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Burges Salmon goes live with iManage Knowledge Unlocked 

Burges Salmon goes live with iManage Knowledge Unlocked 

We speak with Carol Aldridge, head of knowledge management at Burges Salmon; Carlos García-Egocheaga, CEO at Lexsoft Systems; and Jack Shepherd, principal business consultant at iManage. Burges Salmon is set
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ICYMI: Litera acquires Salesforce-based CRM Upper Sigma 

ICYMI: Litera acquires Salesforce-based CRM Upper Sigma 

Litera has acquired client relationship management vendor Upper Sigma, in an acquisition that hasn’t been formally announced but that has been talked about on LinkedIn by Upper Sigma’s management team
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LITI Launches 2023 Legal CRM Software Report

LITI Launches 2023 Legal CRM Software Report

Today (22 February) Legal IT Insider publishes a comprehensive 54-page survey of eight of the leading global law firm CRM vendors and systems. The report – an industry first –
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Court denies Akin Gump’s motion to dismiss counterclaims in ‘David v Goliath’ legal tech case 

Court denies Akin Gump’s motion to dismiss counterclaims in ‘David v Goliath’ legal tech case 

In a major development in the ‘David v Goliath’ lawsuit over who really invented a piece of bill-drafting software, a US court has mostly denied Akin Gump’s motion to throw
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AbacusNext rebrands as CARET, uniting its accounting and legal product suite

AbacusNext rebrands as CARET, uniting its accounting and legal product suite

AbacusNext – which includes HotDocs, Abacus Payment Exchange (APX), AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney and OfficeTools – has rebranded as CARET, uniting its accounting and legal product suite under one roof. Zola
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Brightflag launches new intelligent PDF invoice validation feature

Brightflag launches new intelligent PDF invoice validation feature

New York-headquartered legal operations platform Brightflag has launched a new feature that will help its corporate counsel clients to automate PDF invoice validation. PDF Check scans PDF invoices automatically and
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Podcast: Why lawyers aren’t hooked on tech (and how to fix that), with Hengeler Mueller and Della

Podcast: Why lawyers aren’t hooked on tech (and how to fix that), with Hengeler Mueller and Della

In this podcast, I discuss Nir Eyal’s book ‘Hooked’ with Pierre Zickert, manager of Hengeler Mueller’s Legal Tech Centre, and Hugo Seymour, chief operating officer of UK-headquartered contract review provider
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Linklaters hires innovation product analyst from Taylor Wessing

Linklaters hires innovation product analyst from Taylor Wessing

Linklaters has hired former Taylor Wessing product solutions analyst Kris Sales to join its practice innovation team, headed by Greg Baker. Sales, who joins Linklaters as innovation product analyst, was
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Linklaters ends global COO role following departure of Matt Peers 

Linklaters ends global COO role following departure of Matt Peers 

Linklaters has phased out its global COO role following what it describes as a “considerable evaluation” of its business leadership structure. The restructure follows the departure of global COO and
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Allen & Overy breaks the internet (and new ground) with co-pilot Harvey 

Allen & Overy breaks the internet (and new ground) with co-pilot Harvey 

In a world where law firms are often criticised for being slow to adopt new technologies, we should applaud Allen & Overy for its wow-factor launch yesterday (16 February) of
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Intapp to drop the OnePlace brand as DealCloud goes from strength to strength

Intapp to drop the OnePlace brand as DealCloud goes from strength to strength

Intapp has decided to stop using OnePlace in its go-to-market activity, instead serving all its customers, be they law firms, professional services organisations or financial institutions, from within its DealCloud
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Law firm profits continued to slide in Q4 2022 but tech investment stayed stable

Law firm profits continued to slide in Q4 2022 but tech investment stayed stable

Law firm profitability fell for a fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2022, according to the Q4 2022 Thomson Reuters Law Firm Financial Index (LFFI) powered by Financial Insights out today
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Startup Corner: People Clerk

Startup Corner: People Clerk

Founded in 2020 in Los Angeles, People Clerk guides self-represented litigants throughout the small claims process giving them the tools to prepare, settle, and litigate their dispute. Its investors to
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Guest post: Hybrid working and the evolution of print

Guest post: Hybrid working and the evolution of print

Paul Martin explores the shift to hybrid working and how managed print services (MPS) providers can support this, as law firms look to make collaboration between the office and home
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Five Fast Facts – Xakia founder Jodie Baker talks jigsaw puzzles

Five Fast Facts – Xakia founder Jodie Baker talks jigsaw puzzles

In our first Five Fast Facts recorded demo, we hear from Jodie Baker, the CEO and founder of legal matter management software provider Xakia Technologies, who was kind enough to
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Troutman Pepper: Systems down following cyberattack 

Troutman Pepper: Systems down following cyberattack 

Outlook appeared to still be down earlier today (10 February) at Troutman Pepper following a cyberattack on Wednesday 8 February.   Troutman says that it took its systems offline on
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Bessemer Venture Partners acquires majority stake in Litify

Bessemer Venture Partners acquires majority stake in Litify

Bessemer Venture Partners has acquired a majority stake in 2016-founded, Salesforce-based practice, case and legal business operations management platform Litify, which we’re told has now achieved profitability.  Bessemer’s previous legal
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