Integreon’s Ron Friedmann’s recent blog post, Estimates for Legal Work and Legal Estimators (January 11, 2010), was cross-posted at Legal OnRamp (LOR), a collaboration system for in-house counsel and invited outside lawyers and third party service providers.  Several LOR members participated in a thought provoking commentary, which we reproduce below.
Ron suggested in his blog post [...]

Something big has happened – new technologies are exploding in the world of marketing and communications. This year’s keynote speaker is Ari Kaplan, a lawyer and seasoned marketing and technology author. During his presentation on Thursday, March 25, Mr. Kaplan will discuss why the convergence of technology and marketing matters and how legal professionals can use these powerful new tools to bust through a cluttered and competitive marketplace. Drawing from a wide variety of social media, he will show how to develop cutting edge marketing strategies to take advantage of technology and the power of the Internet. Mr. Kaplan has practiced law with large firms in New York City for nearly 9 years and currently trains law firm administrators, legal assistants, law students/summer associates, associates and partners on the mechanics of getting published, effective communication and dynamic networking. The New York Law Journal called Mr. Kaplan’s book The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career Through Creative Networking and Business Development “[a] must-have treasure box of marketing ideas.” Mr. Kaplan earned his J.D. from George Washington University Law School and his B.A. magna cum laude, from Boston University.

Join us for the Keynote Address and Lunch, and be sure to visit ABA TECHSHOW’s Web site (www.techshow.com) to see all that the conference and EXPO have to offer!

I read with interest Matt Sullivan’s blog post, LPO Industry Consolidation Underway? He offers a useful summary and analysis of recent deal-making among legal process outsourcing (LPO) providers.
Sullivan rightly concludes that legal cost control still looms large for many corporate law departments. We hear this in many conversations we have with both in-house and outside counsel. We [...]

by Jeff Fehrman
Craig Ball, Tom Morrissey and I recently discussed The Challenge of Preserving and Collecting Evidence in a Cloud for a CLE webinar hosted at Virtual LegalTech. For those not familiar with Virtual Legaltech, it is ALM’s online version of the well known LegalTech New York and LegalTech West Coast events. One key difference [...]

by Matthew Banks
Boston based consulting firm Vantage Partners has published a White Paper, aimed at law firms, entitled Easy Mistakes to Make When Making Decisions About LPO. The Paper contains several pertinent market observations and useful recommendations for law firms, both at a practical and strategic level. I have selected a handful for comment (text [...]

by Debra Rozier
George Rudoy provides an insightful look at the issue of insourcing vs. outsourcing for electronic discovery in his recent blog post, To Insource or To Outsource, at the Georgetown Law E-Discovery Law Blog. 
Rudoy writes that he has always believed in outsourcing of electronic data collection, processing, culling etc. Recently, however, “the ever-increasing pressures on [...]

by Matthew Banks, Ron Friedmann, and Mark Ross
Integreon’s LPO experts, Matthew Banks, Ron Friedmann and Mark Ross take a look at what to expect in the LPO world in 2010.
Someone once said that less happens in a year than you might think but more happens in a decade than you might think. That’s the way [...]

We already know just how important meet and confer is for electronic discovery. But, do you also know who should be at the meet and confer?
Here’s a pop quiz:
What makes a good meet and confer team?
(a) Crack team of e-discovery professionals
(b) Lone-wolf litigator
(c) Group of attorneys with varying levels of ESI acumen
Choice (a) would seem like a great [...]

We recently came across a fabulous video (a Flash animation) by Beaton Consulting, which is “Australia’s leading B2B services research and consulting firm, providing insights to drive business performance.”
In just under three minutes, “The Big (Legal) Picture” provides a great perspective on the current and future global legal market, including legal process outsourcing (LPO). We think [...]

Fronterion, a “leading international management consultancy advising law firms and corporate counsels on outsourcing options”, has published its top-10 list of legal outsourcing (LPO) trends for 2010.
Here is the list:

A dynamic legal landscape. Economic pressures and the changing regulatory environment will continue to put pressure on organisations to turn to outside vendors.
Alternative legal delivery. Traditional [...]