Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part follow-up to “Tech Drive,” which reported on Kia Motors America audits to assess the technology skills of its outside counsel.
I audit outside counsel’s competence with technology. The audit is driven by fear fear of wasting company money on low value-added work. The audit tests my hypothesis that lawyers, as a group, are deficient in their use of technology and that a direct consequence of this incompetence is that clients, like my company, Kia Motors America, outlay outrageous sums for unnecessary busywork. Thus far, my audit has confirmed my hypothesis.
