One of my life rules is: If you hear it once, it might be interesting. If you hear something twice, it’s a good idea to check it out. If you hear it three times, it’s time to pay attention.So what triggered my rule? People recently suggesting the data is out there on what clients are

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This three part series will examine the emerging trend for third party litigation funding. In this first segment, we describe what it is and why clients will find it interesting.

What is it?
Settlements from law suits are assets. There – I said it. And once something is recognized as an asset

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In Part 4 of this series we discussed why firms avoid next generation technology and why that needs to change.

Replacing Humans
To look deeper in to what the future might hold, we will now explore two next-generation knowledge management (KM) technologies. I refer to these as analysis KM tools, as they

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In Part 2 of this series we covered the beginnings of major change in the legal market along with the initial responses from firms and lawyers.

Non-Traditional Competitors
An emerging and compelling reason for lawyers to make different business decisions is coming from new breeds of competitors. One example is the Legal