The Big Four are coming for us law firm folks. “KPMG’s legal services division revenue rose by more than 30 percent in 2018 in a record-setting performance, according to the firm that expects growth to continue in a burgeoning market that’s stoking concerns among traditional law firms about potential competition.” Now I know all of…
James isn’t pulling any punches in his claim that law schools aren’t teaching basic business skills. “This lack of basic financial literacy has been holding back the management and growth of the legal industry for decades. Many large law firms are only now starting to adopt the financial analytics tools that have long been commonplace…
Monica makes a compelling case for more organizations to bring their eDiscovery work in house. Despite my place in an outside firm, I actually agree with much of what she has to say. “Monica Enand: It all comes down to three components: control, security and cost. First, having a system that the entire legal team…
I don’t know if you’ve seen this blog post from Exterro this week. They are starting a series of interview with eDiscovery professionals, describing what their days are like, and this week it was Christa Haskins, CEDS, E-Discovery/ESI Support Manager at Becton Dickinson. Being in-house with a legal department, Christa’s day looks a little different…
This is something that I’m afraid the legal and technology industries just haven’t figured out yet. Think about it. “In the article “Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week”, Sara Robinson explains that working a 60-hour week does not get you 20 additional hours of productivity. The numbers are probably closer to 25-30 percent more work…
This actually doesn’t surprise me. I would imagine for small and mid-sized law firms this would be pretty high as well. “A new survey shows that internet issues are the largest management stressor among SME owners, followed by GDPR and cyber security.” As we have moved more and more data and services to the cloud,…