LPM magazine, Major modernisation (smarter working) 2018 supplement

This month, LPM magazine’s Major modernisation supplement investigates the smarter working and agility initiatives at SME law firms – thank you to our sponsors Tikit, Brother and iManage for helping to make this happen.    Get yours FREE now > Missed an issue? Visit the LPM magazine home page where you’ll be able to download all our back issues and to sign […]

LPM July/August 2018: Who are you?

Download your FREE copy now   This month:LPM magazine discusses culture, and what makes law firms who they are. Special supplement:Data works – Our friends at Quiss celebrate 30 years of technology by exploring how firms are leveraging their own IT and data. Feature:Guest writer Lucy Trevelyan investigates how a law firm’s culture is born.  LPM asks: Vidisha Joshi, managing […]

Cascade’s wellbeing advice sought by national business media

Following the publication of Cascade’s Stress Report 2018, our HR Business Partner Emily Cryan was approached by Elite Franchise magazine to answer a number of questions about wellbeing in the workplace. You can read her thoughts in full, here… Why should employers be mindful of their employees’ mental health? There is so much to say […]

What are the risks and benefits of accepting early renewal offers on professional indemnity insurance?

Most solicitors will accept an early renewal offer for professional indemnity (PI) insurance if given the opportunity, rather than go to the open market to find a new policy, according to a survey conducted by Miller of law firms. An overwhelming 98% of respondents said they were likely to take up a PI insurance renewal deal […]

How well are enquiries from your website being responded to?

When law firms first started to promote themselves online their websites were little more than brochures. “This is who we are, this is where to find us and you can phone or email us for more information.”  Many firms have now developed a much more interactive experience for clients and potential clients, but for others […]

New research from Databarracks reveals over half of organisations are ‘very confident’ in their IT backup capabilities

Brand new research from business continuity and disaster recovery firm, Databarracks, has revealed organisational confidence in IT backup capabilities has risen dramatically over the past decade. Over 50 per cent of organisations feel ‘very confident’ in the state of their backup solutions, which is up from 33 per cent in 2008. First released 10 years ago, […]

The Hearing, part three – A legal podcast from Thomson Reuters

Hosted by social media commentator and employment lawyer Kevin Poulter (@kevinpoulter), The Hearing provides an unprecedented view into the most interesting people and topics in and around the legal industry. Sometimes serious, sometimes irreverent, but always informative, insightful and entertaining. Our third episode features British politician, Lord Michael Howard of Lympne about Brexit, politics, Liverpool Football […]

Has ECM failed?

It’s been about a year and a half since Gartner retired the term “Enterprise Content Management” and replaced it with “Content Services.” We have talked in the past about what Content Services is and why Gartner has shifted their terminology away from ECM. If you are unfamiliar with the subject you can read about it here. […]

The state of affairs for the business of law in Europe

Technology isn’t replacing people in laws firms, but it is changing the roles people fulfill within those firms. That’s Eric-Jan van Alten’s observation, who has spent the better part of 20 years working with law firms from around the globe. While he’s a native of the Netherlands, he previously spent several years with us in Atlanta […]

Independent law firms failing to adapt to client-driven culture

Almost three-quarters of lawyers in small firms report clash between client-driven market and traditional role of solicitor, yet over two thirds failing to adapt or evolve business strategy. A new survey published (The Bellwether Report 2018: The Culture Clash – Solicitor Confidence vs Client Power) by LexisNexis UK, a leading global provider of information and […]