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ALM Legal Intelligence Releases “The State of the Big Law Market” Or "The Hunger Games" Big Law Style

By Jean O'Grady on November 6, 2014

American Lawyer Legal Intelligence just released a new report

“The State of the Big Law Market” which they have described as the first of what will be an annual report. The inaugural report was authored by Aric Press, Editor in Chief and Mary Cho, Legal Intelligence Analyst. It is not only the

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ALM Legal Intelligence Releases “The State of the Big Law Market” Or "The Hunger Games" Big Law Style

By Jean O'Grady on November 6, 2014

American Lawyer Legal Intelligence has just released a new

report
‘The State of the Big Law Market” which they have described as the first of
what will be an annual report. The inaugural report was authored by Aric Press, Editor in Chief
and Mary Cho, Legal Intelligence Analyst. It is not only the

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Announcing the “Baseball and the Law” Trivia Champ And Crossword Solution

By Jean O'Grady on October 31, 2014

Congratulations to our Baseball and the Law Trivia Crossword Winner Alex Samuel!
Alex is an IP attorney from Concord, NH. He is a 2012 graduate of the University of New Hampshire Law School. Alex was the first person to submit a completed crossword with all the correct answers.

I will leave the puzzle active

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World Series Extra: Enter the LAW AND BASEBALL Trivia Contest

By Jean O'Grady on October 29, 2014

Over the course of my career I have had the great fortune to work at several law firms and work with lawyers who made important contributions to “the law of baseball.”
I thought it would be fun to celebrate the 2014 World Series with a LAW AND BASEBALL Crossword Trivia Contest.

Rules of the

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“Shark Tank” Law and “Decomplexification” at the COLPM 2014 Futures Conference

By Jean O'Grady on October 20, 2014

Last Friday I had the honor of being named a “Fellow” in the
College of Law Practice Management at their annual meeting and 2014 Futures Conference at Suffolk University Law School in Boston. The conference examined the continuum legal disruption/dysfunction across law schools, law firms and pro bono/public interest law.

Change Hasn’t Come Easily

Michael

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Law Firms Listen Up: Link Rot and Reference Rot Present Serious Risk Management and Associate Training Issues

By Jean O'Grady on October 15, 2014

“Works of Scholarship have
long cited primary sources or academic works to provide sources for facts to
incorporate previous scholarship, and to bolster arguments. The ideal citation
connects an interested reader to what the author references, making it easy to
track, down, verify and learn more from the indicated sources.” from Perma: Scoping

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Practice Innovations:Virtual Law Firms, New Law v Big Law, Legal Project Management, Pricing, Lean Six Sigma. Information Governance, Social Media

By Jean O'Grady on October 7, 2014

The October Issue of Practice Innovations has been released. Great mix of articles on distruptive forces and innovative approaches to the practice of law.

Sketching the future– Axiom, Valorem, Riverview, LegalZoom: Is this the New Model?by Andy Daws, Riverview Law and Kelly M. Brown, Morrison and Foerster
Law Firm Busines Professionals: New Rodes, New Titles,

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Do Stand Up Comedians Take Knowledge Management More Seriously Than the Average Lawyer? “Can We Talk?”

By Jean O'Grady on September 8, 2014

Until last week, I never thought of Joan Rivers as a brilliant taxonomist. I was a fan of Rivers back in her “can we talk” days, but I hadn’t really followed the recent “red carpet” phase of her career. In the deluge of tributes and remembrances since her passing, I did a “double take” when one of her friends described

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In-house Counsel, Outside Counsel, Legal Rebel: Insights from Bloomberg BNA Legal’s New President David Perla

By Jean O'Grady on September 2, 2014

David Perla at the BBNA “Wall of Firsts” c.BBNA

On July 14th, Bloomberg announced the
appointment of David Perla as the new President of Bloomberg BNA Legal.
Perla was a fascinating choice given his path from corporate lawyer (Katten
Muchin) to in-house counsel (Monster) to outsourcing pioneer (Founder and
co-CEO of Pangea3) to CEO

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Pacer Disrupting Big Data One Byte at aTime

By Jean O'Grady on August 29, 2014

Big Data Hits a Wall c. J O’Grady

The disruption of access to court dockets through Pacer has implications beyond the retrieval of dockets and documents.

The Administrative Office of the US Courts announced on August 11th that archival dockets from 5 federal courts would no longer be available through Pacer. I contacted the Office

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Uncategorized

ALM Legal Intelligence Releases “The State of the Big Law Market” Or "The Hunger Games" Big Law Style

ALM Legal Intelligence Releases “The State of the Big Law Market” Or "The Hunger Games" Big Law Style

Announcing the “Baseball and the Law” Trivia Champ And Crossword Solution

World Series Extra: Enter the LAW AND BASEBALL Trivia Contest

“Shark Tank” Law and “Decomplexification” at the COLPM 2014 Futures Conference

Law Firms Listen Up: Link Rot and Reference Rot Present Serious Risk Management and Associate Training Issues

Practice Innovations:Virtual Law Firms, New Law v Big Law, Legal Project Management, Pricing, Lean Six Sigma. Information Governance, Social Media

Do Stand Up Comedians Take Knowledge Management More Seriously Than the Average Lawyer? “Can We Talk?”

In-house Counsel, Outside Counsel, Legal Rebel: Insights from Bloomberg BNA Legal’s New President David Perla

Pacer Disrupting Big Data One Byte at aTime

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