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Aderant’s Handshake has been enhanced by a new reporting feature for knowledge management
Aderant, a global leader in firm management software, has released KM Analytics, a new module included within Handshake which provides users and administrators a deep understanding of how a firm’s Handshake Portal, Universal Search and core SharePoint environments are being used. By combining Aderant’s existing expertise of clients and the legal industry, KM Analytics identifies […]
Metamorph Law underpins its ambitious growth strategy to establish a national presence with Lexis Visualfiles
Metamorph Law Limited, an alternative business structure (ABS) has adopted Lexis Visualfiles as its legal workflow and case management solution of choice provided by LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions. The solution will drive efficiencies, improve service levels and provide a superior customer experience. Metamorph Law, deployed the Visualfiles platform in four months from project initiation to go-live. The ABS chose […]
Top 100 UK law firm Keoghs selects iManage Extract to automate legal services
iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that Keoghs – one of the leading providers of claims-related services to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector– has selected iManage Extract to assist with Keoghs’ AI initiative which is focused on delivery of innovative products to streamline the process […]
Eclipse’s Proclaim solution selected by Scottish firm, DJ Alexander Legal, to support expansion
Scottish firm, DJ Alexander Legal, is implementing the Law Society Endorsed Proclaim Practice Management Software solution from Eclipse Legal Systems, the UK’s leading legal software provider. With over 30 years’ experience of Lettings and Estate Agency services in Edinburgh and Glasgow, providing clients with a range of legal services, particularly conveyancing, was the next logical […]
New Repstor paper: Seven indisputable reasons to use Office 365 as a matter management platform
Reason 1: It’s where the investment is Repstor, the ECM adoption company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Office 365 investments, has published a new paper setting out ‘7 Indisputable reasons to use Office 365 as a matter management platform’, challenging legal teams to look at the software they already have (and use every […]
Industry interview with Tikit: Up to data
This blog post was also featured as an industry interview in the September 2017 issue of Legal Practice Management magazine GDPR supplement. To read the issue in full, download the supplement. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is less than a year away but are SME firms ready for it? The answer broadly, according to Tikit’s product […]
Industry interview with LexisNexis: Keep it real time
This article was originally featured as an industry analysis in the September 2017 Briefing business intelligence supplement. To read the issue in full, download the supplement. From paper-light working to advice by app, the legal industry is one of many seeing efficiency gains thanks to a period of digital transformation. Those should transform, in turn, into measurable […]
Industry analysis from LexisNexis: Reset the pace
This article was originally featured as an industry analysis in the September issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. American industrialist Henry Ford famously said all those years ago: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” This attitude to innovation – of prophesying what customers need […]
Industry interview with iManage: Save the data
This article was originally featured as an industry interview in the September issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. It is now mere months until the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect – so the big question is whether any businesses that haven’t taken steps to limit exposure to a new […]
Boels Zanders Advocaten continues innovation with Repstor’s Custodian for Legal and Microsoft Office 365
Boels Zanders Advocaten greatly values the adoption of IT by its employees, as this is the basis for continuous innovation and optimisation of the organisation and its processes. As Custodian for Legal uses Microsoft Office 365, Boels Zanders benefits from a broad range of integrated functionalities such as social intranet, client portals, online meetings and Skype […]
Repstor unveils a new mobile content management suite
Repstor, the ECM adoption company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Office 365 investments, today launched a new mobile content management suite providing improved continuity for information workers on the go. By making it easier and more intuitive for nomadic employees to correctly file email and documents when out of the office, the new […]
LEAP looks into the role of technology in probate
Traditionally, the probate department is the last to become automated in law firms. This is for a variety of reasons and is often not viewed as a fast-paced and profitable part of the business. In fact, a lot of firms don’t use automation in probate when they should, especially given the high level of document […]
Thomson Reuters and Clifford Chance extend their collaboration to support compliance with MiFID II legislation
Thomson Reuters and Clifford Chance have expanded their recent collaboration to provide services to financial institutions who must comply with new post-trade transparency requirements as mandated by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). The collaboration comes ahead of the 3 January 2018 deadline for meeting the MiFID II legislation which, according to […]