Beyond knowledge management to better management
Love it or hate it, you can't ignore SharePoint. Thanks to the might of Microsoft, SharePoint has become part of the technology and knowledge management conversation at law firms all over the world. While not every law firm has deployed it, most I've talked to are thinking about it. Unfortunately, all that thinking is giving... Continue Reading →
It's Valentine's Day. Do you remember the pleasure of a new love -- the excitement, the giddiness, the joy? So tell me, when was the last time you felt that way about your office technology? To be fair, it's rare to have an elevated pulse when thinking about over-burdened workhorses, but that's a shame. Do... Continue Reading →
SharePoint Collaboration Across Your Team. Panelists: Meredith L. Williams (Director of Knowledge Mangement at Baker, Donelson) and Steve Fletcher (Chief Information Officer at Parker Poe). [These are my notes from LegalTech NY 2011. Since I'm publishing them as soon as possible after the end of a session, they may contain the occasional typographical or grammatical... Continue Reading →
Lessons Learned from Internalizing and Off Shoring the Management of Information [Internalizing means moving information management responsibilities inside your in-house legal department. Off shoring means using vendors who handle the work outside the US. While this session was primarily focused on eDiscovery and document review, the lessons are useful if you are rethinking how to... Continue Reading →
Efficiencies for Your Bottom Line: Five Steps to Reducing Costs in the Next 6 Months Panelists: Joy Saphia, Huron (Moderator) Mary Pape, Director of Global Complex Litigation, Dell Gary Nelson, Medtronic Ellen Rosenthal, Chief Counsel, Pfizer Legal Alliance Lani Miller, Litigation Department, Bank of America [These are my notes from LegalTech NY 2011. Since I'm... Continue Reading →
Leveraging Technology to Achieve Quality and Competitive Excellence. This session is focused on how lawyers provide "value" to their clients. The presenters are Brad Blickstein (Principal, Blickstein Group, Inc,) and Kimberly Townsan (Senior Manager, Legal Administration, United Technology Corporation). [These are my notes from LegalTech NY 2011. Since I'm publishing them as soon as possible... Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond KM 