The Business Case for and Background on “Offshoring” Professional Work
I have written several posts about the potential of outsourcing legal work overseas (Law Firms Outsourcing IT and Document Production, 27 Sep 03; Power Outages and Outsourcing , 15 Aug 03; Technology Outsourcing Example – Document Management , 18 Jun 03; More on Off-Shore Outsourcing,...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
5 min read
Value Billing / Alternative Billing and Technology
The current (Fall 2003) issue of Law Firm, Inc. magazine has a very good article about why law firms need to think harder about value billing. In Stop the Clock & Make More Money, Jeffrey Carr and Mark Wolf, respectively the general counsel and assistant...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Legal Tech NYC – What’s New
I spent two days and spoke at Legal Tech NYC September. A couple of my legal technology friends observed that there was nothing new and asked if I agreed or not. Drawing on my training as a lawyer, I said “yes and no.” My first...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
3 min read
Morgan Lewis Announces “Morgan Lewis Resources”
In a press release dated September 10th, Morgan Lewis announces Morgan Lewis Resources, the firm’s “NEW ENTERPRISE TO ASSIST COMPANIES WITH FEDERAL COMPLIANCE NEEDS.” According to the release, “Morgan Lewis, one of the 10 largest U.S. law firms, today announced the launch of Morgan Lewis...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
The Limits of Technology
I recently had a personal experience that perhaps illustrates the power and limits of technology. I was grocery shopping when I noticed an employee using a hand-held wand to scan the shelf bar code for out-of-stock items. It surprised me that a person had to...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
New Online Service: 50 State HIPAA Study
The September issue of American Lawyer reports, in Robert J. Ambrogi’s article Making Money Online (Finally) about a new online service, statehipaastudy.com. Ambrogi explains that a healthcare coalition wanted a 50-state guide to medical privacy law, prior to the April 14, 2003 deadline for compliance...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
Total Cost of Ownership and Technology Upgrades
Law firm technology managers regularly face the question of when to upgrade software or hardware. The answer is neither easy nor obvious. Beware the Underlying Costs of Using Dated Technology from the New York Law Journal on law.com provides a good analysis of some of...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
Power Outages and Outsourcing
One theme of legal technology and this blog is outsourcing: Orrick’s move to W. Va. (May 30th), downtown v. suburban offices (June 1st), the move of professional work off-shore as reported by Fortune (June 14th), Dorsey & Whitney’s move to outsourced document management (June 18th),...
Ron Friedmann,
23 years ago
2 min read
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