David Baker Retires

It was announced today that David Baker (of the Baker Robbins brand) is to retire after 30 years in the industry.

For those of you who did not have the privillege to work with David as a client, or for him as a member of the Baker Robbins team, you will still no doubt know that his thought leadership, vision, innovation, and his creation of the independent trusted advisor relationship has helped to shape the international law firm technology consulting landscape as we know it today.

We look back fondly on our time at Baker Robbins, thank David for his influence, mentoring and guidance over the years, and wish him and his family all the very best as he embarks on his latest adventure.

Will Google Soon Own Law?

Janders Dean quoted recently in Lawyers Weekly regarding our opinion on the emergence of Google as a potential player in the legal publishing space. Comments and debate to this vision always welcome. Full article here.

Interesting Electronic Discovery Session

Jim Vint (Managing Director at FTI), Nick Childs (also with FTI in London), and Vivian Tero (Program Manager of IDC's Compliance Infrastructure Service) will be speaking at an upcoming webinar on the 19th of November regarding the use of financial, transaction and operational databases in e-disclosure.

This is a relatively new topic and one that is rapidly gaining momentum in the UK and Europe - FTI share that "while email has grabbed most of the headlines, structured data comprises the majority of information required for e-disclosure in legal and regulatory matters".

Further details and registration can be completed here. From previous discussions and case studies, this may indeed be worth a listen.