HBR Consulting – Office 365 teams: The surprising disruptor

October was once again packed with conferences, from large international events to smaller regional and industry-specific seminars and roundtables. If there was one word that was thematic across all of these events this year, it was “disruption.” It has lead me to ask, “what is the most disruptive innovation today related to how we manage, […]

HBR Consulting: Why your organisation needs a data map

At this year’s annual ARMA Live! Conference in Anaheim, we conducted an informal survey of the 300+ visitors to our booth, asking a single question: “What is your greatest information governance challenge today?” We received a variety of responses including: Lack of sufficient resources / funding Outdated retention schedules Lack of Office 365 governance expertise Inability to […]

Law firm library services: Four questions to guide strategic budgeting by HBR Consulting

Fall is officially here, and many of us are already enjoying colorful leaves and cooler weather. Along with these pleasures of the season, many law firms are also gearing up for another budget cycle. While the annual process of reviewing prior spend and projecting future costs can be time-consuming, it is worthwhile to use budget […]

Aderant appoints Steve Buko senior vice president and chief technology officer

Seasoned technology leader, with more than 25 years of experience with enterprise software, selected to lead the next phase of Aderant’s future development. After a thorough search that produced several outstanding candidates, Aderant is pleased to announce that Steve Buko will be its new Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, leading all product engineering. […]

HBR Consulting – #SOLID18 East reveals legal innovation themes and emerging best practices

The Summit on Legal Innovation and Disruption (SOLID) East, held on September 13, 2018 in New York City, delivered on its promise to bring together professionals who are transforming the legal industry. The daylong event held an action-packed sprint of 14 TED Talk-style sessions spanning the full spectrum of stakeholders in the legal ecosystem. SOLID […]

HBR Consulting’s business acceptance survey report

Business acceptance practices have become more complex and strategic over the past several years as departments have evolved from back office, risk management functions to vital, strategic partners to the organisations they support. Law firms that have invested early to strengthen business acceptance activities are adding value in the form of better data collection and […]

Lupton Fawcett predicts a 15% saving in operating costs with Lexis® Visualfiles™ implementation

UK commercial law firm Lupton Fawcett LLP, has selected Lexis®  Visualfiles™ to replace its incumbent practice management system.  This thriving Yorkshire law firm will roll out the market leading case management solution firmwide, to over 250 staff; and is predicting a 15% saving in overall operating costs with increased innovation and quality of service delivery. […]

Prepare for four months of arctic weather with Quill

Long-range weather forecasts predict freezing temperatures, heavy snow and icy storms beginning as early as November and continuing for four months. As a nation, we simply don’t cope well with severe wintry conditions and our travel network, particularly, struggles to maintain any semblance of normality. For businesses this means one thing: protracted disruption as staff […]

LPM October – Make the cuts

Download your FREE copy now   This month: LPM magazine investigates what SME law firms do to make high volume, low margin practice areas more efficient Special supplement: Tech in – LPM teams up with Converge TS to dive into how clients are driving SME law firms to build better connections with technology Feature: Staff writer Andrew Muir looks at […]

Partnership agreements: MHA MacIntyre Hudson explains everything you need to know

Key considerations How much will it cost you, both now and in the future? What are the tiers of partnership and what are the steps to full equity? Which covenants and policies are likely to affect you? e.g. pension, SMP, SPP, SSP etc. Does it match with your own goals and aspirations for the future? […]