Following the outbreak of COVID-19, more and more businesses have implemented remote working measures to ensure the safety of their employees and clients, enabling easier social distancing through home-based or hybrid working. But what does that mean for the signing of vital documents? Prior to the virus, many organisations across the globe were already implementing […]
Summary: The pandemic has opened the eyes of many to the benefits of technology, but awareness and adoption of many legal tech tools remains low. With working from home, employee training and investment in basic tech are key considerations. Lawyers need to take more personal responsibility for using technology and understanding their client's technology expectations […]
Trade secrets are always among the most highly valued assets a company possesses. But how can companies with high employee turnover rates keep them safe?
Mark Belgrove, Head of Cyber Consultancy at Exponential-e, explains why law firms need to take back control of their data. Cyber threats are not new for the legal sector. However, the speed at which they’re evolving is causing issues for all industries. Today, the threat of ransomware, and the data stealer Maze, currently presents one […]
The government’s Covid response schemes inadvertently created unprecedented opportunities for fraud – only now is the potential scale of that fraud beginning to come to light. The UK Treasury has launched a remarkable 23,000 inquiries into potentially fraudulent payments made during the pandemic. Last year, HMRC announced that it was investigating 27,000 cases of possible […]
With major law firms such as Linklaters and Freshfields making the shift to a hybrid working model, the post-COVID law office is likely to look very different from before.
With several major law firms having made the switch to a hybrid working model, it is time for the legal sector to take another look at the technology they have used to equip their staff. We hear from Robert Gibson-Bolton, who shares his thoughts on the issue of connectivity for staff who choose to work from home.
The recent coronavirus surge – fueled in large part by the Delta variant – has given pause to many companies who had loudly stated that they would be bringing their workforces back into the office. Now, they are pushing back those deadlines to return by a couple of months or suspending their plans altogether. This […]
Solicitors which operate as sole practitioners and partnerships have been labelled a “dying breed” by Arden Partners’ new analysis, which reveals the rapidly changing shape of the solicitor market.
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