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More Sharing, Not Less

Mary Abraham

March 10, 2010 11:00

Rees Morrison reports that clients get unhappy when their lawyers have internal meetings. According to some of the general counsel he works with, these meetings are seen as unnecessary additions to the bill. Meanwhile, their outside counsel know that these meetings have been a traditional means of...

The State of Law Firm KM 2010

Mary Abraham

March 09, 2010 23:30

The Knowledge Management Peer Group of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) is once again sponsoring a survey to determine the current state of law firm knowledge management. Given the upheavals in the legal industry of the last few years, it will be interesting to see what if any...

Rough Diamond

Mary Abraham

March 09, 2010 11:09

$35.5 million is a lot to spend on potential, but that’s the record-setting price a private jewelry retailer recently paid for a 507-carat rough diamond.  According to the Associated Press report, The stone — as big as a chicken egg and weighing just over 100 grams (3.53 ounces) — was esti...

Think Big

Mary Abraham

March 08, 2010 11:00

Do you think small? Or, do you have a compelling vision that gives your work purpose? What gets you out of bed in the morning other than the knowledge that someone expects you to punch the clock at the office? Some have reported that in their view the safest course through the economic downturn was...

Acrobatics

Mary Abraham

March 05, 2010 11:05

Back flips, somersaults, handstands. These acrobats did it all. Standard fare for an acrobat, you say? Perhaps. But these guys were doing it in a New York City subway train. Have you ever tried doing a rapid series of back flips in the narrow aisle of an express train? Me neither. Perhaps...