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The world of legal software appears to be going through a bit of an odd phase right now. The announcement that Microsoft is muscling in on document management with SharePoint, in conjunction with Clifford Chance, is almost exciting. Almost.
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Someone asked me to help with filling a vacancy recently - a vacancy that's already been on the market for around three months.
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With the decorations packed away, and the scent of festive ‘Mulled Gusset’ air fresheners mercifully dissipating, the season of goodwill to all men is well and truly behind us. This reminds me of an old adage - the one about keeping your friends close, and your enemies closer.
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Legal Tech New York isn’t so much of a conference as a trade show, and like so many things in America, it’s HUGE.
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When times are hard, you often end up digging around in the sofa for a few extra quid.
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You've likely heard the statistics: Gartner predicts that, by this time next year, nearly nine out of 10 (85%) of mobile devices will contain some sort of browser. By 2013, mobile devices will surpass PCs as the most common web access tool. But what does that mean to law firms?
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It appears that suspicious activity reports (SARs) made to the Serious Organised Crime Agency are on the increase, according to SOCA's latest report. Does this show an increase in due diligence, or merely that crime is on the up?
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Let me take you back to 8 December 2009, when I made what can only be referred to as a schoolboy error by saying in our blog that "I promise never to mention Billback again".
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One of the first questions a law firm is likely to ask of a prospective marketing director or agency will be: "What’s your experience of professional services marketing and the legal industry in particular?"
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Although long working hours tends to come with the territory in the world of recruitment, I firmly believe that we each have our own most productive times of the day and employers who can accommodate this by offering flexible working hours will benefit in the long run.
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Information security is a bit of a given in law firms - it's a given that it occurs, but it's not always actually done. But I still don't think it's sinking in that it can cost a law firm tens of thousands of pounds.
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I read with a mix of interest, and a partially raised eyebrow, a recent release of a LexisNexis survey, carried out by Jures, on lawyers and technology.
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In my day-to-day role it's always interesting to hear the inside track on the general mood of a firm's finance department. When it's bad, it's even more interesting to find out why…
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Wow - we're at 8 December already and the LSN mantle piece, which we dusted off last week in advance of the December Christmas card rush, is less than sparsely decorated.
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