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August 30, 2010, 11:45 pm, 757441

For several years I regularly wrote “Roundup” posts where I briefly covered several unrelated topics. Until now, Twitter has substituted for those original posts - my Roundups now are selected Tweets. I now see that - perish the thought - 140 characters does not always suffice. ...


August 29, 2010, 3:45 pm, 756747

The September issue of Inside Counsel presents its annual “IC 10″, 2010 IC 10 Winners Exemplify Innovation, winners for law department innovation. In this post, I summarize and comment on some of the winners. 

Sharing Information Internally and Externally with Legal OnRamp

Two winners this year created systems with


August 24, 2010, 5:45 pm, 754423

This is a live post form the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) 2010 Conference. Session: “Outsourcing: Safety First”. Speakers: David Stanton, Partner, Pillsbury; Nathan Hayes, VP Technology & Infrastructure Services, Integreon. For additional session reports, see Twitter hashtag #ILTA10. This session is also ...


August 23, 2010, 1:45 pm, 753649

This is a live post form the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) 2010 Conference. This is the opening session, Five Secrets to Put Strategic Unity on the Fast Track, with Jason Jennings presenting. For additional information, see Twitter hashtag #ILTA10

Jason Jennings is a popular business speaker ...


August 20, 2010, 9:45 am, 752497

Since not everyone reads Twitter, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets

law.com: New Hiring System Keeps Contract Attorneys Away From Law Firms http://bit.ly/bdMRUd || Staffing agencies > doc review co’s ?

RT @ChristianUncut Intelliteach wins 1st major UK #legal IT deal with Eversheds/MS Office outsourced service desk ...


August 15, 2010, 3:45 pm, 749709

Will general counsel and the ACC demand for more value from law firms drive firms to consider offering online legal services? 

Bob Ambrogi’s Crowdsourcing the Law (Law Technology News, 1 Aug 2010) describes some interesting new web services - OpenRegs and Spindle Law - that got me thinking about online ...


August 7, 2010, 5:45 pm, 745875

Have you ever wondered what your e-mail says about you? Conversation is ephemeral; e-mail leaves a record. The e-mails you send and receive and the meetings you have tell stories. Now, there is fun software that extracts those stories for you. And I can see how ...


August 1, 2010, 11:45 pm, 742213

After the last two years of severe recession and huge corporate legal spending cuts, I thought it was safe to assume that general counsel buying behavior had changed. It turns out, perhaps not. 

Reading What’s Really Going On in Today’s Legal Departments? a survey of GC in the August ...


July 29, 2010, 1:45 pm, 740603

Innovators at the Barricades by Bruce MacEwen at Adam Smith, Esq. argues that legal process outsourcing (LPO) is a disruptive force for law firms, citing Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma

“Outsourcing is here to stay” writes ...


July 27, 2010, 11:45 am, 739055

The College of Law Practice Management and The American University Washington College of Law are hosting “1, 2, 3, RESET! The 2010 Futures Conference and Symposium” on October 22-23 at AU in DC. I encourage anyone interested in the future of the legal market and law practice management ...