DocsCorp, a leading provider of enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Capital Law, a leading commercial firm with headquarters in Cardiff and an office in London, has selected pdfDocs to redact sensitive information from documents and automate the creation of secure PDF binders. The firm also decided on compareDocs to simplify the process of accurately […]

We recently held an interactive webinar focusing on how legal and accounting firms can create real-time visibility to identify, protect and grow client relationships. Professional services firms have vast amounts of data, but most aren’t using it effectively to drive their business development and client retention strategies. Business development challenges One of the key points discussed in this webinar […]

According to the Legal IT Landscapes 2020 research, the desire for SME law firms to explore agile working has risen. When firms were asked ‘what percentage of the workforce would you like to enable to regularly work from home?’ we received an average response of 32%. As we are now all probably aware that figure […]

The 2019 HBR Consulting Law Department Survey found that corporate law departments are shifting their focus to adopting innovative legal service delivery practices, such as the increased use of other service providers, including alternative legal service providers (ALSPs). For those who use those, spending increased by 11% in 2019. Over the past decade, ALSPs have become an […]

The COVID-19 virus is challenging law firms, in terms of both health and economic impacts. With the support of their procurement functions, however, firms can navigate the supply chain issues they face in the immediate environment, as well as prepare for ongoing expense management as the legal industry emerges from the current situation. First, the […]

As we face the prospect of an economic downturn, firms are looking at ways to best position themselves. A centralized, clear vendor governance strategy that aligns with the firm’s strategic direction can aid in responding to economic turbulence. Vendor governance can help a firm readily identify operational costs for reduction, minimizing the impact on profits, […]

What began as a temporary disturbance to how companies and law firms operate has all indications of settling into a “new normal.” As a result of the pandemic, law department and law firm leaders have rapidly implemented business continuity strategies, reviewed operations and explored cost containment methods to stabilize their organizations. It can be tempting […]

Strange times eh?  EVERYTHING has changed in the last three weeks.  The travel, leisure and hospitality sectors were staring over the edge of a cliff, not just those sectors, but pretty much every sector in the UK economy. The Government’s Job Retention scheme is a lifeline for many businesses in the UK. Law firms that […]

For most organisations, an extended outage is something that lasts up to 14 days. But what happens when a crisis goes on much longer? Now we are settling into working from home, there’s time to think about what comes next:     Dealing with IT failures remotely     Assessing supplier risk     Critical actions that can […]

Law firms have been labeled the new soft underbelly of corporate espionage and cyber-hacking. An article by IPWatchDog contributor Steve Brachmann stated that “At least 80 per cent of the nation’s 100 largest law firms have been affected in some way by a data breach…” The article goes on to describe the growing concerns of major law […]

On page seven of the recently released ILTA Tech Survey Summary, we’re told that “the conversations about cloud use have moved from ‘will we’ to ‘when will we.’”  Like many other organizations, perhaps your firm has decided that they are going to take the leap; you are moving to the cloud. You have all the […]

How can we empower our legal teams to collaborate on matters at home using Teams, without undermining our office document management system where all content resides? MS Teams usage, already at dizzy heights, is going through the roof as a result of the call for more people to work from home. In recent days, MS […]

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has left all sectors to consider how best to protect both their workforce and business from the virus. According to the BBC, approximately 1.5 million people regularly work from home but this number, in recent weeks, will have quickly increased as business leaders been forced to switched to a remote working […]