70% of lawyers want to retain hybrid-working long term, but over 60% say their current technology hinders their productivity when working in this way.

The largest ever piece of global research into legal workflow management, released today from BigHand, has revealed that support operations functions are flawed for most firms as the industry begins to transition to hybrid working.

tmgroup are pleased to announce that they have today been wholly acquired – for £91.5M – by Dye & Durham, a leading provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions designed to improve efficiency and increase productivity for legal and business professionals.

If there’s one critical business lesson for us to take from the last 18 months, it is the vital importance of having the right software in place to tackle whatever changes and challenges come your way. Your office likely looks quite different to what it once did and your working methods may have changed, but in a time where change is the only thing that is certain, operating an organised workplace has never been more pivotal to success.

More and more firms are starting to embrace legal project management as the foundation for value delivery and operational excellence. And indeed, most of us are aware of the many advantages a well-implemented legal project management strategy and team bring to the table.

Join Clarilis for this webinar to see deep automation of banking and finance precedents in practice, along with an opportunity to join a Q&A session with the team who have been automating complex suites of precedents for years for banking and finance departments. Event details Date: Tuesday 20 July 2021 Time: 11:00am Click here to book […]

Document management solutions (DMS) of course manage your firms documents and emails, but there is so much more to a DMS than that. Join Colin McArdle, from Advanced on Thursday 15 July at 11:00am BST, for an educational webinar, to find out what other opportunities exist for firms following document management implementation.

It’s fair to say that, for over a year now most of us have been working differently. In fact, for most people whatever routine they have settled into is what they now consider ‘normal’. Some of us will have been working from home (WFH) or remotely, and others will have been mixing this up with some visits to the office.

Over the last few years there has been a substantial increase of Electronic Identity Verification (eIDV) solution offerings in the legal industry. The need to use these platforms has been largely driven by Covid-19, accelerating the technology innovations in the industry and accelerating progress within the sector.

With remote workforces and hybrid work environments set to become commonplace in the post-COVID era, we have seen a number of law firms renew their focus on improving knowledge sharing, knowledge access and collaboration.

Working from home has directly led to increased cyber risk across every sector; opportunities for breach have simply multiplied. So how should organisations weigh up this enhanced desire for work-life balance with their fundamental necessity to responsibly protect information assets?

There is an old saying about nothing being certain in life apart from Death and Taxes, but I think it's fair to add legal services to that list. Whilst the world, and much of the economy has paused numerous times during the global pandemic, legal services have continued.

How can you enhance your firm’s communications when the way lawyers and clients are communicating has changed with the constant development of technology?