Not exact matches
And DB5 gains the potential brand appeal from an outsourced, automated
system that helps it appear more like a corporate titan
than a
small business — key for a
firm with big clients such as GE, AT&T and Girl Scouts of the USA.
The market is much more diverse, more centered (most items are bought for K - 12 educational uses), much larger in sales
than the library market, and the K - 12 publishers aren't the Big Six but rather
smaller independent
firms that work far closer with the school
systems to survive.
While — considering regional differences and variations — many
smaller and mid-size
firms will allow paralegals to gain experience this way, many others lack the time and financial resources to train new employees on more
than firm - specific policies and computer
systems, and prefer candidates with at least some basic educational background in the field.
Some may argue that many of the «independent» European law
firms are
smaller in total size
than the large US and UK global
firms and perhaps don't have the resources for AI
systems.
The vast majority of individual members of the public are better off with 10,000
small independent law
firms than they will ever be in a
system that features 7 to 10 behemoths (see the real estate agency cartel) or even just 4 behemoths (see the US title insurance industry cartel).
The
Systems Shop is a boutique IT consulting
firm that has specialized in the needs of
small and medium sized law
firms for more
than 30 years.
Large US
firms with over 350 lawyers are adapting to new IT far more slowly
than smaller practices — with poor use of document management
systems, only half using document assembly and many still using fax, photocopying and couriers.
Small law
firms can and often do have billing and practice management
systems that generate large amounts of data (probably not as much data as BigLaw would generate of course) and more likely
than not coded in a way that does in fact
Personally I think that for the
smaller firm, products that incorporate some DM into a wider case management
system are a better choice
than a plain DM
system.
Small entities and inventors have been given far too little voice on this bill when one considers that they rely far more heavily on the patent
system than do large
firms who can control their markets by their size alone.