Prism Legal

Prism Legal, published by Ron Friedmann, focuses on the intersection of law firm management, legal technology, and innovation in legal practice. The blog covers topics such as large law firm operational trends including efficiency, alternative staffing, and pricing strategies. It explores the adoption and impact of data platforms and firm intelligence to improve legal business and practice. Discussions on digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and the future of legal technology are frequent, highlighting how these developments affect legal service delivery and law firm strategy. The blog also examines legal tech startups addressing practice management challenges and client-side AI-powered legal spend analytics tools, emphasizing practical applications and market implications.

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COVID-19 Prelude

I started interviewing Ed Walters, Fastcase co-founder and CEO, well before the COVID crisis started. This crisis will last a while and what happens after it remains uncertain. Early signs, however, point to large law firms cutting costs

Many discussions of legal market evolution or revolution (AKA disruption) miss a key element: our perception of change. This hit home last week in a fabulous Twitter dialog that I had with Jason Barnwell, Assistant General Counsel, Legal Business,

Clickbait titles don’t appeal to me but my original idea for a title here – “Incremental Change in 2020” – just sounded too lame. Unlike many other commentators, I shy away from bold predictions of big changes coming soon.

I’ve

On Friday morning (1 November 2019) I Tweeted (screenshot):

[The original LPO Are Disputing article cited in that Tweet is here. I dashed off this post in about 15 minutes on Sunday morning to inject into the Twitter conversation.