About 46 per cent of firms surveyed will replace their client relationship management systems in the next two years, The Lawyer Technology Report 2019 shows. By contrast, only 15 per cent of the pool of firms who took part to the survey have replaced these systems over the past year. Investments around infrastructure can reveal a […]
Firms lacking a full-time head of innovation are on track to be surpassed by the majority of those who have appointed one, The Lawyer Technology Report 2019 shows, as the role sweeps into the legal market designing new trajectory towards the partnership. The report, which was published yesterday, reveals that 47 per cent of respondents […]
A group of trainees and associates brimming with innovative tech ideas is being given the opportunity to take the reins, collaborate with partners and revolutionise how firms work
IT and technology professionals are still widely excluded from firms’ management boards, as highlighted in The Lawyer’s Technology report 2019. The report, released today, depicts the current state of technology across law firms, providing insights into how far it has been embedded into formal structures and reflected in budget and investments. When it comes to […]
Paul Hastings is combining fee-earners and technologists as part the launch of its AI group, embedding in analysts and data scientists.
Taylor Wessing has developed in-house technology to search the dark web in a bid to identify threats to clients.
Given how much lawyers bang on about how law is a people business, not investing time in formalising a sophisticated alumni network is a rookie error.
Slaughter and May offers its fee-earners the most intensive technology support of the UK 100, exclusive data provided to The Lawyer reveals, with almost two-thirds of the largest firms decreasing the ratio of fee-earners to technology staff. This means lawyers now have more technology support available than ever before, as the increasing use of technology to […]
Reed Smith innovation manager Alex Smith is leaving the firm to join artificial intelligence services provider RAVN, as startups and alternative legal services providers keep attracting talent from private practice. Smith will become global product lead of the technology that was bought by US document management specialist iManage in 2017. Smith has led the innovation […]
In-house lawyers join a roundtable hosted by The Lawyer and Elevate to discuss the role of AI, collaboration and streamlining processes to create efficiencies
Bird & Bird has created a new online platform aimed at supporting early-stage and mature companies with the legal intricacies found on their growth path. The platform is called twoVenture, a nod to the firm’s name and the nature of the businesses at the heart of the offering. Concocted by lawyers of the firm’s international […]
Can you make more money as a freelance lawyer than if you work at a law firm? It’s a question that is becoming increasingly pertinent, not least because of the rapid growth of flex-lawyer businesses such as Vario and Peerpoint, and a growing number of New Law offerings that rely on freelance lawyers and which […]
In 2016, Balfour Beatty’s legal department embarked on one of the largest compliance programmes of its kind. How did the team embed the company’s values and processes into such a large workforce?
Bakers claims its app is unique in the legal market and the effort goes on to add bespoke functions for clients
Slaughter and May’s solution to the challenge of increasingly complex cases involving millions of documents and seemingly endless email trails: Tiki-Toki
An innovative solution from TLT and US tech group LegalSifter can slash lawyers’ BAU admin burden, but it can also do so much more
The firm is rising to the challenge of providing accurate employment law information about the world’s hardest-to-reach jurisdictions
The Serious Fraud Office has expanded its use of AI software to speed up investigation time and bring down costs, but its use is not without its challenges
By Darryl Cross CMOs must partner with lawyers to develop client-centric business development models that foster firm-wide trust and transparency. As client demands grow and market competition increases, law firms are rethinking growth strategies to enhance the client experience. With a 360-degree view of the client, the chief marketing officer occupies a unique position to […]
The use of dynamic data and encryption technology through gathering digital evidence are valuable methods of helping to crack down on fraudulent activity. Technology continues to proliferate in our day-today lives, introducing new challenges in how data can be accessed and analysed, as well as new opportunities for fraudsters to disguise their wrongdoing. With this […]
There is an old – and unfair – stereotype of the legal profession as stoic and Luddite; avoiding technology until the last possible minute. Today, this picture is deeply undeserved, for several reasons: Technology has permeated every part of corporate activity. Therefore it’s pretty hard to manage anything but the simplest of legal matters without […]
With so much hype about the benefits of technology for in-house legal departments, it can be difficult to know where to invest and what capabilities provide the most value. Join Seng Chen (GC of Nisbets) and Rob MacAdam (Director of Legal Solutions at HighQ) as they cut through the current buzz and offer practical advice […]
