FileTrail names Harold Westervelt Chief Executive Officer

FileTrail, the leader in modern information governance and records management software for law firms and highly regulated industries, announces Harold Westervelt has joined the company as its chief executive officer.

Legal Eye: Leading compliance experts launch essential AML Independent Audit certification to support law firms

Compliance experts Legal Eye have responded to the LSAG guidance with a comprehensive AML Independent Audit Certification programme to help firms across England and Wales meet the requirements.

Minerva: 2020 – the year of growth for legal tech experts

Northampton based legal tech company LFS have had a significant year of growth with their product Minerva, despite the challenges of the pandemic, with 100 law firms now using their solutions, over 30 having deployed the full solution since launching at the start of 2020.

Stridon: Fully managed IT presents London-based firm Seladore Legal opportunity to build secure, agile, and modern law firm

In late 2019, after decades of working at global law firms, Simon Bushell and Gareth Keillor took a “leap of faith” and set up their own firm.

Minerva: Digital signatures and identity – where is it going?

In September 2019, the Law Commission confirmed that electronic signatures could be used to execute documents, including where there is a statutory requirement for a signature.

Nuix acquires natural language processing company

Global software company Nuix Limited has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the shares in Topos Labs, Inc. (Topos) a developer of Natural Language Processing (NLP) software that helps computer systems better understand text and spoken words at speed and scale.

Clifford Chance selects FileTrail for agile records management

Information governance leader FileTrail today announced that international law firm Clifford Chance has selected FileTrail GPS (Governance Policy Suite) to replace and upgrade its records management system.

Miller hires After The Event insurance specialist as part of continued growth in the Professional Risks space

Miller is pleased to announce the hiring of James Gowen-Smith as its new Head of After The Event insurance. James’ hiring forms part of Miller’s Professional Risks team’s wider strategy to grow the range of expertise and products it can offer to clients.

Minerva: How to ensure your law firm is attractive to the millennial purchaser

Millennials are now aged between 25 and 40. And as this group makes its way up the career ladder, the millennial pound is strengthening as the generation enters its prime spending years. As such, millennials should be a target customer group for most legal businesses.

Minerva: A brilliant workflow for your onboarding is just a click away

Protecting against fraud and ensuring your clients are who they say they are can be challenging. But with all solicitors required to carry out proper identity checks, and the Safe Harbour Standard for conveyancers setting a new benchmark for the profession, failing to verify isn’t an option.