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Lawyers or Technicians: Who Make Better e-Discovery Project Managers?
The demand for e-discovery project managers is extreme, thus the bulk of career opportunities for e-discovery professionals are in project management. But not every e-discovery project manager has the same background or is even the same type of project manager.
Although there is a wealth of existing and up-and-coming talent available in the market, the hungry job seekers looking to move up and grow professionally often have radically different professional backgrounds. Typically, hiring managers at service providers and law firms are faced with two divergent archetypes to hire or train as project managers: lawyers/legalists (former practicing attorneys, contract attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants looking to become more technical) or technologists (litigation support analysts, data processors, programmers, legal IT personnel looking to become more strategic and client facing). Which profile makes a better e-discovery project manager, and why can't hiring managers find enough talent who are both technologists and legalists?
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.