Travers Smith LLP has launched an app to help clients quickly get to grips with their force majeure exposure in contracts in light of COVID-19.

Travers Smith LLP has launched an app to help clients quickly get to grips with their force majeure exposure in contracts in light of COVID-19.
The Bar Council has advised barristers that they should not court attend hearings in person unless certain limited criteria are met following the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday (23 March) that the UK should stay at home to inhibit the spread of COVID-19.
Practice management vendor Clio has commited $1m to a disaster relief program to help law firms navigate the difficulties that lie ahead in light of the global COVID-19 shut down.
We speak to slicedbread project manager Jennie Strickland-Grogan (pictured above), who came down with COVID-19 while in the middle of a major client project. She is now recovering from the virus and wants to spread a message of hope.
The Lord Chancellor’s statement yesterday (18 March) suggesting that the majority of criminal court cases will go ahead during the Coronavirus pandemic reminded me of the conversations I’m having with my own children about our rigorous timetable of activities now that UK schools are shut. It’s extremely unlikely to happen and for everyone’s wellbeing, we’d be better off working out what the new normal really does look like.
Intapp is today (18 March) formally launching its consolidated cloud-based OnePlace for Marketing platform, bringing together within one UI the capabilities of DealCloud, gwabbit and OnePlace. The platform includes native integration with Intapp’s risk and compliance and practice management products and will see the Palo Alto- headquartered company begin heavily focusing on customers who buy into the commercial benefits of its ‘out of the box’ full suite capability in a launch that Intapp says marks a “new era.”
Intapp is today (18 March) formally launching its consolidated cloud-based OnePlace for Marketing platform, bringing together within one UI the capabilities of DealCloud, gwabbit and OnePlace. The platform includes native integration with Intapp’s risk and compliance and practice management products and will see the Palo Alto- headquartered company begin heavily focusing on customers who buy into the commercial benefits of its ‘out of the box’ full suite capability in a launch that Intapp says marks a “new era.”
In February we saw the announcement that signature and closing management tool SimplyAgree is now available through Reynen Court’s solution store, enabling law firms to deploy it as a pre-vetted app.
We ask co-founders Will Norton (CEO) and Sam Beutler for the low down on the Nashville-headquartered company.
This in from cloud eDiscovery vendor Everlaw, which in June 2018 raised $25m, bringing its total funding to $96.6m. This round is notably led by new investor CapitalG, a growth equity fund backed by Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
Linklaters today (10 March) formally launched a heavyweight combined legal operations function and graduate recruitment scheme, having first announced the legal ops function in June last year.
DocsCorp and RPost today (10 March) unveil a new integration between cleanDocs and RMail that simplifies and automates email security, e-delivery proof, e-signatures, and privacy compliance.
At Legal IT Insider we try hard to promote women every day, not just on International Women’s Day, and we are publishing a series of interviews with senior and inspiring women in the legal profession that will come out every month in 2020. But who better to mark #IWD20 than Dana Denis-Smith, CEO of Obelisk, who is a fierce champion of women in law and whose First 100 Years sets out to celebrate a centenary of women being able to practise.
Legal IT Insider is leveraging our pretty uniquely global and unbiased reach to help you share, understand and disseminate information relating to the coronavirus. Here is a statement from Litera, to help customers understand the steps it is taking to reduce risk and how that will impact, or not impact, customers and staff. It is reducing international movement and reviewing its attendance at events and conferences.
Epiq’s cybersecurity attack started with a TrickBot infection that led to it being hit by the Ryuk ransomware, computer help Bleeping Computer has reported, citing a source in the cybersecurity industry. It’s a timely reminder that just because data is in the cloud doesn’t guarantee its safety.
LexisNexis this week announced an integration between Visualfiles and iManage Work; a significant development for firms considering the future of their workflow and case management solutions, with Womble Bond Dickinson planning to rollout the CMS to new teams to drive efficiency.
LexisNexis this week announced an integration between Visualfiles and iManage Work; a significant development for firms considering the future of their workflow and case management solutions, with Womble Bond Dickinson planning to rollout the CMS to new teams to drive efficiency.
ILTA has said that it will push ahead with its scheduled 2020 events as it closely monitors COVID-19 updates and it has circulated a survey to gauge members and business partners’ plans in relation to the virus.
eDiscovery and managed services giant Epiq has taken its systems offline globally after being hit by a ransomware attack, but says so far there is no evidence of unauthorised transfer or misuse of data.
Kennedys has launched a technology company called Kennedys IQ to house and deliver its tech-led client products, which it refers to as ‘Kennedys, without the lawyers.” We spoke to former IT director and now tech co head Mike Gilpin.
Kennedys has launched a technology company called Kennedys IQ to house and deliver its tech-led client products, which it refers to as ‘Kennedys, without the lawyers.” We spoke to former IT director and now tech co head Mike Gilpin.