The rise of data analytics has in the past decade substantially impacted how businesses operate and provide services. The legal industry, on the other hand, has been much slower to adopt analytics than other verticals. That is beginning to change, as interest and investment grows in legal organizations. Corporate law departments are increasingly embracing data […]

Every organisation has contracts, but not every organization adequately manages its contracts. And while the nature and complexity of these agreements can vary widely, careful governance enables organizations to maximize their value and limit their exposure. On the other hand, contracts that are administered poorly—or not at all—tend to leak revenue, drive costs upward and […]

Employee engagement is a key driver of motivation, commitment, and productivity in a company. Encompassing many aspects of the workplace, it reveals how likely an employee is to stay, strive, and thrive in their role. It may seem an obvious concept, but in fact only 15% of UK workers consider themselves ‘highly motivated’, and 24% admit […]

Conference for professional services firms will feature keynotes from industry leaders Daniel Susskind, James Wilson, Muriel Marseille, John Hall and Thad Jampol Intapp, a leading provider of business applications for professional services firms, today announced Connect19, its annual customer conference. The event takes place May 22-23 in London. More than 250 attendees are expected from […]

Napthens Solicitors underpin drive for excellence in documentation creation with BigHand technology. Napthens Solicitors is an award-winning law firm providing legal services to businesses and individuals in North West England.  As part of a larger internal efficiency drive, the firm has decided to implement BigHand Create, BigHand Hyperstyles and BigHand Scrub. The rollout of these […]

True professional ‘cradle to grave’ solutions are difficult to find. It’s rare that suppliers to the legal sector offer everything needed in a modern-day law firm’s back office – that’s software to manage accounts, matters and documents, and outsourced services to take over core administration functions. At Quill, however, that’s exactly what we do – […]

Third UK-Top 100 national law firm and tenth worldwide chooses Wilson Proforma Tracker to automate the work-to-bill life cycle. Wilson Allen, a leading software and services provider for professional services firms formed by the completed merger of Wilson Legal Solutions and Stanton Allen, today announced that Bevan Brittan LLP has selected Wilson Proforma Tracker software […]

In most industries, the process of transferring software suppliers will involve some degree of migrating data from your current system to a new system. Today’s legal sector is no different, and you would expect your new supplier to charge some sort of fee to complete the transfer. When this occurs, some new suppliers may look […]

NetDocuments, the leading secure cloud-based content services platform for law firms, corporate legal teams and compliance departments, today announced that Dickinson Wright, an Am Law 200 firm with 450 attorneys across 19 offices has selected NetDocuments as its secure cloud-based content services platform. The firm, which had been using OpenText’s on-premise eDocs document management system […]

NetDocuments announces, today, that premier technology and life sciences law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati (WSGR) has selected the company’s platform as a key step in the firm’s ongoing strategy to move their entire technology stack to a cloud-based model.  “With our move to the cloud, we envisioned taking on a DMS that does […]

Software needs to keep up with the latest trends, and one of the main requirements these days is to provide solutions that are mobile and flexible. The days of 9-5 working are fading fast, and what companies now need are solutions that allow employees to work from different locations during the hours that suit them. […]

I was with a client earlier this week and the topic of conversation turned to how they can track the effectiveness of some SEO and PPC that they were considering? The firm has a turnover of c. £12m with a marketing budget of 2.4% of turnover i.e. c. £290,000.  Not too shabby (they could spend more […]

No law firm in 2019 needs to be masking text instead of properly redacting it. The days of running a black marker over a hard copy and scanning it back in to create a new soft copy should be long gone. The modern equivalent – drawing a black box over content in Microsoft Word and converting to PDF – […]