How are firms looking to evolve their client listening programmes in 2021, to ensure they can continue to compete on experience?

NetDocuments and Advanced, international providers of leading legal technology, together announce that Vardags, a Top 200 ranked law firm that specialises in high net worth and complex divorce cases, has selected Advanced to implement NetDocuments’ Cloud-based document management solution to aid the firm’s future strategic direction.

Law firms have many options when it comes to file sharing, but not all of the available platforms are well-suited to the particular needs of legal work — particularly when it comes to security and governance.

Avokaado, the contract lifecycle management platform, is excited to announce two top level managers are joining the company – important additions to the team to foster the company’s rapid global growth. Nevercode’s Kristian Sägi joins Avokaado as the new Chief Technology Officer and Ben Laas-Billson takes the lead in growth management.

The Legal Helm is Helm360's podcast on all things Legal + Tech. On each episode we do a deep dive into topics like AI, application management, remote law firm management, system performance testing, and much more.

Choosing software to help you run your firm and manage your client work takes time and research. There are many software review sites to read, complex feature lists to interpret and compare, and the pros and cons of on-premise vs cloud solutions to get your head around.

Law firms must look at how they deliver and manage their information in order to remain competitive and resilient in the face of an ever changing technological landscape. Of course, cloud solutions can operate in isolation, with firms using one platform or another.

The furlough scheme has protected more than 11 million jobs since early 2020, but with most businesses opening back up the scheme is set to expire in September. The government has not announced any plans to extend the furlough beyond September, so now is the time to prepare for the changes.

Up until very recently corporate legal departments have prided themselves on maintaining the status quo: preserving traditional ways of working and assigning continued value to the informality of adhoc advice; of providing a personalised service to the business which isn’t always logged and formally accounted for.

The 2021 annual Channel Futures Global MSP 501 rankings saw Oosha’s growth recognised, jumping 32 places in the global ranking from 93rd in 2020 to 61st in 2021, retaining their position as #1 MSP dedicated to the UK legal sector.

Remember our first QUILL UNCOVERS webinar on ‘Secrets from real partners on the tech you really need‘? The second in our four-part series continues in August with the all-important subject of using LinkedIn for the business of law.

Interested in finding out more about the story behind FileTrail? In this 5-minute segment, our company co-founder and President Darrell Mervau shares how FileTrail came to focus on modernising records management and information governance in highly regulated industries.

Following the announcement that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will be extending the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) by a further year to 30 September 2022, Miller examines the age-old issue of how firms look to protect themselves when the safety net of SIF is eventually gone.