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Company Finance: TA Associates takes majority investment in Mitratech

Company Finance: TA Associates takes majority investment in Mitratech

Mitratech, a provider of systems for corporate legal departments, just announced it has agreed to receive a strategic majority investment from TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm. Marks Baughan
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Qlik Sense Roadshow – 7 October, London

Qlik Sense Roadshow – 7 October, London

Can you see the whole story in your data? Invitation to the Qlik Sense Roadshow, 7 October, London Informance is a Qlik Elite Solution Provider who helps law firms find
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London firm Carter Lemon switches to SOS Connect in centenary year

London firm Carter Lemon switches to SOS Connect in centenary year

London law firm Carter Lemon Camerons LLP has signed up for SOS Connect integrated practice management and matter management from Solicitors Own Software after switching from one of its competitors. The
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“The only thing to fear is doing nothing” – BLP becomes first law firm to sign up to RAVN’s artificial intelligence solution

“The only thing to fear is doing nothing” – BLP becomes first law firm to sign up to RAVN’s artificial intelligence solution

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has become the first law firm to sign up to RAVN’s Applied Cognitive Engine (ACE) artificial intelligence solution. The top 20 firm has initially begun using
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Comment: Are Legal Services heading towards their “Napster” moment?

Comment: Are Legal Services heading towards their “Napster” moment?

Here’s a link to an interesting article on the 3 Geeks and a Law Blog on the Napsterization of legal services – worth reading.   3 Geeks and a Law
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UK law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards standardises on Intapp Time for advanced time recording functionality

UK law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards standardises on Intapp Time for advanced time recording functionality

Intapp just announced that Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV), a full-service law firm with 300 staff based in London, Bristol and Birmingham, has adopted Intapp Time for time recording and time management. VWV
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Microsoft appoints GC Brad Smith as president to handle privacy and security issues

Microsoft appoints GC Brad Smith as president to handle privacy and security issues

Microsoft has appointed general counsel (GC) Brad Smith as its president and chief legal counsel in a role that will see him take on specific responsibility for privacy, security and
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Magic circle giant Linklaters rolls out electronic signatures in deal with DocuSign

Magic circle giant Linklaters rolls out electronic signatures in deal with DocuSign

Linklaters is offering clients the opportunity to sign documents directly from their smartphone, tablet or desktop in a major deal with DocuSign. The magic circle firm said the deal has
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Ashurst set to automate all legal precedents as part of global efficiency drive

Ashurst set to automate all legal precedents as part of global efficiency drive

Ashurst is set to automate its legal precedents across all practice sectors and throughout its international offices, in a significant deal driven out of the 1633-lawyer firm’s Glasgow support centre. The deal, which
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Comment: What Goes Up – Consolidation in Corporate Legal IT

Comment: What Goes Up – Consolidation in Corporate Legal IT

by Jeff Hodge, Chief Marketing Officer, Quovant The corporate legal technology sector has found itself wandering in a desert, unable to see a way forward and with no way back.
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Evolve Law launched to act as catalyst for legal technology innovation

Evolve Law launched to act as catalyst for legal technology innovation

The founders of Traklight and Hire an Esquire will this month formally launch Evolve Law to act as a catalyst and community for legal and legal technology innovation. The company,
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Legal Software Suppliers Association members collaborate to launch free conveyancing portal

Legal Software Suppliers Association members collaborate to launch free conveyancing portal

Following the controversial launch by the Law Society of home conveyancing portal Veyo, members of the Legal Software Suppliers Association (LSSA) have collaborated to launch a free rival offering backed by
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LexisNexis launches cloud-based Biz Dev module for InterAction CRM

LexisNexis launches cloud-based Biz Dev module for InterAction CRM

LexisNexis Legal & Professional has just announced a new business development (BD) module – Business Edge – for the LexisNexis InterAction CRM product line. The Business Edge module is specifically designed
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Ediscovery: Litigants demanding analytics earlier to drive down costs – says Nuix head honcho

Ediscovery: Litigants demanding analytics earlier to drive down costs – says Nuix head honcho

“Litigants are clamouring for eDiscovery analytics to address the out-of-control burden and expense of linear review,” says Eddie Sheehy, CEO of Nuix. This demand has made Nuix Web Review & Analytics,
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Collyer Bristow swapping out Axxia Arista in favour of LexisOne – updated

Collyer Bristow swapping out Axxia Arista in favour of LexisOne – updated

LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions just announced that London-based law firm Collyer Bristow LLP is swapping out its Axxia Arista practice management system in favour of LexisOne. When fully deployed, LexisOne will be used across the firm
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Riverview Law acquires US tech business to advance use of AI in legal market

Riverview Law acquires US tech business to advance use of AI in legal market

Riverview Law has acquired New Jersey-based knowledge automation business CliXLEX in what is described as a “multi-million £pound deal” as its plans to develop the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the
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Did Microsoft just kill off SharePoint as a Legal DMS ?

Did Microsoft just kill off SharePoint as a Legal DMS ?

Microsoft has just announced a deal with NetDocuments that effectively kills off Microsoft SharePoint as a stand-alone document management system for the legal market. As part of the deal, cloud-based
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