The hidden financial cost of a disconnected legal tech stack
Law firms have invested heavily in technology over the past decade. Document management has improved, specialist tools have emerged across the matter lifecycle, and firms have more data available to them than ever before. On paper, that sounds like progress. In practice, there is another question firms need to ask: how well does all of […]
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LPM INSIGHTS ROLL
LINKED UP
As solicitors, we find LinkedIn is a fantastic way to remain in professional contact with a whole host of individuals who could be important for our careers. However, from an employment law perspective this connectivity, while a very important benefit, can also cause legal wrangling – for example, when an employee breaches their restrictive covenants […]
FORGET ROBOTS
I recently wrote an article about the impact robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and other IT developments will have on the delivery of legal services. I espoused the need for all firms to embrace the new technology, whether it be a fundamental change to working practices or simpler changes to internal processes. I contended that this […]
CLOUD LANDING
Q Why did the firm decide to design its own IT platform? A Commercial property is among the most document-heavy practice areas in the legal sector – the work has a lot of moving parts. For example, a single transaction can easily generate dozens of lengthy documents as well as layers of title information that […]
TOO OPINIONATED?
Q What’s all this furore over lawyers avoiding wearing brown shoes with blue suits? A There is no furore: there is a social media furore and that is not the same thing. For those of you who may have missed the non-furore, it all started with a report on social media from a conference where […]
