CRIV Blogs

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Joe Hodnicki, Law Librarian Blog, welcomes the CRIV Blog to the blawgosphere. I’m excited to see the direction the committee takes in their publishing. Also, we will be adding the blog to the digest in the near future. Read more about the blog at Welcome to the Blogosphere, The CRIV Blog.

 

Make peace, not war

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I haven’t been reading Agnostic, Maybe for very long but I have to say that I find the writings of author, Andy Woodworth, well worth reading. Today’s post focuses on how we need to do a better job of choosing our battles or not being so thin skinned. Read more at Why Are Librarians Picking So Many Fights?

 

Fatal Intersection

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PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest

Vol. 12, No. 99

This certainly isn’t the first and most certainly won’t be the last article on the implosion of Dewey. Bruce MacEwen traces the troubles all the way back to the Dewey Ballantine/LeBoeuf Lamb merger. We should pay heed to Nick Jarrett-Kerr who colorfully warned about getting mergers right back in October 2011 – you don’t get a tiger by inflating a cat. Read more at Adam Smith, Esq.: Emerging Lessons

Personal Responsibility

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PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest

Vol. 12, No. 99

Are personal responsibility, a moral compass and an ethical code disappearing from society? Who was it that said, “Character is what we do when no one is looking?” Read more by Greg Lambert at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog and then laugh (because co-workers hate it when you cry): Lying, Cheating, Fudging… ‘meh…

The End of Judges?

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PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest

Vol. 12, No. 99

ADR, or Alternative Dispute Resolution has been around for ages, but there seems to be a surge in online dispute resolution (ODR) “because of its ability to resolve small cases quickly, cheaply and easily.” I hadn’t really considered that “Online juggernauts like eBay and PayPal have been resolving millions of online disputes each year for many years, operating completely independently of the legal or courts system using specific ODR technology.” Christy Burke talks about what’s happening on this front in her latest post. Does anyone think we are going to see a “The end of Judges?” book out soon? Read more at Legal IT Professional: Web-based Dispute Resolution Systems Gain Traction as Court Delays and Low Value Disputes Surge

Bye Bye Secretaries

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PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest

Vol. 12, No. 99

Experts say attorney secretary ratios are rising to 4:1 or higher (as much as 6:1) Ron Friedmann says it “speaks to the issue of improving law firm service delivery.” I’d like to believe that’s true, but if it were truly a planned process, I’d expect to see other support staff laid off as well. Greenberg hasn’t said much, but consultants are guessing that, “new technology, fewer paper copies and scheduling software” are some of the reasons behind the layoffs. If that’s so, why aren’t there layoffs in records as well? Whatever happened to the “pod” support concept? Read more at Prism Legal: Client Service Lessons from a Large Law Firm Secretarial Cut

Circle the Wagons

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PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest

Vol. 12, No. 98

Greg Lambert’s latest post is about technology and law. Not very unusual right? Well it is when you take it to the next level and talk about technology, not as an augmentation to lawyering, but as a replacement for lawyering. Greg embeds the Nightly Business Report’s video report of an unusual class at Georgetown Law School doing just that. Sounds to me like the “law factories” of the future may be fully automated. Read more at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog : The Next Generation of Computers Practicing Law

More than a Book

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PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest

Vol. 12, No. 98

Jeff Richardson reviews a $5 iBook on going paperless. I have to agree with Jeff, iBooks Author is quite a tool and another game changer for Apple (one of the first books I saw was a Mulch Sale Manual put together by one of our Boy Scout’s father). Utilizing the advanced features of Apple’s iBooks Author, Paperless is something to behold. Jeff says you don’t have to be a Mac user to learn more about going paperless. Read more at iPhone J.D.: Review: Paperless by David Sparks — excellent iBook on going paperless

Advice for RIM

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PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest

Vol. 12, No. 98

Jason Plant has two suggestions for RIM to get back in the game: 1) Take the BB “back to basics” and 2) Create a BES for managing all smartphones and mobile devices. I’ll agree with him on his second point, but not his first. In the world of iPhones and Android powered smartphones, RIM is stuck with a “basic” phone and I don’t think a retro display would help no matter how long the battery lasted. Given the convergence of business and personal data, what we need is a way to separate and tag apps for personal and business use and an option to securely wipe just the business side of a phone. Read more at No Option for Law Firm!: Two simple steps for RIM to get back in the game

Legal’s Good Enough IPO

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PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest

Vol. 12, No. 98

And speaking of automated law factories, LegalZoom has got their act together for an IPO. They are looking for $120 million to expand both in the US and internationally. Just think what a US law firm could do with a $120 million capital investment! Whoops – the ABA already killed that idea. So what will “good enough” legal services, provided by non law firms (who have deep pocket investors) mean to your law firm? Read more at eLawyering Blog: LegalZoom: The “Good Enough” Legal Solution