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SeeUnity and DocsCorp announce product integration with cleanDocs to deliver secure external collaboration options
SeeUnity, a leading provider of content integration and migration solutions for on-premise and cloud-based Enterprise Content Management applications, is pleased to announce the integration of its Echo Content Synchronization product (Echo) with cleanDocs from DocsCorp, a leading provider of enterprise productivity solutions. Customers using SeeUnity’s Echo to securely publish content from their DMS to their […]
Automated legal advice: rules, responsibility and risk allocation
Whilst fully automated legal analysis is still some distance away, a number of notable applications are already available—and some impressive commercially available functionality within a few years is highly realistic. As law firms start to incorporate within their practices machine learning and AI tools, discussions between providers and clients will and should include questions around […]
Why the next generation of legal software still needs a human touch
The legal sector is rapidly evolving and many time-poor companies and solicitors are now tasked with finding new ways to manage workloads and their ever-growing pools of data. This has led to many businesses shifting previously manual practice and case management processes over to digital solutions and investing significantly in systems designed to relieve the […]
Unlock the full potential of your law firm
Most law firms will time record, enabling them to keep a record of the time spent on handling matters for their clients, and to raise their charges, but how effective is your firms’ time recording policy? Other than charging client does your firm use the wealth of data that is available from your time recording […]
Five mistakes law firms make when redesigning their website
1. No project brief You wouldn’t go on a holiday without doing some form of research or planning first, so why would you design a website without knowing what you want? Writing a brief doesn’t need to be complex, it just needs to have the following 3 areas: What do you want to achieve with […]
Quill’s Lynda Rostron wins employee of the year at AGM
Quill awarded employee of the year at its recently held AGM to long-serving employee, Lynda Rostron. Having worked as a receptionist at its Manchester head office for 21 years, Lynda symbolises both the face and voice of Quill to employees and clients alike. Lynda is the second person to win the Peter Dye Memorial Shield, […]
The PDF Binder application that helps users create court bundles 75% faster
Combining PDFs into a document bundle to be distributed to a client or filed with the Court can eat up hours of billable time. But it doesn’t have to. Automating the small but important tasks like generating a Table of Contents, applying security settings, and finding sensitive information that needs redaction can make the bundling […]
Things to consider when changing practice management software
Think about the last time you made a significant purchase. A new sofa, a set of garden furniture, a new car. Now think about how much research you did beforehand. You probably looked into several options, asked for opinions from friends and family, and scoured through online reviews. When looking for a new business to […]
Market research reveals that despite 59% of law firms making “significant” structural changes, legal support teams still face challenges around task visibility, clarity and capacity
BigHand shares findings from a recent survey of over 800 legal support staff, giving new insight into the daily challenges and working experiences of support teams globally. BigHand, a software supplier to the legal market, today shares the results of their “Legal Support Staff Survey”, which gathered data from support teams across the UK, North […]
Ten10 voted top five place to work in UK for Graduates
We are delighted to announce that graduates have voted Ten10 the fifth best place to work in the UK, following the results released from The Job Crowd’s Top Companies For Graduates To Work For 2019/20 survey. Over 350 companies were reviewed in this year’s survey, which also saw Ten10 taking the top spot in the […]
Akin Gump adopts FileTrail for Information Governance Program
Leading international law firm to use FileTrail GPS to manage records retention, apply client requirements across information repositories. FileTrail today announced that Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers globally, has adopted FileTrail GPS to support its information governance program. Akin Gump will use FileTrail […]
Aderant forms partner program
Aderant announces the formation of Aderant Expert Services Partner Network Aderant, a global leader in law practice management software, announces the creation of the Aderant Expert Services Partner Network. Aderant is continuously working to elevate the Aderant Expert enterprise solution to provide capabilities for helping law firms improve their business efficiency today and in the […]
Are your support teams getting the right training to be effective?
One of the biggest issues we encounter when we take over a law firm’s secretarial and administrative support function, is that the teams—whether document production, print and mailroom, front of house, or even PAs — might not have received training for a long period of time, either in the firm’s system or processes. This can […]