As a general rule, we don’t mention many law firms by name on this
blog. On the rare occasions that we do, it’s usually because they’ve
done something stupid, or illegal, or they’ve gone out of business and
it’s plastered all over the main stream news sites and the rest of the
blawgosphere. As a
NoCALL Spring Institute Recap
Navigating Rough Seas: Charting a Course for Success
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the annual NoCALL Spring Institute. This year the event was held in San Francisco at a hotel right off Union Square. It was a great opportunity to network with colleagues and friends, as well as,
Former Reporter Named California State Librarian
A headline just crossed my desk from the Sacramento Bee: “Brown Appoints Former Reporter Lucas as State Librarian“
Deep Breath… A manager of one of the most important library systems in California without any apparent
professional library managerial experience?
I am concerned that the Governor of California has placed the stewardship of the State Library in the
A New iOS7 Feature May Be The Beginning of a Truly Connected World
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We live in an extremely interconnected world. A very fragile interconnected world. We are so reliant upon that connection that when it stops working, we stop working. That’s why when I saw Mike Elgan’s article this weekend called “How an Under-Appreciated iOS7 Feature Will Change the World,” I suddenly
Clearing Up Some Myth-conceptions
I have said in the past that my job as a blogger is to get the conversation started. By that measure, my last post was extremely successful. Three bloggers, that I know of, felt compelled to write follow up posts to The Myth of Disruptive Technology, and at least one commenter went so
The Myth of Disruptive Technology
This post originally appeared on the LexisNexis Future of Law Blog under the title, Lessons from Blockbuster: re-engineer, don’t disappear
In a recent session at LegalTech NY, I spoke about what I consider to be the great myth of disruptive technology; that we need to be on the hunt for the next big thing to
Neota Logic's Six Steam Engines of Modern Legal Services
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There was a very interesting article on Neota Logic’s blog yesterday that has really had me thinking ever since I read it (and re-read it a few more times.) The article, what will the lawyers do now? Dancing With Robots, The Second Machine Age, and The Hammer Song, covers the whole
The Second Tier Pull on Pricing
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As an observer of the legal pricing market, I try to keep a keen eye on the underlying, economic forces driving changes. I have previously posted on the internal forces acting on in-house counsel to save money. And recently, I am seeing a stronger emergence of another aspect of this force.
AALL & HBR Intend to Show the Metrics of Law Library ROI
Last week, AALL announced that it has selected HBR Consulting to lead a six-month project on a researched-based study that will identify the return on investment (ROI) of having a law library in an Academic, Private, and Court environment. As I had mentioned back in November when the Request for Proposal went out from AALL,