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Will New York City Kill Linear Document Review?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Chris Niccolls

The Bloomberg administration has announced that the City of New York will now fight Civil Rights lawsuits, instead of offering small settlements. Deciding to fight more cases as a cost-control mechanism creates a tipping point for lawsuits, and document reviews. … Continue reading →

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The Republican Party: Three Problems In 2013

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

The Republican party has a big problem, a really big problem. The 2012 Presidential elections dealt the Republicans a crushing blow. The loss in the popular vote was greater than expected, but the loss in the electoral college was devastating. … Continue reading →

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Barclays Scandal Shows Need for Better Executive Management Reporting

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

Bob Diamond, the former head of Barclays Bank, stepped down from heading the bank because of the LIBOR scandal. Essentially, LIBOR is a calculation that set the borrowing rate in the UK for different markets; for each of these markets … Continue reading →

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Jamie Dimon Needs A Good Project Manager!

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

A few blogs ago we talked about how undisclosed risk in any operation or project can completely change the game. What used to be the right choice may now the wrong one, when you don’t know the whole story. The … Continue reading →

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PowerSearch: A New Way To Pay For Ediscovery

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

I don’t know about you, but I’m still sifting through all the information I collected during Legal Tech in February. Changes in ediscovery, Google’s release of their new Vault product, and Amazon’s ongoing reduction in the cost of storage and … Continue reading →

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Stop Burning Money: Learning From JPMC’s Financial Mistakes

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

If you’re a long time reader of this blog, you know that for some time we’ve been discussing project management in the largest possible sense. For many, project management is all about managing the schedule and budget of a project. … Continue reading →

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The Game Of Money Laundering, Part 2

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

In our last blog, we discussed the origins of money laundering and how it evolved over the years. We know that when criminal organizations create big piles of money, they can’t do very much with that money until it moves … Continue reading →

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A Game Of Money Laundering, Part 1

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

Wherever  illegal money exists, there is a need to “launder” that money so that it can be used in the legitimate economy. In the earlier part of the 20th century, most “money laundering” schemes came from criminal activities. American and … Continue reading →

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PMO Basics: More About Risk And Financial Crises

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

In our last blog we talked about Basel III and the need for better risk identification and quantification by international financial institutions. Today, we’re going to continue with this theme and look at the cyclical process that the financial markets … Continue reading →

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PMO Basics: Understanding Basel III

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

If you work in a financial institution, big changes are on the way. Lessons learned from the financial collapse of the past few years, has led to new thinking about how financial institutions need to operate. Or maybe it’s old … Continue reading →

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