In a recent article in The Lawyerist, lawyer and legal writer Lisa Needham argues that when it comes to technology and the legal profession, “We think we know what we need, but we really don’t.” Her contention is that we are wasting effort on inventing and refining existing apps and software, while ignoring major
Rocket Lawyer and ABA Part Ways… for the Wrong Reasons
I was shocked last autumn when Rocket Lawyer, the legal technology company backed by Google Ventures, scored a deal with the ABA to test its services. Now I am fascinated by what brought this experiment to a halt.Had the state bar associations where the program was tested said that the service was not in
A Virtual Legal Assistant for GCs from Riverview Law
The battle to outfit lawyers with useful virtual assistants is heating up. A few weeks ago we reported on the evolution of IBM Einstein for use in legal settings. Now, Riverview Law, one of the largest legal-services and private practice law firms in the
Working from a virtual desk
A YouTube video from a company named Switch demonstrates how business people and professionals are increasingly able to do more of their work remotely or at various different sites interchangeably – releasing them from the historic shackles of an office desk.
https://youtu.be/LTbevrimPZA
For better or worse, it is hard not to agree with the core
Your Near-Future Legal Assistant: the Robot
Fresh from defeating its human opponents on Jeopardy, IBM Watson has now begun to demonstrate its artificial-intelligence capacities in the real world. Watson and its counterparts are already being used in such fields as medicine, education, security and
Cybersecurity: A Growing Area of Practice
In June, Bloomberg BNA reported that Akerman had become the latest law firm to venture deeply into the field of data security and information governance when it established an 18-person group specializing in data law.
Martin Tully, co-chair of the new Akerman group, told Bloombeg that “while the breaches at Target make national headlines, smaller
Can you reach “inbox zero” every day? Kevin Kruse thinks you can
To research his new book, 15 Secrets Successful People Know about Time Management, Kevin Kruse interviewed hundreds of people he describes as “ultra-productive” on dozens of topics that relate to how they manage time. One of those topics was email.
Kruse found that unlike most people, who let email control them, highly successful individuals
Change and the Law: Take Control of Your Own Future
In the most recent issue of Edge International Communique, I explored the issue of change in the legal profession, advising readers to take control of where their practices are going in a world where technology is altering not only how legal matters are carried out, but where and how they are accessed.
My article
The Digital Future: Will Your Firm Survive?
I encourage readers of this blog to devote a few minutes of serious consideration to a new video from McKinsey & Company. In it, McKinsey Digital’s strategy leader Jay Scanlan reminds us of the scope and speed
How Much Do You Know about the Internet?
Sam Glover, founder of The Lawyerist, believes that all lawyers must be familiar with the fundamental operating principles of the technology that we use every day. In his opinion, basic knowledge of the internet and how computers work is essential to the maintenance of legal competence as set out in the American Bar Association’s