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HBR Consulting: Seven steps to improve law firm compliance with outside counsel guidelines
Back in the day, law firms and clients usually set forth the terms governing their relationships in standard engagement letters. But more recently, as bargaining power has shifted away from law firms and toward clients, organizations have begun to document their expectations for outside counsel in increasingly long and detailed guidelines. While these expanded guidelines […]
READ MORE >> HBR Consulting: Three reasons to get a second opinion on IT lifecycle management
Senior IT executives carry the burden of making the final decisions on hardware and technology support options needed to run the applications that drive their corporate or law firm business functions. These are always high-stakes decisions because they carry significant financial and operational implications for the organization. A growing body of knowledge is illustrating the […]
READ MORE >> HBR Consulting: Three steps to gain firm leaders’ buy-in for procurement investments
HBR recently held its annual Procurement Roundtable, an invitation-only gathering of 25+ law firm procurement leaders. In connection with the Roundtable, HBR surveyed the participants on a variety of procurement-related topics ranging from organizational information for benchmarking through current front-of-mind topics / priorities, including investment in procurement technology solutions. These technology solutions are a key […]
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Walker Morris invests in Lexis Visualfiles to deliver efficiencies and create market differentiation
Top 100 UK multi-disciplinary law firm Walker Morris is investing in Lexis® Visualfiles™ to deliver the stringent technology, efficiency and risk management requirements of customers and effectively compete with other high calibre law firms in its market segment. Initially the solution will be deployed to the firm’s mortgage repossession department, with a subsequent implementation to […]
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Wilson Legal Solutions today announced that Duane Morris LLP, an Am Law 100 firm with 800 lawyers across the US, UK, and Asia, has selected Wilson Proforma Tracker to automate and streamline its client billing process. Duane Morris will use Wilson Proforma Tracker together with its Elite Enterprise financial management system. Wilson Proforma Tracker speeds […]
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Despite increase in spending, survey report also reveals law departments continue to take measures to contain costs, enhance operational efficiency. As global organizations continue to report increased legal needs, corporate law departments’ total legal spending increased by 5 percent, according to the 2018 HBR Consulting (HBR) Law Department Survey. This increase in spending reflects a […]
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Higgs & Sons selects Aderant Expert as its software partner
A West Midlands law firm has chosen a global industry leader to deliver its legal practice and financial management software. Putting innovation and agility to the top of its wish list, Higgs & Sons hand-picked Aderant Expert as its new partner. Higgs sought a flexible, ready-to-deploy product that enhanced its legal service delivery and met […]
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As law firms recognize the growing importance of an information governance (IG) strategy, they are beginning to think about how they can transform traditional records management (RM) staff into true IG professionals. This shift, which is driven by increasing regulatory demands and pressure from clients for stronger security, is making firms realize that IG requires […]
READ MORE >> Fieldfisher rolls-out LexisOne to German office network
Shortly after the roll-out of its ERP system, LexisOne™, in Belgium; European law firm, Fieldfisher, has now deployed the solution across its network of German offices including Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. LexisOne is a cloud-native SaaS solution built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, which Fieldfisher has used to replace eight other core business systems. Fieldfisher […]
READ MORE >> HBR Consulting: Law firms must act with urgency to keep pace with law department analytics maturity
I had a clear message to deliver to those in attendance when I took the stage at this year’s International Legal Technology Conference (ILTACON): law departments are gathering, centralizing and sharing more data than ever, and many law firms are lagging behind. During the presentation, “Data Gathering and Sharing by GCs,” I was joined by […]
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