Linked – Big Talk, Little Action? Survey Details Big Law ‘Innovation Gap’
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Linked – Big Talk, Little Action? Survey Details Big Law ‘Innovation Gap’

This does not sound like an industry that is doing what it needs to be successful. Thompson Hine, an Am Law 200 firm founded in Cleveland, commissioned the survey by asking in-house counsel and senior executives at 176 companies how much “innovation” they were seeing among their law firms. A mere 4 percent replied “a…

Linked – ‘Half-Assed Innovation’: Do Law Firms Need to Change Incentives to Innovate?
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Linked – ‘Half-Assed Innovation’: Do Law Firms Need to Change Incentives to Innovate?

Yes, next question? Of course law firms are going to have to change their incentives in order to do real, serious, innovation. The all-mighty billable hour can’t be the measurement for success while you are also implementing tools and technology designed to make things more efficient. It’s actually a disincentive to using those resources, even…

Linked – Backup Strategy for Travel Photographers
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Linked – Backup Strategy for Travel Photographers

This article is discussing a strategy for backing up photos while traveling, and then after a trip, but the same strategy is necessary for any important data, especially if you travel for work. Important: It does not matter what system you use the goal should be the same. You need to have at least 3…

Linked – Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds that Social Media Posts Must Be Authenticated Before Being Admissible in Evidence
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Linked – Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds that Social Media Posts Must Be Authenticated Before Being Admissible in Evidence

This is an interesting ruling. I think they’re on to something too. “In the case of Commonwealth v. Mangel, No. 2018 Pa. Super. 57 (Pa. Super. March 15, 2018 Musmanno, S.J. Ott, J., Shogan, J.)(Op. by Musmanno, J.), the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that social media posts are inadmissible in criminal cases unless prosecutors can…

Linked – Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM
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Linked – Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM

The article is quite fascinating. This seems to be something we’re hearing a lot more about when it comes to tech companies, and frankly, none of it really surprises me. “Age discrimination is an open secret like sexual harassment was until recently,” said Victoria Lipnic, the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or…

Linked – Sexual misconduct in law firms an ‘open secret’ for decades
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Linked – Sexual misconduct in law firms an ‘open secret’ for decades

This is from New Zealand: “Ms Quince said the reason why she decided to speak out was because it was an “open secret” that those sort of things had gone on in big law companies for years.” Would you say the same about US or UK law firms? Discuss. Seriously, I’m not a woman or…