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Iridium Technology discuss avoiding errors: Why the law firm CFO must use legal automation software
Automation is becoming so important for law firms today that even the American Bar Association is encouraging more legal professionals to adopt business automation services. Legal automation software makes law firms more efficient, more profitable, and gives attorneys and staff more time to focus on clients by simplifying processes essential to day-to-day operations. Once you discover […]
Actionstep discuss: UK legal tech in 2020
Our UK team has been actively making connections and meeting customers throughout the busy autumn LegalTech events & networking season in London, including Legal Innovators, Legal Geek, Legal Support Network & NetDocuments Elevate EMEA 2019. These events brought together the top minds and leaders in UK Legal Technology in the form of talks, presentations, panels and networking. Here are some of […]
Law firms must mind the Microsoft gap says Quiss
Microsoft recently announced several of their core products would soon reach End of Life. Most will be very familiar to law firms, with many relying still on the Windows 7 Operating System, the Windows 2008 Server Operating System, SQL Server 2008 and Exchange 2010. On 14 January 2020, there will be no security updates or support […]
Legal accounts rules: your responsibilities and how to comply by Julian Bryan, managing director at Quill
Where duty of care is concerned, protection of client monies is one of the highest priorities for law firms. As well as financial security being an obvious responsibility, it’s a vital regulatory obligation too. Depending on your specialisms and location, your legal practice will follow the SRA Accounts Rules, CLC Accounts Code or Scottish Accounts […]
Legal Software Suppliers Association (LSSA) announces biggest ever membership
The LSSA, the trade organisation for the legal technology industry, announces four new member companies, bringing the association’s number of member companies to 26. LSSA Chair, Craig Matthews comments: “We welcome these four exciting companies to the LSSA. The number of full members of the LSSA is now at a record high 26 companies. This […]
Chadwick Lawrence reduces legal case file open time to 27 seconds with practice management solution, SOS Connect
One of Yorkshire’s best-known law firms, Chadwick Lawrence, is growing. Following a series of acquisitions, the need for a single practice management system was needed to facilitate fresh business goals. Since the launch of SOS Connect in July 2018, the firm has added a new revenue stream and reported significant improvements in efficiency, productivity, timesaving, […]
The new Family Court Attendance Note by Accesspoint Legal Services
Accesspoint understand the importance of automated forms and how they can have a positive impact on a firms efficiency as they spend less time on burdening admin tasks. Our highly trained team have created a number of FormShare products that not only enable firms to use Adobe PDF forms as an efficient method of electronically […]
Intapp Time for professional services demo
Intapp Time helps professional services firms capture the true value of their engagements. It uses built-in AI, automated time capture, and accurate time data to provide a faster, more insightful way to capture work activity. With insight into the true cost of client engagements, firms can make more informed pricing decisions for fixed-fee engagements, improve […]
Legal Workflow delighted to welcome Paul Clyde as commercial director
Legal Workflow is delighted to welcome on board Paul Clyde who has joined Legal Workflow as Commercial Director. Paul has experience of highly complex business services: from roles as Sales Director and, more recently, Managing Director at Oyez Professional Services from previous Legal Sector roles at Advanced Legal, Croner and Lexis Nexis. Legal Workflow Legal […]
Webinars from Repstor will provide practical advice on compliant Microsoft Teams™ rollouts
Highly experienced Microsoft Office 365 practitioners will give best practice tips on how to maximize Teams’ collaboration capabilities, without risking loss of control over content The first 3 sessions feature a generic webinar for anyone deploying Teams, plus a Legal and Professional Services market-focused version Repstor, the ECM software and matter management specialist, has today […]
Perfectly tailored documents in seconds with Legal Doc Pro
Does your law firm use Microsoft Word? If so, Legal Doc Pro from Legal Workflow is the collection of tools that will allow everyone in your firm to create professional, client ready documents in seconds. Legal Doc Pro is made up of three key functions, all designed to generate stunning branded documents with ease. You […]
Adele Summers at Wilson Nesbitt on why the firm chose CTS to ensure its security
IT director Adele Summers explains how Northern Irish firm Wilson Nesbitt chose IT provider CTS to help it grow and ensure the firm’s security would remain up to scratch. Wilson Nesbitt is a full-service law firm with commercial offices in Belfast and volume services offices in Bangor. Among other areas, it handles significant proportions of […]
Alex Williams at Tikit on using tech to stay compliant with the upcoming AML directive
As you’re probably aware, the EU’s fifth anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD) comes into force in January 2020. And law firms really do need to comply, especially as they’re particularly vulnerable. While banks and accountancy firms are much more geared up for this, law firms typically have fewer systems and resources in place with which to […]