This roundup highlights some of my Tweets (@ronfriedmann) in March and April focusing on The New Normal, Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO), and e-discovery.
THE NEW NORMAL
UK @RiverViewLaw offers fixed fees, subscriptions, refunds, #KM bank of 650 docs, consulting to GCs. Interesting #LawFactory 20 Feb
RT @jordan_law21 post – Rebundling the law firm http://lawlks.ca/5eb || helpful way to think about services firms can/should offer 22 Feb
@atlblog: Bingham McCutchen Laysoff Staff http://bit.ly/ylOsdd || with BigLaw overhead/L > $200k, more cuts likely
Legal Week article by / on Simmons & Simmons online legal service http://bit.ly/xp7vWM || @elexica re-launched 8 Mar
Conflicted, and Often Getting a Pass http://nyti.ms/woWtdC || Bob Weber, GC IBM – law firm outside ownership would be worse? Explain. 13 Mar
NYSBA Ethics Opinion 911 (3/14/12) http://bit.ly/GJoLaF || NY lawyers practicing in NY cannot work for firm with non-lawyer owners 21 Mar
Legal Week: Eversheds makes temp lawyer service Agile permanent w 80 lawyers http://bit.ly/GHDRKz || Now at least 3 firms offer temp Ls 23 Mar
RT @pangea3: ACC Census Sees Power, Pay, and Prestige for In-House Counsel http://bit.ly/HwA1aj || and more build than buy 30 Mar
Legal Week: UK Simmons opens lower cost office in Bristol for “high end advice in close co-operation with London” http://bit.ly/HObWxt 3 Apr
Companies Reset Legal Costs http://on.wsj.com/I8UGmG || as more CEOs read about AFA, trend likely to grow even faster 9 Apr
Want quick overview of BigLaw new normal? See today @ValoremLamb http://bit.ly/HvBN8U + @jordan_law21 http://bit.ly/HAMg99 11 Apr
Ethics 20/20 Comm. Suspends Campaign to Draft Proposal on Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms @ABAJournal http://bit.ly/IHvXGg || my eyes roll 16 Apr
RT @axiom_law: When the white shoes walk away http://ow.ly/anL1k || scathing Bloomberg article on BigLaw 19 Apr
The Death Spiral of America’s Big Law Firms – The Atlantic http://bit.ly/IDyBd1 || cannibalizing, not innovating (HT @jeffrey_brandt ) 20 Apr
Is Your Firm or Legal Department ‘Old Normal’ or ‘New Normal’? See Our Checklist by @PaulLippe http://bit.ly/I9pxRD || Great comparison 24 Apr
“Lower cost structures helped propel two firms onto The Am Law 100” http://bit.ly/Ix11oj || In New Normal, costs + rates matter 27 Apr
LEGAL PROCESS OUTSOURCING
LiveMint / WSJ reports CPA Global LPO headcount in India has dropped b/c demand down, work shifting to US http://bit.ly/wEB2yN 24 Feb
ABA Ethics 20/20 Comm outsourcing report http://bit.ly/wLLiWU || imo, no big changes. Makes clear legal outsourcing is ok subj to rules 29 Feb
NLJ: A Decade of Legal Services Outsourcing http://bit.ly/zcL42q || LPO overview / retrospective by head of Mindcrest Mar 10
@gnawledge (3 Geeks) post: Managing the Law Firm Risk Role in Outsourcing http://bit.ly/xR5jPB || integrating LPM + LPO to comply w ethics 14 Mar
Lawyers Weekly (Aus.): In-house counsel embrace LPO http://bit.ly/ymk5Iy || Oz is a leading indicator for Anglo legal markets 16 Mar
Press release: Merrill Corporation Adds Legal Process Outsourcing Services in India http://bit.ly/GBAaMu || 20 Mar
The Lawyer: @Axiom_Law to open Belfast delivery center http://bit.ly/GBxjgG || LPO competition? 20 Mar
@dannyertel post on sourcing and LPO http://bit.ly/I0reg8 #LPO || succinct report on state of market 10 Apr
E-DISCOVERY
@RalphLosey explains why lawyers must let go idea of linear document review in #eDiscovery http://bit.ly/xrbyr3 || how long a wait? 12 Mar
Da Silva Moore + Kleen = It’s All About the Math http://bit.ly/HJuie3 || statistics key in #eDiscovery 10 Apr
The Great Ediscovery Shake-up – or is that Shakeout! by @ChristianUncut http://bit.ly/HPOwJs || gr8 recent deal wrap-up / state of market 16 Apr