LEAP outlines four steps to paperless law firm utopia

Step 1: Getting into the cloud Getting into the cloud is only the beginning of the paperless journey but an essential step. After successfully migrating your data from clunky old vulnerable servers to the shiny new cloud, the benefits and possibilities are quite simply endless. Not only is your law firm’s data security enhanced – […]

An interview with Dan Anderson, CEO of SeeUnity

Nearly a year ago, SeeUnity and HighQ partnered to empower our clients with industry-leading legal tech integration. As law firms and corporate legal teams continue to embrace technology to improve transparency, efficiency, and service delivery, integration becomes even more important. We recently sat down with Dan Anderson, CEO and cofounder of SeeUnity to talk about the importance of integration, the rise of […]

HBR Consulting: Three reasons to get a second opinion on IT lifecycle management

Senior IT executives carry the burden of making the final decisions on hardware and technology support options needed to run the applications that drive their corporate or law firm business functions. These are always high-stakes decisions because they carry significant financial and operational implications for the organization. A growing body of knowledge is illustrating the […]

Intelligent Office secretarial and administrative support

The services we provide our clients, at face value, are not unique. Services such as front of house, print and mailroom, records management, administrative support, document production, and PA services can be seen on the sites of many law firms, particularly in the UK Top 100 firms. These are functions that law firms are absolutely capable […]

Getting to grips with AI and what it means for law firms …

Search “What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)” on Google and you’ll get more answers than you can shake a stick at. A simple explanation is… “the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.” So, it’s all about computers […]

Benefit from the basics

Sweating the small stuff is an undervalued discipline in the legal industry. You should re-invest in tools that focus fully on the efficiency of the legal work itself, says Samantha Jefferies, VP, EMEA, at DocsCorp. What is the point of being an early adopter of AI and blockchain if your existing systems aren’t delivering totheir […]

Assessing a cloud DMS – Considerations for transition by SeeUnity

  In 2011, “cloud” was the latest buzzword in the document management space. However, misconceptions about the cloud, such as it was storage only or that it wasn’t secure, kept many organizations from considering it in their strategy. Applications like Dropbox, Box, Salesforce, and Google Drive made file sharing and collaboration easily accessible to individuals, […]

New rules for knowledge management tools, according to Aderant

As the digital age came about, a combination of computer technology and intellectual prowess turned mountains of paper into digital files. Fast forward 20 or 30 years and law firms are now sitting on mountains of data, but most aren’t using this data to the best of its ability. Enter knowledge management – an often […]

Aligning knowledge management with law firm revenue

Lawyers are the original knowledge workers. Law firms can sell their lawyers’ time, because of their knowledge of the law and the legal system. The ability to mitigate risk, manage crisis, and navigate legal procedures becomes easier when you’ve done it once or twice. The General Counsel (GC) with bet-the-company litigation pending surely wants the […]

Why law firms should and shouldn’t use public cloud

An increasing number of legal firms are looking to the cloud to deliver cost-efficiencies and flexibility, and many are becoming more confident with providers’ IT security and datacentre compliance capabilities. This shows a marked change in the industry as the cloud market matures and providers such as Microsoft Azure and AWS start to offer a […]