Since not everyone reads Twitter, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. In this Roundup, I cover Tweets since September 2011. Plus I’ve highlighted several articles about the legal market from mainstream media sources.
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
Economist on AI impact on knowledge workers, incl lawyers http://econ.st/rQdDY1 || AI may outrace ability to replace jobs. HT @jkubicki 6 Nov 2011
NYTimes: Selling Pieces of Law Firms to Investors http://nyti.ms/vFLXCz || more MSM on emerging legal issues nyti.ms/vFLXCz 29 Oct 2011
The Australian: Law firm ‘Staff on chopping block as slump hits’ http://bit.ly/v7NKRA || Beaton analyst: partnering with LPO is a must 27 Oct 2011
WSJ: What’s A First-Year Lawyer Worth? http://on.wsj.com/p5u9pS || MSM picks up on legal economics. More on contract lawyers. 17 Oct 2011
OTHER UPDATES
Carolyn Elefant post: Proposed ABA Ethics 20/20 Rules requires oversight of Lexis, Westlaw http://zite.to/uJncE4 (HT @gnawledge) || ! 18 Nov 2011
@DiscoverReady Team Holds Summit on Quality in Document Review (post) bit.ly/tYoFro || look fwd to these #eDiscovery results 17 Nov 2011
Legal Week: 80% of GCs see cost as important but most slow to measure value and efficiency of efforts http://bit.ly/w1Tg40 || surprising? 17 Nov 2011
The Decision Tree, Step by Step: How Much Is Your Million Dollar Case Worth? http://bit.ly/sR0N0N || decision tree example (HT @gnawledge) 14 Nov 2011
Great @MorganLewisLaw LTN article on automating #eDiscovery http://bit.ly/sSgTvM || Beginning of end of human review? 12 Nov 2011
@gnawledge post – bet farm legal market shrinking ow.ly/1zFCks || Good insight – I agree 2 Nov 2011
@vmaryabraham post: Seyfarth’s Success Story [#Ark] bit.ly/ru3SDt || great write-up of Lean Six Sigma at a firm 1 Nov 2011
Above the Law: O’Melveny & Myers Replaces 75 Humans With Technology http://bit.ly/ofj9gV || outsource to Williams Lea in Wheeling WV 18 Oct 2011
@DannyErtel post: Useful Scorecards for Legal Process Outsourcing bit.ly/qB6qTx || good matrix to evaluate LPO 15 Oct 2011
LTN: Contract Management Software Helps Lawyers Gain the Upper Hand http://bit.ly/qXNvSI || Big opening for law firms that embrace CMS 11 Oct 2011
WSJ Law Blog: @LegalZoom Sues North Carolina Bar http://on.wsj.com/pK0BPJ || seeks declaratory judgment re no UPL 7 Oct 2011
SNR profits drive prompts new push in low-cost Milton Keynes arm http://bit.ly/ || another cost lowering insourcing strategy 6 Oct 2011
Freshfields holds off on launch of alumni network temp project until 2012- Legalweek http://bit.ly/px95jD || tweaking a good idea 6 Oct 2011