySpace paradigm to lawyers. First, some history. Fifteen years ago David Johnson, David Post, and...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
Microsoft OneNote Re-Visited – Still a Winner
Almost four years ago to the day, I started this “Personal Productivity” category. with a post extolling Microsoft OneNote. Four year later, I continue to depend on OneNote (now the improved 2007 version). The surprise is that more people have not heard of it, much...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Improving E-Discovery with Smart [Humans] [Technology]
Does finding the best way to search through huge volumes of e-data sometimes feel like the quest for the Holy Grail? I’ve previously written about applying smart search tools and using offshore lawyers to manage e-discovery reviews more effectively. In thinking about process improvement, we...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
Destination India: Not If, But How?
In my last post I wrote about large law firm Howrey opening its own document review facility in India. Is it a good idea for law firms to own and operate their own offshore center? Because I now work for a legal process outsourcer (LPO),...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
Howrey’s Hop from DC Suburbs to India
“It’s not outsourcing” says Robert Ruyak, Howrey managing partner, of the firm’s new office in Pune, India. So reports “Howrey Vindaloo” (American Laywer, Feb 2008). Howrey, which has long operated a document review facility 15 minutes from downtown DC, has opened an office in Pune...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
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