The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) recently published a useful Q&A article on their website which we recommend all law firms take the time to read. It summarises some of the most common queries the SRA has received from solicitors about their rules and the potential impact of Coronavirus. The article discusses professional indemnity (PI) insurance, […]

Watch top cybersecurity advisors discuss their solutions for keeping businesses operating during the Covid-19 pandemic. Panelists include: Alan Levine, CISO Alcoa (retired) and Advisor Darrell Jones, CISO, Ares Management Sergej Epp, CSO Central Europe, Palo Alto Networks Ryan Smith, former CIO Banner Health and Advisor Video length: 56 mins 10 seconds.

Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has announced the launch of Proclaim BI – a business intelligence dashboard integrated within Proclaim case and practice management. Proclaim BI has been designed to help law firms know their data and enable them to make more informed business decisions, allowing users to clearly visualise […]

Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has announced the launch of Proclaim BI – a business intelligence dashboard integrated within Proclaim case and practice management. Proclaim BI has been designed to help law firms know their data and enable them to make more informed business decisions, allowing users to clearly visualise […]

In our daily lives, we’re so accustomed to technology, we barely give it a second thought. That is unless our systems stop working, or they’re working slower than we’d like. Then it gets our attention. Beyond the personal aggravation you may feel from this inconvenience, system disruptions or slowdowns can take a real toll on […]

The recent transition to remote working has been relatively pain free for some law firms, and perhaps a little rockier for others. While IT teams have been busy getting everyone set up from their home offices (or dining room table), senior management are continuing to tweak business continuity plans and look at cost saving measures […]

The legal market is having to rapidly adapt to the ongoing challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Law firms across the globe are in cost-saving mode, with some proactively restructuring or furloughing support staff. At the same time, their clients are also feeling the need to limit expenditure. This will almost certainly continue, and law firms […]

If COVID 19 has taught us anything at all then it’s the paper light is a necessity not a nicety. You simply cannot work on a file together if you rely on paper. That’s it plain and simple. Working from home probably means you don’t have access to a paper file, if you do then […]

The coronavirus pandemic has forced law firms, like many businesses, to quickly adapt to remote working policies, and to take precautionary measures to shield from the economic impact. In last week’s article, we emphasised the long-term effects of reducing support staff on lawyer time and looked at the value support teams bring in reducing law […]

In the past couple of months, many of us have been tested to our limits to see if our usual business structure can survive the C19 climate.   At Accesspoint, we understand that adapting to remote working and finding a way through this difficult time, whilst coming out of the other side stronger than ever, is a key and essential goal for all firms. To […]

Aderant, a global leader in providing business management software for law firms, has announced the international expansion of its eBilling solution, BillBlast, broadening the global reach of eBilling compliance. BillBlast will now be available through regional data centers for firms doing business in Canada, UK, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Revenue loss from eBilling […]

The advent of the pandemic has led to an unprecedented increase in cyber-attacks across all sectors. So much so that the Health Secretary Matt Hancock raised the subject at on the COVID-19 televised briefing. These attacks range from the unsophisticated amateur hacker at home to beat the boredom to large well-funded actors implementing advance persistent […]

This is the fifth blog in this series of posts where we’re discussing how lawyers and law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown and what we can suggest to help them. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been very little time […]