Four top in-house lawyers say that alternative billing has become a reality for them, even though many law firms have been slow to pick up on the idea. But they agreed that a firm must receive a steady pipeline of work from its client for their interests to be aligned. The lawyers — general counsel Thomas Sager of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, GC Amy Schulman of Pfizer, general counsel Joseph West of Wal-Mart Stores, and GC Murray Garnick of Altria Client Services — spoke on a panel at the American Bar Association’s midyear meeting in Atlanta earlier this year. They were joined by David Boies, the chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner.

As the country marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and all the big stories it entails, the aftermath of the Lincoln assassination, one of the lesser-known stories from that era, gets the Robert Redford treatment in theaters this week. … The American Bar Association had a great panel discussion about this. The theme of the panel was, ‘In times of war, do the laws fall silent?’ It was incredibly thought-provoking. . . . I think there are important parallels and I think the audience will inevitably find those, but for us it was this personal story.

Before the official start of ABATECHSHOW, join everyone for the opening Welcome Reception where speakers and attendees can get a head start on networking.

This weekend I’m headed to Chicago for ABA TECHSHOW 2011, and I look forward to meeting and catching up with lots of iPhone J.D. readers.  I first attended in 2008 when I spoke about preparing a law firm for disasters (something near and dear to those of us in New Orleans who lived through Hurricane Katrina) and about using a Mac to practice law when your law firm uses PCs.

It’s that time of the year again: the 25th ABA TECHSHOW will going on at the Hilton Chicago from April 11 to 13. The silver jubilee celebration of the legal technology event will feature over 50 programs on legal technology, including e-discovery, going paperless and social networking, with over 1,500 people expected to attend. The event will also have a number of experts and manufactures of legal technology on hand.

This week marks the 25th Birthday/Silver Anniversary of the ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago which runs from April 11- April 13 at the Chicago Hilton. TECHSHOW is sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management (LPM) section. Having gone to the show for about the past 10 years, I have to say this particular event is always one of the highlights of my year. The educational sessions at TECHSHOW are always good, the Taste of TECHSHOW dinners have introduced me to interesting people and the best Chicago hotspots, and the Expo Hall overflows with buzz and cool new products.

Techshow started off with a bang with Sunday night’s IgniteLaw presentation, presented by LexThink and InsideLegal  Twelve (12) talks in 6 minute increments wowed the packed house one after the other.

This year’s ABA TechShow is a celebration of 25 years of providing quality continuing legal education to lawyers and their support staffs with regard to legal technology.  From Monday, April 11th through Wednesday, April 13th at the Chicago Hilton, over 50 educational sessions in 18 tracks will be offered and a large exhibit hall (only open Monday and Tuesday) to view new products and enhancements from the leading legal technology vendors.

The ABA Techshow 2011 opened Monday with a half dozen presentations on a half dozen tracks, ranging from a solo and small law firm theme to a track for large firms and corporate counsel and another for lawyers interested in social networking and marketing.

It’s that time of year again…winter becomes spring, buds begin to pop out on trees, birds start mating, and legal technology people and lawyers head to Chicago for ABA Techshow. 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of this seminal legal tech event, which starts on Monday of next week. Personally, this will be my fourth one. It’s informative. It’s fun. You make great and lasting relationships.

The 25th Anniversary edition of ABA TECHSHOW has officially kicked-off. There are a lot of things in store on day one, including a welcome from TECHSHOW Chair, Paul Unger, a lunch time keynote by Larry Lessig of Harvard, and the Silver Jubilee Celebration Monday night.

This is the 25th year of the ABA Techshow.  I went to my first show in the early 1990s and it was where I first learned about how lawyers were using technology.  It was also where I found out that the American Bar Association had a Legal Technology Resource Center, the director of which I became about 10 years later! Last night was the first IgniteLaw event I had attended.  It leads off this year’s Techshow, which starts today.  The event was hosted by LexThink and InsideLegal.”