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Adiós, good riddance, and thank you 2020

Adiós, good riddance, and thank you 2020

It has been a year like no other, and we’ll all be glad to see the back of 2020, which has brought everything from anxiety to tragedy and, for the
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Comment: How law firms can benefit from moving their telephony into the cloud

Comment: How law firms can benefit from moving their telephony into the cloud

While the move to mass home working started as a necessary temporary lockdown measure, many law firms are now are planning to make flexible work arrangements a permanent feature of
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The SolarWinds hack – A call to action

The SolarWinds hack – A call to action

Before this week you could be forgiven for not having heard of SolarWinds, the network performance and systems monitoring software vendor that will now be known for the biggest espionage
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PracticeEvolve acquires SOS – says legal tech market stymied by providers who “lack ambition”

PracticeEvolve acquires SOS – says legal tech market stymied by providers who “lack ambition”

In further significant consolidation within the UK practice and case management sector, Solicitors Own Software (SOS) has been acquired by PracticeEvolve Group, which this year also acquired SOS rival Linetime
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New York gives red light to alternative business structures

New York gives red light to alternative business structures

New York will not be following in the footsteps of Utah, Arizona and Utah in paving the way for alternative legal business models and non-lawyer ownership of law firms, a
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Legal IT Latest: Shearman swaps out OpenText for iManage Cloud; DISCO closes $100m funding in Q4; Onit acquires AXDRAFT

Legal IT Latest: Shearman swaps out OpenText for iManage Cloud; DISCO closes $100m funding in Q4; Onit acquires AXDRAFT

Shearman & Sterling LLP has swapped out its legacy OpenText document management system and gone live in the iManage Cloud. The AmLaw Top 50 law firm has also selected iManage Work 10, iManage Security
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New six-strong global iManage partnership launched + wins major pitch

New six-strong global iManage partnership launched + wins major pitch

An international alliance of iManage partners officially launches today (17 December) in a move designed to help them win large global implementations – and has already won a top four global accountant firm pitch. The Global Efficiency Group
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The Latest Issue Is Out!

The Latest Issue Is Out!

For the last Orange Rag of 2020, we spoke to seven CIOs from UK top 100 and EMEA law firms about the challenges and highlights of the year, and what
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Swap out: Cuatrecasas selects DocsCorp suite

Swap out: Cuatrecasas selects DocsCorp suite

Leading European firm Cuatrecasas has purchased several DocsCorp desktop productivity applications including compareDocs for document comparison and review, which is a Workshare swapout. Cuatrecasas has bought cleanDocs for email security,
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Comment: What will legal firms’ top five priorities be in 2021?

Comment: What will legal firms’ top five priorities be in 2021?

Steve Whiter (Appurity director) and Jonny Watkinson (Enterprise Sales Manager UK&I at NetMotion Software) tell us what law firm priorities will be in 2021. NetMotion recently conducted a survey via
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DWF credits alternative services for HY21 revenue growth – we speak to managed services CEO Mark Qualter

DWF credits alternative services for HY21 revenue growth – we speak to managed services CEO Mark Qualter

UK-listed law firm DWF has seen its HY21 revenue increase by 15.4% to £167.6m and its profit rise by 17.1% to £24.7m, crediting in large part the growth of its
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ROSS to shut in wake of Thomson Reuters lawsuit – but continues to fight claim

ROSS to shut in wake of Thomson Reuters lawsuit – but continues to fight claim

Legal research challenger ROSS Intelligence is to shut down its operations as of 31 January in the wake of a lawsuit by Thomson Reuters alleging copyright infringement. A statement out
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Join us next Thursday for festive cheer as we kick off ZERØ’s Monthly Comedy Night!

Join us next Thursday for festive cheer as we kick off ZERØ’s Monthly Comedy Night!

Join us next Thursday, 17 December at 7pm GMT for some festive giggles as we kick off ZERØ’s free Monthly Comedy Series! The mirth will be provided by Adam Bloom,
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Investment: Contractbook raises $9.3m Series A

Investment: Contractbook raises $9.3m Series A

In case you needed further proof that contract automation and lifecycle management is where the money is, Danish legal tech company Contractbook has raised $9.4m in Series A funding led
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Your Wednesday Legal IT Update

Your Wednesday Legal IT Update

For all the wins, deals, moves and news from the past week from across the world look no further. eDiscovery Day news Exterro acquires AccessData for nine-figure sum ahead of
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Five UK lawtechs chosen to join first Lawtech Sandbox Pilot

Five UK lawtechs chosen to join first Lawtech Sandbox Pilot

LawtechUK, the government-backed initiative within Tech Nation to help transform the UK legal sector through technology, on 8 December announced the five applicants selected to join the first group of
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25% of companies have lost a deal thanks to law firm onboarding delays

25% of companies have lost a deal thanks to law firm onboarding delays

Twenty five per cent of companies have lost out on a business deal as a result of their law firm’s slow onboarding process, according to new research from automated KYC
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