Advanced Legal survey reveals 40% said their firm isn’t prepared, or they don’t know if it is prepared, for a potential cyber-attack

The threat of an impending cyber-attack continues. While we don’t intend to scaremonger, it is necessary that we stress the risks that businesses are facing. Our report shows just how important it is for organisations to prioritise security – and be prepared for an attack. More businesses are beginning to recognise they are not immune […]

Repstor: 5 ways law firms can maintain control of client matter management as Microsoft Teams use Proliferates

Microsoft Teams is fast becoming the default collaboration environment across all sorts of organisations. More than 20 million people using it daily now, and legal professionals are no exception. Indeed, use of Teams by law firms and corporate legal departments has risen sharply, as the platform becomes a hub for project, practice area and client/matter-related […]

HBR Consulting law firm cloud strategy: More than “cloud first”

Law firm cloud adoption continues to rise, with 72% of firms reporting they expect their adoption of cloud-based solutions to increase in the coming year, according to the 2019 ILTA Technology Survey. The potential economic benefits of the cloud have always been attractive: the substitution of operating expenses for traditional capital intensity; the scalability of […]

HBR Consulting: The top three priorities for your law firm’s procurement function in 2020

It is no secret that law firms today face an increasingly competitive environment. Between accelerating pressure from alternative legal service providers and startup firms, new regulatory expectations with dire penalties, economic forecasts predicting rough seas ahead and clients demanding ever-greater services (at ever-lower costs) from their legal advisors, firms must find ways to eke out […]

Getting Off the Treadmill: Finding IT’s next path with HBR Consulting

Market forces are beginning to push law firm IT functions to manage in a more complex environment, but also to continuously evolve and enhance the enablement of practice delivery. Attorneys are more mobile and more connected. Clients are more demanding, with more data, integration and interactions. Technology is evolving at a faster pace with more […]

LEAP: Rise of remote working and the long-term benefits it can bring to a law firm

John Espley, LEAP UK CEO writes about the rise of remote working and the long-term benefits it can bring to a law firm. The culture of remote working is fast becoming the norm for most companies. There are occasions when remote working is a necessity, for example when there are travel problems, bad weather, flooding, […]

Advanced Legal survey highlights 40% don’t think their firm is acting fast enough to keep up with the pace of technology innovation

The importance of reacting with pace cannot be stressed enough, so it’s worrying to see that 32 per cent of respondents say their organisation is not acting fast enough to keep up with technology innovation. Ultimately technology is giving leaders a bigger share of voice in the boardroom. The value of strong leadership cannot be […]

Accesspoint Legal Services: Innovative technology to take your firm to the next level

According to the Legal IT Landscape Report 2020, 26% of SME firms have chosen Operation/Admin as the winning areas for automation improvement. This is a clear winner in our eyes too, as we often see firms use a lot of their precious time and manpower doing heaps of paperwork and mapping out every step of […]

Quill: How to prepare your business for coronavirus

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread throughout the UK, individuals displaying symptoms are self-isolating and businesses encouraging working from home. These measures are actively recommended by the government in its approach to containing the transmission of COVID-19. Whilst the government claims it’s been planning for years how to respond to an event such as […]

Only 27% think their firm offers the right guidance and tools to ensure a good employee work-life balance – Advanced Legal survey highlights

Employees are expected to work harder, arguably more than ever, and often asked to complete tasks outside their remit. Can technology handle some of these tasks? Which tools can businesses implement to help employees work smarter, rather than harder? What’s clear from our research is that businesses are not always providing the tools their staff […]