This session is entitled "How corporate legal departments are using analytics to measure the value of the products and services they buy." The panelists are Bob Ingato (Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, CIT Group); James Partridge (Chief Counsel, Outside Counsel Relations, Ally Financial (formerly GMAC)); and Anne Sonnen (Deputy General Counsel & Chief... Continue Reading →
Lisa Damon: The Evolution of Business Analytics at Seyfarth Shaw
Lisa J. Damon is a member of Seyfarth Shaw's Executive Committee. [These are my notes from the 2013 Ark Group Conference: Business Intelligence and Analytics in the Legal Profession. Since I'm publishing them as soon as possible after the end of a session, they may contain the occasional typographical or grammatical error. Please excuse those.... Continue Reading →
What Are You Trying to Measure and Why?
This session is entitled "Objective Business Strategy: What Are You Trying to Measure and Why?" The panelists are: Doug Doerfler (Chief Financial Officer, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP), Stuart Kay (Director, Global Business Systems, Baker & McKenzie), and Timothy B. Corcoran (Corcoran Consulting Group) [These are my notes from the 2013 Ark Group Conference: Business Intelligence... Continue Reading →
Daniel Katz: Data Driven Law Practice
This session is presented by Daniel Martin Katz, Assistant Professor of Law, Michgan State University & Co-Director, Reinvent Law Laboratory at MSU Law. [These are my notes from the 2013 Ark Group Conference: Business Intelligence and Analytics in the Legal Profession. Since I'm publishing them as soon as possible after the end of a session,... Continue Reading →
Size Matters: An Introduction to Big Data
"We're here to tell you that size matters." This is how we began a presentation today on Big Data. I had the pleasure of presenting with Maura R. Grossman, Counsel at Wachtell Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Chad C. Ergun, Director, Global Practice Services & Business Intelligence, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. [These are my notes... Continue Reading →
Matter Management, Pricing and Profitability
The speakers are Gene Berger (Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis, Dechert), David B. Hobbie (Litigation Knowledge Manager, Goodwin Procter) and Richard B. Friedman (Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge). [These are my notes from the 2012 Ark Group Conference: Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession. Since I'm publishing them as soon as possible after the... Continue Reading →
Why is Senior Law Firm Management Now Driving Knowledge Strategy?
The panelists are Thomas Kennedy (Partner & Global Head of Knowledge Strategy, Skadden, Arps), Kenneth Bender (Partner, Paul Hastings) and Jack Bostelman (President, KM/JD Consulting LLC and former partner, Sullivan & Cromwell). [These are my notes from the 2012 Ark Group Conference: Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession. Since I'm publishing them as soon as... Continue Reading →
Written in the Stars:The Truth Behind Lawyer Personalities and KM Adoption
Sally Gonzalez is Global Chief Information Officer, SNR Denton US LLP. [These are my notes from the 2012 Ark Group Conference: Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession. Since I'm publishing them as soon as possible after the end of a session, they may contain the occasional typographical or grammatical error. Please excuse those. To the... Continue Reading →
Disruption, Transformation and a Matter-Centric View of Process
Oz Benamram (CKO, White & Case) and Christopher F. Boyd (Senior Director of Professional Services) will present a framework for implementing some of the innovative ideas we've discussed at this conference. [These are my notes from the 2 Ark Group Conference: Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession. Since I'm publishing them as soon as possible... Continue Reading →
KMWorld 2012 Roundup
It was my great good fortune to attend KMWorld 2012 in Washington, D.C. When I arrived at the conference I realized that it was going to be an experience of extreme frustration -- there were far too many interesting sessions offered at the same time. Without cloning myself, there was no way I could attend... Continue Reading →