Accesspoint Legal Services: Your guide to running effective workflow project

The start of any automation project is generally the most difficult part and perhaps the biggest hurdle to overcome.

Clocktimizer webinar: How to prove value in M&A process through pricing and legal project management

Despite the turbulent 12 months we have witnessed, M&A volume is up by 31% since 2019. With the number of monthly deals continuing to increase so far in 2021, there are plenty of opportunities for global law firms to offer legal advice and win more M&A work.

Quiss Technology: Lockdown 2020 and impact on in-house IT teams

The end of the pandemic may be in sight, but businesses are faced with a raft of problems, including business disruption, technical issues and staffing challenges.

Sysero: Real-world lessons in driving legal automation adoption

Over the past several years, we’ve seen law firms breaking free from traditionally slow moving processes to become technology-enabled agile firms. There’s no doubt that the pandemic has influenced firms’ need to embrace advanced technology, and it’s clear that legal automation is no longer just ‘nice to have’ for the modern law firm. 

Quiss Technology: A more dangerous hack is one nobody knows about

Towards the end of 2020, SolarWinds, a major US information technology firm, was found to have been the subject of a cyberattack that had gone unnoticed since their platform was compromised in September 2019 – the very worst kind of cyber-attack when the victim is unaware.

LPM LITL 2021 partner comment: An aye to the future, by Accesspoint Group Holdings

In LPM LITL 2020 report, when asked ‘what percentage of people in your firm regularly work from home’, the average response was only 16% – what a difference a year makes! We’ve all been proved wrong.

Briefing LITL 2021 partner comment: Investing for the future – Cloud days to come are clear by CTS

This year’s survey shows a definite trend that puts automation, managed services, cloud and process optimisation at the forefront of priorities.

LPM LITL 2021 partner comment: Tired of data lag? by Symphony APS

Like all businesses in the UK, we’ve seen the pandemic have a lasting impact on the way teams work, and this year’s Legal IT landscapes report shows people want to work from home more regularly: 32%, in fact – double what it was last year. And, with the explosion of Zoom and MS Teams to support client, prospect and referrer conversations, firms have received a lesson in how easy it is to communicate and collaborate digitally.

LPM LITL 2021 partner comment: Willingness to thrive by CTS

Automation, streamlining, workflow enhancements – these were some of the repeat priorities for IT and business process improvements coming out of the LPM LITL report this year. This was reflected again in project priorities if a magic wand could be waved or an extra £100K injected.

LPM LITL 2021 partner comment: Perceptions V Reality by Stratia Cyber

Read between the lines and cybersecurity is, in fact, a critical theme connecting most responses documented in this report. There’s a clear disconnect between the perception of cyber risk, the desire to adopt technology in an industry traditionally reluctant to embrace digitisation, and curious reports that the number of data leaks remains the same since before the Covid-19 pandemic – despite more dispersed working practices.