Doug Hargrove, managing director, Advanced Legal, gives his predictions for the future of legal technology in 2019 and beyond

While law firms have largely operated in the same way for generations, changing client needs, demand for better value and the benefits of new technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Cloud are pushing the legal sector in new directions. Here, Doug Hargrove, Managing Director, Legal at Advanced, gives his predictions for the future […]

Connecting the dots by Doug Hargrove, Advanced Legal

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Over the past 18 months, I’ve noticed a significant change in the internal structure of law firms. As firms experience a change cycle for technology (such as updating IT systems or installing a new practice/case management system) they take […]

Embracing the cloud, Doug Hargrove, Advanced Legal

This article was also featured as a column in the May 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. The emergence of the cloud is the single biggest shift in the IT paradigm since the move from mainframe to client-server technology. The cloud isn’t simply an iteration of this decentralisation but has created a seismic […]

Essential security by Doug Hargrove, Advanced Legal

This article was also featured as a column in the June 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Cybersecurity, hacking and data theft are all hot topics at the moment, but while we all feel we should be doing something about them, there is a fair proportion of the market that either hasn’t the resources […]