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Magna Carta at the Library of Congress: The Revolt of the Barons and The Birth of Due Process. Unintended Consequences “Writ Large.”

By Jean O'Grady on January 13, 2015

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the

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IMHO: Hits, Misses and Random Observations on Legal Information and Technology — Highlights of 2014

By Jean O'Grady on January 7, 2015

In my humble opinion….looking back on 2014 here are some standouts…for better or worse….

Worst piece of proposed legislation for law firms Award OK accounting is a snooze, but this issue has my attention. The tax law amendment proposing mandatory accrual accounting for law firms could wipe out
all the staffing and process efficiencies law

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The 10 Most Popular Dewey B Strategic Posts in 2014

By Jean O'Grady on December 31, 2014

2014
was the first year since 2007 in which the legal press began consistently
publishing optimistic news about the legal market. Law school enrollments are
still shrinking. Large law firms continue to combine into mega-firms. Law firm
support roles and ratios continue to evolve. In 2014 legal publishers began to
deliver products which help transform

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In 2014 Change Was the Only Constant In Legal Publishing Leadership

By Jean O'Grady on December 30, 2014

2014 was marked by an unusual level of churn in the leadership of legal information companies. Here is a rundown of notable changes:

Bloomberg
BNA Legal Division.The most interesting executive change was Bloomberg’s selection of “legal rebel” David Perla as President of Bloomberg BNA Legal. There
have been a succession of short term leaders

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Share Your Wisdom With Your Colleagues: Invitation to Take the 2014-2015 START/STOP Poll

By Jean O'Grady on December 16, 2014

The Poll: Please take
the brief (11 question) 2014-2015 Start
Stop Poll here.

New Year, New Beginning I am a great
believer in the New Year as offering us a New Beginning. I have been fortunate
enough to have spent my career in a profession where colleagues have generously
shared insights into their

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It Takes More Than a Dumpster to Build A Digital Law Library: 12 Critical Components For Digital Law Library Transformations

By Jean O'Grady on December 10, 2014

Several weeks ago the New York Times published an article
So Little Paper to Chase In Law Firm’s New Library about the
transformation of Kaye Scholer law library from print to digital. The law library community was universally outraged

that the author was 1) completely surprised that law

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Toss the Pocket Parts, Here Comes the “Streaming Digital Treatise:” Welcome The Bloomberg Law: Bankruptcy Treatise

By Jean O'Grady on December 4, 2014

Bloomberg is on an innovation roll. It was only two weeks
ago that BloombergBNA announced the

release of their new Banking Law platform. Today
they announced the release of Bloomberg Law: Bankruptcy Treatise
which is now available to all Bloomberg
Law subscribers in the Bankruptcy Practice Center. David
Perla, President of Bloomberg Legal stated in

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Dewey B Strategic Chosen as One of The ABA Blawg 100 For the Third Year in a Row. Let the Voting Begin!

By Jean O'Grady on November 24, 2014

Congratulations to all of the ABA Blawg 100 nominees. I am especially happy for friends, colleagues and bloggers who were named to the ABA Journal Blawg 100 Hall of Fame: Greg Lambert, Toby Brown, Lisa Salazar and Ryan McClead at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog #3geeks. (The 4 geeks were honored despite the fact that they can’t count.

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Bloomberg Law Unbundles: “Bloomberg Law: Banking” Product Offers New Features and Signals New Vertical Market Strategy

By Jean O'Grady on November 19, 2014

Today Bloomberg BNA announced the launch of Bloomberg Law: Banking. Until now Bloomberg Law appeared to be focused exclusively on competing with Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis in selling legal research platforms on an enterprise basis. With the launch of Bloomberg Law: Banking, Bloomberg seems to be taking aim at Wolters Kluwer, a company which

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LexisNexis Rebrands Knowledge Mosaic as Lexis Securities Mosaic (And Releases a Slick Promo Video)

By Jean O'Grady on November 18, 2014

We all new it was coming. It was just a question of when. LexisNexis announced today that it has rebranded one of it’s recent acquisitions Knowledge Mosaic as Lexis Securities Mosaic.

At the time of the acquisition in January 2013 I wrote a post What Did Lexis Buy and Why Did They Buy it? What Will

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