Deloitte plots legal market assault with appointment of global managing director
Deloitte has become the last of the Big Four accountancy firms to announce plans to re-enter the legal market with the…
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Camerons launches cost-saving venture through Dundas offices as the firm prepares for move to Cannon Place
CMS Cameron McKenna plans to utilise the Scottish offices and personnel of new merger partner Dundas & Wilson as a…
‘The message from clients is clear’ – BLP chief on the thinking behind its latest New Law venture
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) this week unveiled a bold attempt to re-enforce its credentials as a ‘New Law’ pioneer, announcing…
Tanks off our lawn – BLP aims to retake future of law turf with huge expansion of ‘New Law’ services
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has today (11 March) launched an innovative package of services for clients, which includes rolling out…
Sole adviser: Eversheds wins Tyco-style primary legal services contract with IATA across 158 countries
Building on the success of its game changing multi-million pound annual retainer with Tyco International, Eversheds has won its largest-ever primary…
After South Africa, Hogan Lovells launches nearshoring venture in Birmingham
Following Hogan Lovells announcement at the start of February that it is setting up a business process outsourcing centre in South…
BT selects Axiom for global legal outsourcing and analytics contract
Jobling steps aside as head of volume business BT Law An innovator long at the vanguard of transforming the traditional…
USP: PwC to expand legal services with ‘under one roof’ pitch as LLP results show legal revenue up
PwC has plans to grow its legal services capability and promote to clients the obvious advantages of providing business and legal…
Guest post: The New World of Legal Work vs Global Behemoths
There’s an interesting tension between Sir Nigel Knowles prediction of legal behemoths straddling the globe with investment bankers outriders (or…
Legal innovation – Connect2Law’s Jabbari to join Parabis to extend ABS portfolio and set up regional network
Just weeks after resigning from Manchester-based consumer services and personal injury (PI) firm Pannone following its £33m acquisition by ASX-listed Slater…
Structural or cyclical change in the law? 2014 should answer the big question
It’s been obvious that something fundamental happened to the world economy during 2008, ushering in the worst relative trading conditions…
Big data and AI will come to the fore as law firms expect tech to drive their businesses
Year-long study by legal technology body identifies future challenges Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics will play a game-changing…
A&O the first top-tier player to forge contract lawyer service
Freelance lawyers to cover fixed-term needs. For all the talk of innovation in the profession, experimentation with new models has…
Legal fees: QualitySolicitors to abandon hourly rates in favour of fixed fees
QualitySolicitors (QS) has unveiled plans to abandon the hourly rate across its network of firms, offering fixed fees for all…
Guest post: The United States of Innovation – viewed from Wall Street, it could be a whole lot better
The other night I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend the FT’s Innovative Lawyers 2013 US awards ceremony.…
Innovation alert – A&O becomes first top tier player to forge a contract lawyer service with launch of Peerpoint
For all the talk of innovation in the profession, experimentation with new models has so far been more evident at…
Comment: Almost meeting minds – a select band of CIOs and MPs plot a big, big breakthrough
During the original dot-com boom, there was a brief period – oh so brief – when legal technologists and managing…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients
As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
IT departments a wasted resource in City firms, senior figures say
City law firms are being challenged to revise the way they view their information technology (IT) teams and elevate them…
Knowledge is power – the future of legal tech
Effective use of technology and knowledge management tools are higher on a law firm manager’s agenda than ever before. Here…