Legal Commentary

Are you ready for Google Wave? Robert J. Ambrogi predicts that it "will be slow to catch on among legal professionals. But it will catch on."

Why the potential resistance? "It lacks a good elevator speech," says Ambrogi. "By that I mean it is difficult to explain in short, simple terms just what it is all about." Google describes Wave as a "hosted conversation," that combines elements of e-mail, instant messaging, chat, listservs, document-sharing, wikis, and social networking into a real-time communication and collaboration tool, says Ambrogi. "That is perfect for ? for ? for?"

"Google's explanation is that Wave is what e-mail would look like if it were invented today. If that were true, lawyers would be using e-mail far less than they do, because Wave -- at least in its pre-release version -- lacks some of the controls lawyers would require."

Intrigued? Check out more in Ambrogi's Web Watch column in Law Technology News.