http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php Prism Legal Consulting, Inc. provides regular updates about interesting developments and themes in the application of technology to law practice and law business. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:02 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 ron@prismlegal.com ron@prismlegal.com en The 2010 Hildebrandt Client Advisory paints a grim picture for Big Law.  The report, prepared jointly by Hildebrandt and Citi Private Bank, notes that "While the year ended with some hopeful signs, we enter 2010 with little prospect of a robust recovery and with mounting evidence that the profession is entering ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1041&c=1 Will the legal market crash lead to a legal technology resurgence? I suggested so in my post January post Economist Magazine: Expect Profound Structural Shift in Legal Market. Two recent articles show how law firms add value with technology. Whether this is a new trend, however, remains to ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1040&c=1 With all the legal process outsourcing (LPO) news last week, law firms should consider their LPO strategy, including if they need to have one.  My post last week, LPO Update: Microsoft, Rio Tinto, New LPO Ethics Article, Deals, reviewed recent LPO developments: Microsoft announced legal outsourcing, Leah Cooper of Rio Tinto ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1039&c=1 Legal process outsourcing is in the news again this week. For those whose eyes are not glued to Twitter, I thought it would be helpful to re-cap several unrelated events this week.  First, on Monday, Leah Cooper, formerly inhouse counsel at Rio Tinto and avid LPO promoter, has changed hats. ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1038&c=1 What's hot in legal knowledge management? What would KM managers not do again? And what legal KM topics are of most interest now? US, UK, and Canadian large law firm KM professionals answered these questions in a recent survey.  In advance of of a private KM meeting of ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1037&c=1 Recently I learned via a Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) Tweet (@wilsonsonsini), that the firm had launched On-Demand Learning Resource to Help In-House Attorneys Keep Current and Earn MCLE Credit. I think the firm has done a very nice job with this initiative.  The Technology WSGR is using ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1036&c=1 This is a live post from a private large law firm knowledge management meeting. This session, Change and the Growing Importance of KM, was also presented at the just completed CIO conference held in connection with Legal Tech.  The Actors: Oz Benamram, White & Case Michael Mills, ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1035&c=1 This is a live report from Legal Tech NYC on the session E-Discovery - Considerations for In-Sourcing and Outsourcing.  The panelists: Marilyn Caldwell - Director of Practice Support, Lowenstein Sandler Michelangelo Troisi - Senior Counsel and Director of Risk Managment, Samsung Electronics America Scott Cohen - Proskauer Craig Ball - Consultant and court-appointed Special Master ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1034&c=1 Legal Tech begins tomorrow and I am in position at the NY Hilton. With the show's emphasis on e-discovery and enterprise systems, we can easily forget that personal productivity is still an important legal technology goal . So, before the din of reports on enterprise systems from ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1033&c=1 The Posse List, an increasingly important resource for e-discovery generally and contract lawyers specifically, is publishing a series of interviews with EDD professionals. My interview appears today, An interview with Ron Friedmann of Integreon; the legal paradigm shift, predictive coding, document categorization, and more .  In it, I explain my ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1032&c=1