For some the dog days of summer are the most uncomfortable time of year, best spent in a hammock near a body of water. For at least 1500 hardy souls, the hottest days of August are the best time to head south to Nashville -- not for barbeque, not for music, not for line dancing,... Continue Reading →
SharePoint Collaboration [LegalTech 2011]
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 →
Internalizing & Off Shoring Information Management
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
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 →
Alternative Fees and Value [LegalTech 2011]
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 →
Legal Process Outsourcing: Ethical, Practical & Legislative Considerations
This session on Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) was presented by Mark Ross, VP Legal Solutions at Integreon and David Stanton, a litigation partner in Pillsbury's Los Angeles office. Mark is an experienced UK litigation solicitor and former partner at the UK law firm Underwoods Solicitors. Underwoods was the first UK law firm to outsource legal... Continue Reading →
Typical Objections to Legal Project Management
Andrew Terrett (Director of Knowledge Management, BLG) and Joshua Fireman (VP and General Counsel, ii3) presented a full-day workshop on legal project management (LPM) at the Ark Group Legal Knowledge Management Conference (October 26, 2010). Here are my notes. Typical Objections to Legal Project Management (LPM) #1. Issues always arise in the course of a... Continue Reading →
ARK: Key Project Management Concepts
Andrew Terrett (Director of Knowledge Management, BLG) and Joshua Fireman (VP and General Counsel, ii3) presented a full-day workshop on legal project management (LPM) at the Ark Group Legal Knowledge Management Conference (October 26, 2010). Here are my notes. Key Legal Project Management (LPM) Concepts SCOPE: - Scope is the work that must be performed.... Continue Reading →
ARK: Project Management
Andrew Terrett (Director of Knowledge Management, BLG) and Joshua Fireman (VP and General Counsel, ii3) presented a full-day workshop on legal project management (LPM) at the Ark Group Legal Knowledge Management Conference (October 26, 2010). Here are my notes. Definitions: Six Sigma = "a rigorous and disciplined methodology that uses data and statistical analysis to... Continue Reading →
Light Bulbs in Las Vegas [#ILTA10]
How many light bulbs are in Las Vegas casino lights? According to WikiAnswers, 9,000,000 light bulbs per floor. Last week, however, the International Legal Technology Association's 2010 annual conference resulted in a great deal more light in Vegas as one informative session after another caused "light bulbs to go off in my head." There were... Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond KM 