Aderant say that the secret to lateral hiring success in law firms rests in preparation

Article by Derek Schutz, Product Manager Business Intelligence, Aderant “Fortune favors the prepared mind.” – Louis Pasteur   It’s almost an annual affair in the legal community. By the second quarter of every year, we see a series of reports on lateral hiring in law firms. Each year, these reports seemingly draw similar conclusions: While lateral […]

Briefing April 2018: Future frontiers

Frontiers runners  Who’s exploring the technology today to transform their businesses tomorrow?   Download your copy now for FREE  What’s in this month’s issue?    The big interviews: Leaders at IBM, law firm K&L Gates, Deloitte and BT discuss going further in the realms of artificial intelligence, blockchain, agile working and robotic process automation.  The main event: All the highlights from a […]

The three myths of outsourcing your law firm’s support services

With internal resources stretched like never before (and clients relentlessly expecting more for less), law firms have been outsourcing their support services to experts in the field—and they’ve had great success. By working in this new way, these firms freed up time for fee earners and were better able to capitalise on growth opportunities, with […]

What’s been happening at Legal Workflow in March 2018? Well, quite a lot actually…

Legal Workflow, the pioneering IT consultancy and creator of innovative products and services for the legal profession, have just completed a rebrand and launched our new website at www.legalworkflow.com. We also exhibited and presented during LegalEx 2018 at Excel in London on 21st and 22nd March 2018. On our stand we talked to visitors and shared news on […]

Katchr: Win the data

This article was originally featured as an industry column in the March 2018 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Does your firm have a data strategy? According to a study conducted by Harvard Business Review, less than half of an organisation’s structured data was actively used in making decisions and less than 1% […]

Eclipse: All the small things

This article was originally featured as an industry column in the March 2018 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. A good customer experience should be a given in any transaction, but we all know from experience that that’s not always what we receive. Sometimes an experience is sullied in a very deliberate manner […]

FileTrail: Information governance for law firms – why IG compliance isn’t happening (Part 2)

Last week, we launched a 3-part article series about information governance (IG) for law firms. Every year, IG is getting more complex. As a result, even when law firms successfully launch IG programs they are often unable to follow through on implementation. High overhead costs and detailed manual procedures mean that compliance with IG policies isn’t 100%—or even followed […]

Industry views from InfoTrack: the case for tech

This article was originally featured as an industry analysis in the March 2018 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Having attended numerous law conferences, I always find there is someone who will stand up and suggest that technology used by solicitors is out of date. But in my opinion, that is not necessarily […]

GDPR compliance: is your organisation ready?

Over the course of this IG blog series, we have examined how the IG professional can align their IG program to directly support the mission and vision of their organization. Several case studies helped illustrate how this alignment allows the IG / RIM professional to contribute to the bottom line in meaningful ways. In this […]

How can you demonstrate GDPR data security compliance to your clients?

Our approach We believe that by having a culture of data protection and security, your organisation can demonstrate a real competitive advantage. To ensure your data protection and security readiness journey delivers on your objectives, Fifth Square has developed a methodical and pragmatic framework called AIM. (Assess, Implement and Manage). AIM delivers a three-stage process […]