In difficult times, law firms need to consider innovative ideas. The April 2009 issue of Law Practice Management magazine (an ABA publication) published Signs of Innovative Life in the Practice of Law, a compendium of ideas by several authors. Integreon’s Ron Friedmann wrote two of the pieces: On-site Staffing and Optimizing Virtual Collaboration. Other authors tackle topics such as work-life balance, project management, and strategic planning.
Will investment banking analysts survive the current economic crash? Arguably, they were an endangered species even before the current crisis.
Integreon’s Chris Niccolls (SVP, Account, Implementation, and Program Management), formerly Managing Director of Investment Banking Operations at Bear Stearns, penned an opinion piece called The Next Shoe to Drop in the The Deal Newsweekly (10 Dec 2008).
An Integreon-authored article in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel magazine (December 2008) explains that buyers of electronic discovery and litigation support demand cost savings. Achieve Savings By Predicting And Controlling Total Discovery Cost.
Achieving savings requires understanding and dependably predicting the Total Discovery Cost (TDC). The article describes how Integreon’s Doctane Calculator predicts TDC based on volume, de-duplication rates, lawyer review rates, software cost, lawyer hourly costs, among other factors. In one scenario, using this predictive tool, it was clear that investing more for conceptual review (versus linear review) lowered TDC by more than 50%
The September-October 2008 issues of the Association of Legal Administrators’s Legal Management magazine published Dealing with Documents: The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing (PDF), an article by Ron Friedmann and Renay Rutter (respectively, Integreon SVP Marketing and VP Legal Sales).
Renay and Ron examine how outsourcing document processing can slash payroll and facilities costs, reduce turnaround times, and boost in-house secretarial careers. They also explain the pivotal role of law firm administrators in assessing outsourcing options and planning the transition to outsourced services.
Two US publications published articles published September issue articles, one by an Integreon executive, the other interviewing an Integreon executive.
The Datum Legal - Integreon Merger: The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts, published in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, is an interview of Chris Egan by the MCC editor. Chris is Integreon’s SVP for Discovery Solutions, and an e-discovery expert. In the interview, Chris explains the benefits to lawyers of an end-to-end integrated discovery solution at a fixed price. (For more information on Integreon’s specific solution, read about Doctane.)
Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing, published in LLRX.com, is by Ron Friedmann, Integreon SVP, Marketing and a legal domain expert. Ron provides an overview of legal process outsourcing, from document review to word processing. The article explains the benefits of legal outsourcing, the range of services lawyers should consider outsourcing, and the potential cost savings using legal document processing as an example of how to analyze costs and benefits. (Learn about Integreon outsourced legal services).