“Memory augmentation software” – that caught my eye! A piece in Fortune, Oct. 17, 2011 at 70, describes Evernote, free software that lets a lawyer type notes, add scanned items, save web items, and record voice memos all in an easy-to-use application that helps sort and retrieve. I looked at…
Spot awards not appropriate for lawyers? I heard the view that spot bonuses are not appropriate for lawyers. “It’s not a very professional way to deal with lawyers!” I don’t agree. Since promotions are rare and turnover low, general counsel need some treats in the bag to hand out (See…
Here is the latest backgrounder on a leading matter management system’s founder. I asked these “cottage industrialists” to give some idea about the start of the company, some metrics about the current company, and an usual use of their software. Here is Mitratech’s. “Mitratech started in 1987. When Ladan Behnia…
Rights management software helps companies cope with contract complexity, third party content creators, new distribution platforms, and reporting requirements. According to the website of RSG Median, a provider of this specialized law-related software, “Generally, the process of identifying content and isolating restrictions has been an extremely manual process, one that…
ACC and Empsight have coordinated for several years on surveys of member law departments. As a company, Empsight focuses on compensation data, at least as summarized by their website: “Empsight International, LLC is a human resource consulting firm which helps employers make better decisions about their investment in people. Our…
As a columnist for InsideCounsel’s online site, I most recently wrote about the different ways law departments account for costs associated with patents. Sometimes the legal budget absorbs some of those amounts, other times it doesn’t – and everything in between. If you would like to read the entire column,…
The larger the footprint of a legal department, the more it needs lawyers who can lead. Local offices need someone who can show the flag, at the high level, and agree to toner purchases at the low level. Different languages and cultures put a strain on distant, senior lawyers at…
As I wrote recently, a leading provider of contract automation software, Business Integrity, invites legal departments to complete a short online survey (See my post of Oct. 18, 2011: three points regarding contract automation.). Here is the URL. I looked at the survey and noticed particularly one question: “The following…
Remarks on a recent panel by Robert Weber, the General Counsel of IBM, are available on Law.com. In the past, the company mostly hired lawyers with four to eight years of law firm experience. Now IBM increasingly hires straight out of law school. The decision to hire students from law…
Gibbons, with 230 attorneys, runs an in-house training and educational platform called Gibbons Academy. All of its productions qualify for CLE credits and an article in the Met. Corp. Counsel, Oct. 2011 at 41, describing it briefly, leaves the impression that legal department lawyers who are clients of the firm…