Briefing September 2017: Sectoral feeling

Sectoral feeling  Legal business leaders say a sector strategy gets firms closer to strategic goals as well as their clients, with firm input from Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy, Jomati, DWF, Osborne Clarke and CMS.  Download your copy now for FREE  What’s in this month’s issue?    The big idea: Law firm leaders, including at DWF, Osborne Clarke, CMS and […]

HBR Consulting: Why global law firms must prioritise anti-money laundering policies

In 2015, 11.5 million documents referred to as the Panama Papers were leaked from a Panamanian law firm and revealed widespread global tax evasion involving notable individuals (including FIFA soccer officials and the Icelandic Prime Minister). The scandal brought global scrutiny to money laundering and the role law firms play in assisting such actions. Since […]

HBR Consulting explains how to prepare for new data regulations in Europe

A surprising 80 percent of international IT professionals say they know little to nothing about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to a Dell survey. And a staggering 97 percent said their organizations do not have a plan for complying with the new mandatory regulation. The GDPR is replacing the EU Data Protection Directive […]

Eclipse’s Proclaim case management system enhances speed and transparency at Bellegrove Business Insurance

Insurance and Risk Management firm, Bellegrove Business Insurance, is implementing the Proclaim Case Management Software solution from Eclipse Legal Systems, the UK’s leading legal software provider. Operating from offices in London, Bellegrove offers a full range of business insurance services and has specialist bespoke insurance products for Chauffer fleet operators, Motor Traders, the construction industry […]

Eclipse launches new application to help law firms mitigate risk of GDPR fines

Eclipse Legal Systems – the UK’s leading legal software provider – has announced the launch of a new application to assist law firms in attaining compliance with the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As of May 2018, all organisations will be required to comply with GDPR, the new legal framework which seeks to strengthen […]

Intapp achieves ISO 27001 certification for cloud solution portfolio

Intapp, a global leader in business applications for professional services firms, has achieved ISO/IEC 27001 certification for the information security management system supporting its entire portfolio of cloud solutions. The certification also validates that Intapp has incorporated cloud-specific information security controls defined in ISO/IEC 27017, as well as the data privacy controls defined in ISO/IEC […]

HBR Consulting releases risk roundtable findings on how to improve business acceptance processes

On June 9, over 20 representatives from the legal vertical joined HBR Consulting and Intapp at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York for an invitation-only Risk Roundtable. Participants from law firms and investment banking firms came together for a thoughtful discussion that included ideas and insight into how to improve the business acceptance process. […]

LPM London calling by Natasha Rawley, Archive Document Data Storage

This article was originally featured as a column in the July issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Happy July LPM readers – 2017 is really flying past us. I’m sitting down at File Queen HQ to write this column and thinking about everything that has happened over the past few weeks. One of […]

Briefing 5P conference 2016 report: Ps and Qs

Learn more about the upcoming Briefing 5P 2017 conference This report was originally featured in Briefing November 2016 to read the issue in full, download Briefing.  At our last conference – Briefing Transformation – we kicked things off with a quote by Friedrich Nietzsche. We’re pretty intellectual like that. At the second annual Briefing 5P […]

Industry analysis from iManage: Countdown with confidence

This article was originally featured as an industry analysis in the July 2017 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – which takes effect on 25 May 2018 – is officially less than a year away. This is the final countdown, and as the clock ticks on […]