Clocktimizer: Why Data Governance shouldn’t be sending you to sleep

Data Governance has had something of a resurgence in public consciousness in recent years. Horror stories of Amazon and Google using humans (rather than the more impersonal AI) to listen to your conversations to optimise performance have taken over the media. In large part, poor communication about who or what uses your personal information have fuelled these […]

Clocktimizer: Cross-selling – The big win? Or the big bust?

Cross-selling pervades most industries. From Zara attempting to push the latest homewares on you, to Apple foisting another wearable on the market. However, within the legal industry, cross-selling is relatively unsuccessful. But why? Cross-selling, when successful, is of huge value to a law firm. In previous blogs we looked at research which demonstrated cross-selling by one or […]

Clocktimizer: Why operational excellence is more than just the latest legal buzzword

Operational excellence. Attendees of this year’s legal(tech) conference circuit will be no stranger to the term. It has become the new holy grail of both in-house counsel and their law firm counterparts. Put simply, it is the desire to get work done faster, smarter and more efficiently. No wonder, then, that clients are increasingly demanding […]

Actionstep predicts LegalTech trends for 2020

Our UK team has been actively making connections and meeting customers throughout the busy autumn LegalTech events & networking season in London, including Legal Support Network, NetDocuments Elevate EMEA 2019, Legal Innovators and Legal Geek. These events brought together the top minds and leaders in Legal Technology in the form of talks, presentations, panels and networking. Here are some […]

Accesspoint Media Services introduce Web360

Our Web360 package was created for firms of all sizes, in order to free up fee-earners time and improve data accuracy. Web360 also removes the process of manually handling data by automatically unifying data from various sources into a single origin – your PMS. Here’s how it works Web360 is powered by our innovative Flashpoint […]

Iridium Technology discuss avoiding errors: Why the law firm CFO must use legal automation software

Automation is becoming so important for law firms today that even the American Bar Association is encouraging more legal professionals to adopt business automation services. Legal automation software makes law firms more efficient, more profitable, and gives attorneys and staff more time to focus on clients by simplifying processes essential to day-to-day operations. Once you discover […]

Actionstep discuss: UK legal tech in 2020

Our UK team has been actively making connections and meeting customers throughout the busy autumn LegalTech events & networking season in London, including Legal Innovators, Legal Geek, Legal Support Network & NetDocuments Elevate EMEA 2019. These events brought together the top minds and leaders in UK Legal Technology in the form of talks, presentations, panels and networking. Here are some of […]

Legal accounts rules: your responsibilities and how to comply by Julian Bryan, managing director at Quill

Where duty of care is concerned, protection of client monies is one of the highest priorities for law firms. As well as financial security being an obvious responsibility, it’s a vital regulatory obligation too. Depending on your specialisms and location, your legal practice will follow the SRA Accounts Rules, CLC Accounts Code or Scottish Accounts […]

The new Family Court Attendance Note by Accesspoint Legal Services

Accesspoint understand the importance of automated forms and how they can have a positive impact on a firms efficiency as they spend less time on burdening admin tasks. Our highly trained team have created a number of FormShare products that not only enable firms to use Adobe PDF forms as an efficient method of electronically […]

Alex Williams at Tikit on using tech to stay compliant with the upcoming AML directive

As you’re probably aware, the EU’s fifth anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD) comes into force in January 2020. And law firms really do need to comply, especially as they’re particularly vulnerable. While banks and accountancy firms are much more geared up for this, law firms typically have fewer systems and resources in place with which to […]