RBRO Solutions Inc. (RBRO), a leading global work product management provider, is pleased to announce the successful cloud-to-cloud migration for Simons Muirhead & Burton LLP. RBRO Solutions was referred by iManage to Simons Muirhead & Burton to facilitate a backend iManage Work upgrade, as well as a migration between their cloud-based data centres. Established in […]

Staff at WBD will be able to work effortlessly across applications for PDF file editing, document comparison, and data protection thanks to a common user interface. DocsCorp, a leading provider of enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), a Top 40 UK firm, has switched to the DocsCorp desktop productivity suite as […]

Leading IT influencer Janet Day will head up a new Board to guide Tikit’s future product development Tikit, a global provider of technology solutions to legal and professional services firms, is delighted to announce that Janet Day will be chairing its newly formed Independent Product Advisory Board. Led by Day, the new independent board will […]

Acquisition of Chapman and Cutler LLP’s Closing Room for deal management and closing-bindergeneration now fully integrated within NetDocuments platform NetDocuments, the leading, secure cloud-based content services platform, today introduced SetBuilder, the fully-integrated NetDocuments application based on the acquisition of Chapman and Cutler’s Closing Room solution. NetDocuments SetBuilder provides users an easy way to combine and […]

CTS, formerly Converge Technology Specialists, has today announced the launch of a new corporate brand identity, name and logo. Recognised as one of the leading cloud and managed IT providers for law firms, the rebrand reflects CTS’ development and vision for the future. The new brand identity is designed to communicate CTS’ belief in empowering […]

QualitySolicitors Parkinson Wright has selected Liberate from Linetime as its business-wide legal services software platform. The Worcestershire based practice, with over 100 staff, operate from 4 offices and have a highly regarded reputation for their services including residential property, private client, family, dispute resolution and commercial. The firm also has its own estate agency. The […]

When law firms begin to research whether to outsource their secretarial and administrative support services, it can be difficult to know where to start. There’s a lot of information to take in, lots of jargon associated with outsourcing and the processes behind transferring services from in-house to a third party—all of which can act as […]

Law firms will tend to charge their clients in 4 ways: Hourly rates Fixed fees Capped fees Contingency fees (Damaged Based Agreements) Firms will approach time recording in a manner of different ways, for example, not recording time at all, recording only chargeable time or recording all time both chargeable and non-chargeable. The question is, […]

In recent years, a growing number of law firms have been moving to “paperless” or paper-light systems, with electronic records regarded as the “official” record of the organization. Certainly, law firms have come a long way in reducing their usage of paper and helping to save trees — striking a positive note this Arbor Day. […]

Paint the town orange and celebrate King’s Day in the Netherlands on us! We are not the only ones who loves orange. On the 27 April, every year the Netherlands celebrate the birthday of the reigning Dutch monarch, Willem Alexander. This is a national holiday during which everything possible is covered in orange, from flags, wigs […]

By Lawyers, the global publisher of legal guides, commentaries, forms and precedents announced their arrival in the United Kingdom this month via their strategic partnership with LEAP, the leading legal practice management software provider. The By Lawyers’ publications are authored by experienced practising UK lawyers and cover all common areas of law in England and […]

Why client retention is so important The age of the customer has meant those working in professional services have to do all they can to keep hold of their valuable clients. With the increase in competition for law firms, from other law firms or new law, clients are now inundated with choice, meaning client retention […]

The latest Bellwether research paper titled, Stress in the Legal Profession: Problematic or Inevitable’, published today by LexisNexis UK, a leading global provider of information and analytics; highlights that stress is an endemic issue in the legal profession with two thirds of respondents currently experiencing high levels of stress despite the confident ‘business as usual’ […]