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Guest post – UK legal megafirms are on the up: 2018 must be about tech consolidation

Guest post – UK legal megafirms are on the up: 2018 must be about tech consolidation

Mergers and acquisitions in the legal sector ramped up significantly in 2017. Between January and April alone more than 35 deals involving US and UK law firms were announced, the
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Guest post: In Chicago – Major strides forward for women in legal tech

Guest post: In Chicago – Major strides forward for women in legal tech

By Christy Burke On Thursday, March 8th, the world celebrated International Women’s Day, and Chicago enthusiastically joined in!  I had the privilege to attend three amazing events last week:  ABA
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Cybersecurity Comment: Boyd Legal warn that people need to plan their digital estates before they die

Cybersecurity Comment: Boyd Legal warn that people need to plan their digital estates before they die

Scots are leaving their loved ones open to distress and hassle by overlooking their online lives in their will – according to both legal and cyber security experts. The warning comes
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Comment: Identifying the cybersecurity problems and solutions for law firms

Comment: Identifying the cybersecurity problems and solutions for law firms

by Dr Jamie Graves, CEO & Founder, ZoneFox https://www.zonefox.co.uk It’s no secret that, these days, cyber security attacks are so pervasive that they frequently hit front-page headlines. What’s more, these types
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Cybersecurity Comment: Risking a Meltdown? Dealing with the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity Comment: Risking a Meltdown? Dealing with the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities

By Andrew Moir & Claire Wiseman of Herbert Smith Freehills* Significant vulnerabilities that could allow cyber attackers to compromise data have been found in common processors in almost all modern
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Comment: Clifford Chance’s acquisition of Carillion’s managed legal services arm is both a relief and a huge opportunity

Comment: Clifford Chance’s acquisition of Carillion’s managed legal services arm is both a relief and a huge opportunity

I feel an oddly personal sense of relief at the news yesterday (14 February) that Clifford Chance has acquired Carillion’s Newcastle-based managed legal services arm Carillion Advice Services (CAS), in
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Comment: Clifford Chance’s acquisition of Carillion’s managed legal services arm is both a relief and a huge opportunity

Comment: Clifford Chance’s acquisition of Carillion’s managed legal services arm is both a relief and a huge opportunity

I feel an oddly personal sense of relief at the news yesterday (14 February) that Clifford Chance has acquired Carillion’s Newcastle-based managed legal services arm Carillion Advice Services (CAS), in
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Guest post: Tech savviness is required in the conveyancing sector

Guest post: Tech savviness is required in the conveyancing sector

By Scott Bozinis, CEO, InfoTrack Technology has advanced at an extraordinary pace over the last decade. This evolving landscape has laid the foundations for disrupters to emerge in a variety
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Cybersecurity Comment: A new tax season but the same W-2 Spear Phishing scam

Cybersecurity Comment: A new tax season but the same W-2 Spear Phishing scam

By David E. Kitchen and David M. Brown (BakerHostetler) With a new tax season approaching, companies should be vigilant in guarding against criminals attempting to obtain sensitive information through a
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Guest Post: Snapshot of the Legal Market, Missing Link, and Mystery Disconnect

Guest Post: Snapshot of the Legal Market, Missing Link, and Mystery Disconnect

Two recent surveys, the Altman Weil 2017 Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Survey and the 2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market by The Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at the
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Trending for comments: Guest post: The Legal IT Department of the Future

Trending for comments: Guest post: The Legal IT Department of the Future

Our world is changing fast but is this a massive opportunity for legal IT professionals or the end of life as we know it? In big picture terms we all
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Guest post: Is Legal Innovation Like Beauty – Only Skin Deep?

Guest post: Is Legal Innovation Like Beauty – Only Skin Deep?

This article first appeared in the November/December Legal IT Insider By Ron Friedmann (pictured), partner at Fireman & Company When I started in the legal market almost three decades ago,
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Guest post: Collaboration and security: how the language of spymasters is shaping mobility in the legal profession

Guest post: Collaboration and security: how the language of spymasters is shaping mobility in the legal profession

Steve Whiter of business mobility specialists Appurity considers the issues and opportunities around secure mobile collaboration. It is in the nature of lawyers to be cautious, at least in their
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Guest post: Corporate Legal Departments Get Shipshape with GRC Technology

Guest post: Corporate Legal Departments Get Shipshape with GRC Technology

Like the guards posted at a sealed stone vault full of treasure hidden in the innermost sanctum of a fortress, internal legal departments are the guardians of a corporation’s most
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Guest post: Where are all the Legal Tech Incubators?

Guest post: Where are all the Legal Tech Incubators?

If Charles Caleb Colton is correct and “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” then flattery has been very slow in coming to the legal technology space. Earlier this year,
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Guest post: Legislating for Black Swans – legal considerations for business crisis management

Guest post: Legislating for Black Swans – legal considerations for business crisis management

Steve Whiter of Appurity looks at the communications technologies that are being deployed to help law firms and their clients mitigate the impact of crises. There is a risk management
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Guest post: Cyber attacks and cloud computing

Guest post: Cyber attacks and cloud computing

The recent ransomware attack on DLA Piper should make law firms big and small look up and take notice. Whether you care to admit it or not, your legal practice
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