Aderant releases Drive: Secure, scalable collaboration sites made easy

Aderant, a global leader in providing business management software for law firms, is excited to announce the release of its latest product, which brings real-time collaboration to the firm-client relationship – Aderant Drive. Drive provides firms and their clients with a simple and secure way to share, manage and interact with content. Today’s law firms […]

Alternative Legal Service providers: how are law departments using them?

The 2019 HBR Consulting Law Department Survey found that corporate law departments are shifting their focus to adopting innovative legal service delivery practices, such as the increased use of other service providers, including alternative legal service providers (ALSPs). For those who use those, spending increased by 11% in 2019. Over the past decade, ALSPs have become an […]

COVID-19 supply chain response plan for law firms

The COVID-19 virus is challenging law firms, in terms of both health and economic impacts. With the support of their procurement functions, however, firms can navigate the supply chain issues they face in the immediate environment, as well as prepare for ongoing expense management as the legal industry emerges from the current situation. First, the […]

A clear vendor governance strategy can help law firms weather an economic downturn

As we face the prospect of an economic downturn, firms are looking at ways to best position themselves. A centralized, clear vendor governance strategy that aligns with the firm’s strategic direction can aid in responding to economic turbulence. Vendor governance can help a firm readily identify operational costs for reduction, minimizing the impact on profits, […]

Legal’s pressing opportunity to advance the new normal: strategic focal points

What began as a temporary disturbance to how companies and law firms operate has all indications of settling into a “new normal.” As a result of the pandemic, law department and law firm leaders have rapidly implemented business continuity strategies, reviewed operations and explored cost containment methods to stabilize their organizations. It can be tempting […]

Aderant announces first iTimekeep and OCG live release since December acquisition

Aderant, the fastest path to revenue through its time entry and compliance solutions, announces multiple new features and enhancements to the #1 mobile time capture platform iTimekeep – the only real-time SaaS time entry product available. Offering more value and same simplicity, this latest release takes time entry and compliance to the next level by […]

Aderant expands Expert Sierra to the United Kingdom and Continental Europe

Aderant, a global industry leader in providing comprehensive business management software for law firms and other professional services organisations, is now offering Aderant Expert as a cloud service in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. The cloud-based option of Expert – Expert Sierra –has seen significant client growth in North America over the past two […]

Iridium Technology announces merger with DFTech to create law firm financial analytics powerhouse

Iridium Technology, a leading provider of Business Intelligence (BI) for law firms, today announced its merger with Data Fusion Technologies, Inc. (DFTech). The Iridium BI product offerings have now been extended to include the Intellistat line of business analytics tools as well as the Steere family of law firm business technologies. The company continues to […]

Chris Cartrett at Aderant on how to normalise better billing processes

The global recession that we experienced a decade ago brought about disruption in many ways, not least the proliferation of new billing rules dictated by clients. Whether you call them outside counsel guidelines (OCGs), client guidelines, or just billing guidelines, the point is that the dynamics of the billable hour have changed. Like any kind […]

Tim Smith at Insight Legal on how to unearth the client service opportunity in Making Tax Digital

The first year of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT, known as the soft landing period, ends this April. During these first 12 months, VATregistered firms used to keying in their quarterly return have been required to install suitable software that records all VAT transactions and then submits the data to the HMRC via an […]