Survey Shows British, International Firms Expect More Mergers

One in three law firm managers expects to be involved in a merger or acquisition during the next year, according to joint research published by accountancy firm BDO and legal consultancy Jomati.

The survey, which canvassed the opinions of management at 55 انگلستان. and international firms, reveals that two-thirds of law firms have been involved in some form of merger or acquisition talks during the past 12 ماه, با 82 percent of those questioned stating that consolidation will be the greatest force for change in the legal sector in the coming years.

از طریق Survey Shows British, International Firms Expect More Mergers.

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تکان دهنده? وکلای دما باید فایل را نقد کنید 80 اسناد در ساعات روز

Temporary attorneys doing document review for an unnamed firm were sent the following email on Monday:

Please pick up the pace. They are expecting you to do about 80 docs an hour and all of you are less than half that. Changes will be made soon if this does not change asap.

via Temporary Attorney

Some commenters to the post found it unsurprisingi cant believe people are doing less than 80 docs per hour on a doc reviewand some such a review impossible.

Legal Blog Watch (hat tip to the ABA Journal) noted the issues with requiring such a review:

The demand for the review of “80 docs an hourhighlights the extent to which document review has now been commoditized in the legal world. Despite being a supposedly important part of the discovery and investigative process in legal proceedings, and despite the sometimes dire consequences if the role is not performed correctly, some clients and law firms continue to prioritize speed and cost-savings above all else.

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Microsoft criticises privacy in Chrome 3.0 – ZDNet.co.uk

The latest version of Google’s Chrome browser presents a privacy risk through its search-term tracking, a Microsoft security executive has said.

Microsoft general manager Amy Barzdukas, who heads up Internet Explorer and consumer security for the software company, said on Wednesday that Chrome 3.0 sends packets of information to Google every time a character is typed into its search box.

از طریق Microsoft criticises privacy in Chrome 3.0 – ZDNet.co.uk.

شرکت های بریتانیا همچنان مخالف به کشف الکترونیک

More UK IT departments are implementing policies to manage electronically stored information (ESI) and e-discovery to help stave off potential litigation issues.

But many still see little point in spending money preparing for legal requirements that may never affect them. And they are hampered from implementing suitable policies by the large volume of information that needs to be stored, and a lack of time and manpower to perform the necessary maintenance of data archives over long periods.

از طریق شرکت های بریتانیا همچنان مخالف به کشف الکترونیک – 21 اکتبر 2009 – محاسبه.

Revised FTC Guidelines: Blogger Beware

Regular readers of blogs and other Internet-based newsletters know it is not unusual to see product reviews in these publications. While sometimes the reviews appear to be careful, impartial journalism, at other times the writer seems just a wee bit too enthusiastic about the posts subject matter.

There are good reasons to question just how impartial the authors of these reviews might be. Advertisers oftencompwriters with free products or other benefits in the hopes of receiving favorable reviews, though it does not have to go that far. A Web site or blog that depends on click-through traffic for revenue may be so hungry for copy that its authors simply cut and paste blurbs received from a products public relations department, without ever receiving or using the product that is the subject of the post.

از طریق فناوری حقوقی – Revised FTC Guidelines: Blogger Beware.

مورد نادر جاسوسی اقتصادی پر با خصلت

از جمله دلایل برای بررسی محاکمه نادر جاسوسی اقتصادی لگد زدن این هفته در سان خوزه, کالیفرنیا: ادعاها در خصوص تلاش های چین برای نفوذ به سیلیکون ولی; چشم انداز هر دو متهم که ایستاده; همسر یکی از متهمان شهادت برای دولت; و یک روش برای دست زدن به شاهدان است که به ندرت در پرونده های جنایی استفاده می شود.

انتخاب داوران آغاز می شود روز سه شنبه در تعقیب شبکه های LAN لی و Yuefei جنرال الکتریک, دو نفر از مهندسان مایکروسیستمز NetLogic وارز. که در متهم شدند 2006 با تجارت راز سرقت. دادستان فدرال پس از آن ضربه تا کیفرخواست شامل جاسوسی اقتصادی, گفت متهمان سعی تجاری اطلاعات کامپیوتر تراشه های به سرقت رفته با کمک های مالی سرمایه گذاری را از دولت چین.

از طریق Law.com – مورد نادر جاسوسی اقتصادی پر با خصلت.

جالب اجتماعی رسانه ها سرویس خبری: Thoora

Thoora سرویس های جدید و منحصر به فرد است که کمک می کند تا مردم متوجه اخبار جذب بیشترین توجه در رسانه های اجتماعی و سنتی است. در زمان واقعی, Thoora شناسایی داستان جالب ترین از طریق بررسی کل وبلاگستان, توییتر و نزدیک به 5,000 منابع سنتی رسانه برای تعیین داستان جذب ترین پست های وبلاگ, نظرات, توییت, و پوشش خبری.

رویکرد Thoora به جمع آوری و نمایش داستانهای جالب ترین چیزی است که به طور ضمنی در درون رسانه های اجتماعی و سنتی اتفاق می افتد بر اساس – پست های وبلاگ, نظرات, به روز رسانی توییتر و مقالات خبری – جای لینک رای گیری یا تجزیه و تحلیل. ما که به میلیونها نفر حساب صداها به جای تکیه بر یک گروه کوچک از سردبیران و یا لیست وبلاگ نویسان به منظور تعیین مهم ترین داستان را.

از طریق Thoora | درباره ما .

بروز رسانی: First Impressions on Security in Google Wave

Nearly two years ago, many technology sites brimmed with hype over a new Google technology called OpenSocial. Bloggers questioned if OpenSocial would spell the end of Facebook. Amid all the discussion, I felt that many people were ignoring several serious issues regarding how OpenSocial would handle user data, حریم خصوصی, and security. A few people brought up questions on this topic, but until an actual implementation hit the market, no one seemed completely sure how OpenSocial would work in practice.

از طریق First Impressions on Security in Google Wave | Social Hacking.

Law Firms Look at Process Management

What do lawyers and general contractors have in common? Nothing yet.

But the idea that the legal profession could look to the processes used by general contractors in completing a job was one raised at an Association of Corporate Counsel Value Challenge meeting in Philadelphia this summer.

Project and process managementin essence the antithesis of the billable-hour modelis a concept being eyed by law firms as they try to ensure they can deliver the efficiency required to make good on their alternative fee arrangements.

از طریق فناوری حقوقی – Law Firms Look at Process Management .