LPM supplement, May 2017: Cloud leaders

Cloud leaders Why are SME law firms moving towards a cloudier future?  Get your FREE copy now This report combines our research findings and a view from the cloud from our sponsor, Pulsant. The supplement includes: Every cloud has a silver lininng – Nick Hayne, business development manager at Pulsant, discusses the developing benefits on cloud technology in his […]

HBR report: From information management to information governance – The new paradigm

  Overview  The explosive growth of information presents management challenges to every organization today. Retaining volumes of information beyond its legal, regulatory, or operational value increases data storage costs and strains information technology resources. Further, there is an inherent risk in retaining information beyond its legal or business retention needs when it may be subject […]

HBR white paper: How change is driving opportunity – Market trends shaping the legal landscape

Introduction In today’s legal landscape, it is common to perceive corporate law departments and law firms as competing forces. But in reality, the relationship between the two is not so dissimilar. Though there are fundamental structural and incentive differences, the big-picture challenges they face – and the solutions available to them – are very much […]

A very personal attack – LPM magazine, May 2017 – Can PI survive?

This month, LPM delves into the impact of the potential new regulatory changes set to hit legal. Download your FREE copy now Feature: With the latest personal injury reforms looming like the sword of Damocles, we ask PI legal leaders whether they will mean the end for road traffic accident cases – or whether firms can […]

Briefing May 2017: Shared visions

Shared visions  Firms are investing in more open, inclusive and efficient collaboration channels, but can they manage a culture to match? Download your copy now for FREE  What’s in this month’s issue? Feature: Law firms say they’re getting more creative with internal communication and collaboration, including Allen & Overy,White & Case, Browne Jacobson and Howard Kennedy. Event report: The highs […]

How are lawyers using mobile technology? by LEAP

The demand for access to business information has grown dramatically. Over 80% of the UK population has a smartphone, and over two thirds of adults have access to a tablet. Current estimates predict over 75% of internet use will be on a mobile device in 2017, with this increasing to 80% in 2018.   The […]

Legal Practice Management 2016 conference report

What are the latest trends in SME legal practice management and what can we expect in the future?    Find out in the LPM 2016 conference report – sponsored by Accesspoint. Change and transformation are words that strike fear into the most hardened of legal management hearts, because they are hard to do, and even harder to make […]

Briefing report: The new recruiting

This report features the Legal Support Network recruitment survey and was sponsored by Codex Edge, part of Cogence Search. Our recruitment survey focussed on the extent to which direct sourcing was taking hold in large law firms. We questioned whether firms had a formal strategy, how they were resourcing themselves and what levels of success they were having […]

Industry analysis from Intapp: A brighter day for cloud

The article was originally featured as an industry analysis in the April 2017 issue of Briefing magazine, download Briefing.  Law firms have been understandably cautious in their approach to cloudbased services – taking a wait-andsee approach as technologies are tried, tested and proven. However, there are many signs that the winds have changed. In 2016, 62% of […]

Industry interview from Accesspoint Technologies: Recipe for recovery

This article was originally featured as an industry interview in the April issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.   Are SME firms prepared for disaster? In the past, they mainly had to contend with fire or flood, but in an increasingly digital world there are more catastrophes waiting to strike than ever […]