As my esteemed colleague has commented on some Ike IT frustrations, I feel compelled to comment on some Ike IT stars.
My firm’s IT group road out the storm and kept our systems up and running. As the ‘main’ office for our firm, all of our critical systems reside here in Houston. Of course we
In a week and a day, Nevada steps up with a new law requiring encryption of electronically transmitted personal information.
NRS 597.970 Restrictions on transfer of personal information through electronic transmission.
[Effective October 1, 2008.] 1. A business in this State shall not transfer any personal information of a customer through an electronic transmission other
My co-blogger Greg has already posted a great list of DR lessons, so I thought I would add a thought of my own.
My DR/KM recommendation is for an organization, instead of individuals. For the duration of Ike and his aftermath, I have lived electronically on my BlackBerry. I tried not to complain
At the ILTA conference I was introduced to 3 different legal KM blogs of note. They are:
Caselines has a Litigation KM angle to it (but not e-discovery – which is good). I saw David Hobbie present on Litigation KM – which is his thing at Goodwin Proctor. Good presentation showing great KM implementation. Nice
Although this time convergence is not in-house counsel cutting its number of outside firms, its software providers cutting the number of platforms they work on.
One example is the partnership announced at the ILTA conference between Interwoven and Lexis. The two are combining their products into one offering Lexis is calling “Lexis Search Advantage.”
After not seeing much value in the Martindale-Hubbell – LinkedIn deal and after waiting (and not alone) to see more value come from social networking, I admit Lexis may be on to something. What many of us have been waiting to see is some definable business value to come from social networking. There is
You here something once – you notice it. You here it twice and it catches your attention. You start hearing it everywhere and you better pay attention.
This is the case with virtualization (a.k.a. Virtual Private Server). This 80’s mainframe concept is back and back in a big way. So much that it’s even touching
Legal KM, like all KM, has two major aspects: 1) Capturing knowledge well, and 2) Making that knowledge easy to access. I found a blog recently that help put #2 into a new light. The blog is called Search Done Right and is produced by Vivisimo, the maker of search engine Velocity.
With all the talk of outsourcing these days, it’s easy to overlook a tried and true outsourcing opportunity: Lawyer Referral. Marketing is a hot, and becoming hotter, topic for lawyers everywhere. So when looking for a solid marketing idea, I suggest your first look should be with your local lawyer referral service.
Well-run lawyer
Last week I presented for the National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC). This is the group that disciplines lawyers across the US. At the invitation of Bob Hawley from the State Bar of California, I have presented a number of times before this group, in what has evolved into a series of