Search Results for "do less law"

Law Departments / Client Service

Stepping into the Breach

If a tree falls and no one is there to hear it, does it make noise? If a contract is breached but no one is there to notice, does the breach matter? Clause and effect on supplymanagement.com details myriad problems with contract management and cites...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

KM Haiku from Ark KM Conference

Day one of Knowledge Management for the Modern Law Firm conference was excellent. Reports and materials to follow but in the mean time, haiku. Joshua Fireman and I co-chair the conference and for the day one wrap up, we asked participants to submit a surprising...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

Where Should In-House Counsel Sit?

Well-known management consultant Rees Morrison suggests that law departments Keep your lawyers on the same floor! Is that right? Morrison cites a Harvard Business Review article that finds “employees who work on different floors interact 50% less than those who work on the same floor.”...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Collaboration Re-Considered

Stretch your memory. Think back to the early days of e-mail. Did you resist? Fess up. Are we all at risk for resisting the next wave? Around 1995 I wrote an article arguing that lawyers should use e-mail. Seems quaint, but trust me, it was...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

KM at Morrison & Foerster

Morrison & Foerster is one of the leading US law firms for creating and developing an innovative and highly effective approach to knowledge management. Last month, Law Technology News published IT @ Morrison & Foerster: Lessons Learned from Retail (free registration required or PDF version...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Interesting Technology

Taming Contract Beasts

Those who need to understand a dense contract should consider special software to create a hyperlinked version. I recently spoke with the founders of Affinitext, a service that converts mega-contracts into easy-to-navigate, on-screen documents. Founders Ed Adams and Graham Thomson have extensive experience – law...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Thoughts on Digital Collaboration

Collaboration is the mantra of our new economy. Yet in the legal market, computer-based collaboration is limited. Here are some possible reasons. . . At a recent meeting of large law firm knowledge management professionals, Michael Mills, Director of Professional Services & Systems at Davis...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 2 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Technology to Control Litigation Costs

The August Corporate Legal Times reports on ways to reduce litigation costs. Technology plays a big role and one of my favorite approaches – decision trees – is featured. GCs Offer Strategies for Reining in Litigation Costs reports on a recent general counsel roundtable. The...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

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