I was struck recently by the power and misconceptions around Twitter, the current press darling of Web 2.0. On one side is the enormous power of Twitter to crowdsource the news. The fallout of the Iran elections was better covered on Twitter than the mainstream media. At one point I watched CNN only to see … Read more »
Category: Social Networking and Web 2.0
Social Media and Your Compliance Program
Bill Piwonka, Amanda Mayhew and Rodica Buzescu from EthicsPoint gave a webinar on social media and compliance. These are my notes: The presentation started with a user poll on the approach to social media at the attendees’ organizations: 27% block all social media sites 42% block a few social media sites only 29% allow all … Read more »
Timekeeping with Lego Bricks
The life of a law firm lawyer typically involves a great deal of time-keeping. During my thirteen years at a big law firm I saw lots of different systems. All were flawed and all had weaknesses. Certainly, none were fun. But this Lego brick time keeping system looks like fun! As the author points out, … Read more »
Generational Differences in the Use of Workplace Technology
Is there a gap between generations of legal and white collar professionals in terms of technology in the workplace? LexisNexis conducted a survey to see if there really is a gap and how big it is: LexisNexis Technology Gap Survey (.pdf). After looking at the survey results, I see that there clearly is a gap. … Read more »
Investor Relations 2.0 After This Proxy Season
Hopefully your annual meeting of investors or shareholders went better than the annual meeting for Fortis. Shareholders in Ghent, Belgium threw shoes, coins and ballot boxes. (There is even video.) Broc Romanek put together his thoughts on Proxy Season Developments: Ten Signs that Things are Changing Online. First Use of Live Internet Voting Soliciting Shareholder … Read more »
JD Supra Launches Law Centers
JD Supra is a repository of free legal information shared by legal professionals. It gives you a platform to publish work to a wide audience, maintain a profile and get credited for your experience. Today, JD Supra launched a new feature they call Law Centers. This feature focuses JD Supra content into subject areas for … Read more »
Now Available on the Kindle
Compliance Building is now available on the Kindle from Amazon: Compliance Building (Kindle Edition). I have added the Kindle subscription as a third choice on the Subscribe page. (Amazon sets the Kindle subscription price. I would have made it available free if it were an option.) Buy a Kindle or the bigger (and more expensive) … Read more »
First 100 Days
Since we recently passed the new president’s first 100 days, I thought I would do the same for the first 100 days of Compliance Building. Since February 12 there have been: 43,121 page views 22,474 visitors from 142 countries and 3210 cities 179 subscribers by email and RSS feed The website went live on February … Read more »
Social Media and Compliance
Here are materials from my presentation on Social Media and Compliance at the EthicsPoint Regional User Forum. SlideDeck:Social Media and Compliance View more presentations from Doug Cornelius. SlideDeck with Notes: Social Media and Compliance – Hosted on JD supra Sites Shown: Google Reader Compliance Building Wall Street Journal’s RSS feeds Securities Docket by Bruce Carton … Read more »
Have a Coke and . . . Alternative Billing
Many have been contemplating and prognosticating the death of the billable hour for lawyers. I found it interesting to see a similar movement in the advertising industry. (I was unaware that the advertising industry also worked on a billable hour model.) A story in the latest issue of The Economist points to a movement to … Read more »