Sugarland, TX, February 2, 2011 – Hyperion Research, a leading provider of technology market intelligence to the legal market, and ILTA, the International Legal Technology Association, today announced the availability of their biennial survey report on the latest trends in law department technology. Based on the survey of 54 corporate law departments, the report provides deep insight into the many facets of technology use and application by corporate law departments.
Announced yesterday, Open Text Corp is buying Metastorm in a deal worth about $182 million. Very interesting development as there are interesting relationships and competing BPM offerings between Thomson Elite, OpenText, Metastorm, and The Fraymen Group among others.
Hyperion Research is conducting a short executive survey on trends in LPO for intellectual property. The focus is on understanding the demographics and general adoption practices of LPO services in the legal industry. The survey is part of a larger research project investigating the market for LPO services in the area of intellectual property. (Click here for research proposal.)
Hyperion Research, in conjunction with the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), is proud to announce the engagement of the 2011 Law Department Technology Survey. The survey covers major technology trends in corporate law departments, including organization structure and planning, core applications and tools, collaboration and mobility, and emerging trends.
Legal BPM Market Trend Report out. Take a look!
Just a reminder that Hyperion Global Partners will be at ILTA this week and are happy to discuss any number of questions or give feedback and advise on initiatives at your firm. If you have interest in bringing BPM to your firm or extending it to more business processes, want feedback on your current pla
Under HITECH, a Business Associate (BA) agreement is required for covered entities (e.g., your clients) who exchange protected health information (PHI) with their BAs. As a BA to your clients, your Firm is also required to have BA agreeements with vendors you exchange PHI with, such as offsite records, document production
I've recently been following several online forum discussions about eBilling and the increased focus on electronic invoicing as a method of cost effectiveness and process efficiency, both direct and indirect. I find these discussions interesting because of the passion expressed by most posters about a topic I frankly considered passé. Essentially, the majority of posters on these threads either lament the failure of eBilling (a 12-year experiment with little relative adoption) or herald the intrinsic business value of standardized electronic invoice transmission formats (and in particular the wealth of data they provide).
Ralph Schroeder, a recognized expert in intellectual property management and technology, joins HyperionGP as Managing Director in the Intellectual Property practice and will lead the new Hyperion Research business.
On February 18, 2009, President Obama signed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. Among other things, this health information technology legislation improves and expands current Federal privacy and security protections for health information.
One important intent of the law (among many) is to ensure that new entities not contemplated when the Federal privacy rules were written, as well as those entities that do work on behalf of providers and insurers (called "business associates"), are subject to the same privacy and security rules as providers and health insurers.
