Keeping track of content as remote teams proliferate

We’ve been surprised and delighted at how readily remote employees have taken to collaboration using MS Teams, given the sudden need to let people work from home. For now, we’re just letting them get on with it. With teams popping up all over the place, though, we’re wondering how we’ll manage to consolidate all of […]

Accesspoint Media talks unleashing your websites full potential with integrations and SEO

With most offices now closed in the UK, it is perhaps now more important than ever to focus on your firm’s online presence. Without initial face to face consultations, your firm will have to rely on its website to make a good first impression whilst being an efficient virtual office that can pull in prospects […]

Covid-19 and the pressures on in-house IT teams

The current and complete reliance on technology, due to the Coronavirus outbreak, has seen internal IT teams stretched to their full extent as they struggle to keep their law firm functioning seamlessly while the entire workforce works from home. During the first few weeks of the government-enforced lockdown and shift to remote working, CTS saw […]

How SeeUnity can help optimise your remote collaboration experience

With many of us working remotely, it can be difficult to keep team members on the same page, leading to data silos, overall confusion, and a loss of control over data governance. This is a challenge facing organizations of all sizes and industries, and it presents the opportunity to adapt by streamlining collaboration and ensuring […]

Three inside tips for navigating the IT supplier ecosystem to maximize your law firm’s tech budget

Perhaps now more than ever, technology is critical to law firms’ businesses, even as the threat of an economic downturn makes it particularly important for firms to manage IT costs. In-depth reviews of multiple law firm IT environments have shown a tendency for many to rely on their IT suppliers — including the original equipment […]

Five IT lessons learned by law firms during the work from home transition

More than ever, information governance is critical. With companies and organizations working to manage the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, information governance professionals are more essential than ever. While the pandemic is sweeping the country and world, information governance professionals have a responsibility to step up and provide leadership by helping their organizations avoid […]

Actionstep sponsors the first Virtual Legal Network Event

Last week, Actionstep sponsored the first Virtual Legal Network Event. This was the host’s first fully virtual event and it was a masterclass in how Virtual Events can be just as, if not more, effective than regular events from a networking and idea sharing point of view. Alongside, team activities and talks, there was also a […]

What are the long-term effects of reducing legal support for lawyers that law firms should consider now?

During this time of uncertainty, law firms across the globe are facing unprecedented challenges. Like many other businesses, law firms everywhere are now finding their feet in the newly presented circumstances. From business continuity planning, through to cost-saving and maintaining client relationships – a lot of time is being spent on keeping the metaphorical lights […]

The power of effective time recording while working remotely

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic working from home is no longer a luxury, but a requirement. These unprecedented times have brought a lot of disruption for many businesses, causing them to change the way they operate on a day to day basis. For law firms this is no different, they are now having to […]

Ask the experts: make light work of MS Teams security for home workers

Most of our staff need to work from home now, and Teams seems the obvious means of collaboration. It’s important we don’t curb people’s productivity, but at the same time we’re concerned about information privacy and security protocols being breached if users are unwittingly careless. How can we achieve a safe middle ground? Given companies’ […]