We know you all know who Legal On Ramp are by now.. we're just interested to see that Law.com have decide it's time to profile them...
Is there some sort of acquisition or JV afoot?
Here's how they start the article
Is It Time to Get on the Legal OnRamp?
By Brett Burney
Legal Tech Newsletter
June 4, 2009
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It's tough to gain clients. It's even tougher to stay connected with those clients and maintain consistent lines of communication.
True to all the hype, social networking tools are posed to be the next stage in the evolution of effective client communication.
You've been under a rock if you haven't been confronted by the buzz about MySpace, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. These are the most popular online social networking communities, but none of them are specifically targeted to the legal profession (unless your clients enjoy gaudy, blinking Web pages or virtual flowerpots).
FOR LAWYERS, FROM LAWYERS
An example of a social networking community in the legal profession is Legal OnRamp, although it is certainly not alone in this space. In fact, the recognizable Martindale-Hubbell/LexisNexis recently announced their Connected service.
Legal OnRamp is the brainchild of a small group of in-house counsel and outside law firms. Mark Chandler, General Counsel of Cisco, wanted a resource that he could use to better connect with internal lawyers at other major corporations. Once the site started catching on, the consortium enlisted the help of Paul Lippe to lead the development of the project and the site was opened to external lawyers and law firms.
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