A member of DuPont’s IT organization who supports the company’s legal department wrote recently in Peer to Peer, Vol. 24, Nov. 2008 at 71, about protecting equipment. A poster that she had just seen dramatically warned people not to leave their computer unattended. “No excuses! Lock all laptops!” She makes…
On Feb. 3, 2008 I published this blog’s first “embedded metapost” (See my post of Feb. 3, 2008: if more than 5 posts, and with URL; May 13, 2007: I ask if metaposts are useful to readers.). Since then I have accumulated and published 24 of them for a total…
Although the amounts paid to outside counsel by law departments may decline in line with a general drop-off in corporate activity, what remains of that spend may increase unjustifiably. In a cynical and untrusting frame of mind I conjured up inflated bills for to the following four reasons: Padded bills…
Other LPO-related blogs. I should add a couple more: LPO News by Anirudh Bhati, who is a professional working in the Legal Process Outsourcing Industry and Legal Process Outsourcing by Mark Ross (See my post of Jan. 18, 2009: 15 blogs about legal offshoring.). Salaries paid Indian legal graduates are…
For about 15 intense, fast-paced minutes I regaled a group of 75+ bloggers and wanna-be bloggers on the various tools I use to find out more about who visits this blog. My PowerPoint slides may give readers some ideas for their own blogs, a greater appreciation for blogs on legal…
Courtesy of Monica Bay of Legal Technology News, there is a short clip of me on the first day of Legal Tech. I thought it was such a kick to do this, and to market this blog to the masses. Obviously, my make-up person, wardrobe assistant, gaff lighter, script writer,…
To provoke readers, and to push myself to organize my own thoughts, I hereby anoint ten management concepts as the most crucial for general counsel to ponder and apply. The top five are Client, Risk, Quality, Productivity, and Talent: Client – without an entity there is no need for an…
Here are the most recent embedded metaposts with URL links (See my post of Jan.13, 2009: Part XXIII.), each of which shows the number of references cited within them. Blogs on law department management (See my post of Jan. 28, 2009: law department management blawgs with 11 references.). Compliance reporting…
During the 30 days ending on January 22, 2009, Feedburner reported the following 19 “Uncommon Uses” of this blog, LawDepartmentManagementBlog.com. “Uncommon uses” are accesses of the feed through sites not universal to all of FeedBurner’s feed users, such as its own website or other sites that post our feeds. During…
Someone visited this blog recently after a Google search of the term “law department best practices – Canada.” I smiled at the assumption that Canadian law departments might have unique management hurdles or solutions. Laws, judicial institutions, and the legal industry vary enormously country by country, but management goals of…