Lateral Hiring Steeplechase: A Course Map

From a risk management perspective, law firms engaged in lateral attorney hiring – particularly lateral partner hiring – should be focused on three things: conflicts, client quality, and integration. In a sense, of course, these also are three of the primary things that law firms should be focused on simply with respect to their existing […]

Dickinson Wright PLLC Partners with InOutsource to Implement Intapp Open

InOutsource today announced that Karen Frazier has joined its Information Governance Practice as a senior consultant in Integration and Development. Frazier brings over 25 years of experience in legal technology and operations, including 16 years working at law firms in web and application development, as well as records administration.

Building Competitive Client Services with Business Intelligence

(Originally published by Law Technology Today) Law firms are amassing a growing volume of data. Within this growing body of data lies key information that could be utilized to hone client services. Solid enterprise business intelligence (BI) technology, when used effectively, will enable law firms to provide superior service to their clients and distinguish themselves […]

Monitoring for Trends in RIM

In ARMA’s March/April edition of their Information Management Magazine, Cheryl McKinnon, IGP, CIP, provides us with a high-level summary of the “Forrester Research and ARMA International Records Management Online Survey, Q1 2017”in her article, “The Next Frontier for RIM Pros.” Respondents are echoing challenges we have seen for a long time in Records Management: “1) […]

InOutsource Welcomes Tim Clauss as Information Governance Implementation Manager

InOutsource today announced that Karen Frazier has joined its Information Governance Practice as a senior consultant in Integration and Development. Frazier brings over 25 years of experience in legal technology and operations, including 16 years working at law firms in web and application development, as well as records administration.

How Information Governance Initiatives Create Sustainable Cost Containment

(Originally published by the International Legal Technology Association – ILTA) As law firms attempt to reduce costs associated with managing physical files, information governance (IG) professionals are often tasked with renegotiating offsite document storage contracts. These efforts focus, naturally, on the contracted rates in order to reduce bottom-line spending, but entering negotiations with only the […]

The Business of Avoiding Business Conflicts

Law firms have always been cognizant of the business conflicts that can arise when taking on new work.  Business conflicts can be described as relationships or knowledge which, while not violating professional responsibility rules, can affect a lawyer’s or law firm’s ability to be a zealous advocate for a client Business conflicts can present as […]

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Selects FileTrail for Records Management

InOutsource today announced that Karen Frazier has joined its Information Governance Practice as a senior consultant in Integration and Development. Frazier brings over 25 years of experience in legal technology and operations, including 16 years working at law firms in web and application development, as well as records administration.

Husch Blackwell Adopts FileTrail for Records Management

InOutsource today announced that Karen Frazier has joined its Information Governance Practice as a senior consultant in Integration and Development. Frazier brings over 25 years of experience in legal technology and operations, including 16 years working at law firms in web and application development, as well as records administration.