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Forget ABSs – AI, touchable holographs and telepresence robots “will transform the law”
Artificial intelligence will be in widespread use by tomorrow’s law businesses, serving clients who will be mobile users of “digital personal assistants” that use holographic displays and respond to the thoughts of their owners, according to US futurologists.
Simplify the Law owner unveils cash injection from external investor
Evident Legal, the law firm franchise turned online legal service Simplify the Law, has secured a cash injection from a venture capitalist to help it grow. The investor, ARC InterCapital, was set up by former Goldman Sachs vice-president Andrew Dixon.
Exclusive: Google-backed crowdsourced legal advice service heads to the UK
An innovative US website that crowdsources advice to legal questions for free is on its way to the UK after it was acquired by online document service Rocket Lawyer, Legal Futures can reveal. LawPivot provides answers to any legal question from a network of more than 2,000 lawyers.
Solicitors favour LinkedIn over Facebook and Twitter as social media use slowly grows
Fewer than half of solicitors in Scotland use the three main social media platforms for professional purposes, according to new research. The most popular social network tool was LinkedIn, with 24% of the solicitors polled using it on a daily or weekly basis.
Younger consumers attracted by idea of legal services from a supermarket
Nearly seven out of ten people are attracted to the idea of finding legal services on the internet and a similar number of younger adults are likely to go to supermarket providers, according to a survey.
OFT targets legal websites in push to improve standards among price comparison services
The Office of Fair Trading has written to five legal price comparison websites to urge them to ensure they are providing clear information to consumers, after a review suggested that some sites could do more to improve trust amongst the public.
LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer go head to head again – in the courts
America’s two big online legal document brands, both of which are about to launch in the UK, are set to clash in court after LegalZoom launched proceedings against Rocket Lawyer over claims in its marketing that various services are free.
Get advice and service right, and price becomes less important – major survey of client needs
Quality of legal advice and service still trump cost when clients choose a lawyer, although certainty about price and a firm’s use of technology are increasingly important, according to a major survey of client needs being released at today’s Legal Futures conference.
Survey reveals another headache for COLPs that their firms are ignoring: data security
Law firms should ensure that compliance officers for legal practice are closely involved in information security policies, a study has advised after finding that a majority of firms contacted had already suffered data breaches.
Online pay-as-you-go legal advice service bids to crowd-source £1.5m funding
An attempt to ‘crowd fund’ £1.5m for the launch of what is claimed to be the world’s first live online pay-as-you-go legal advice service will begin this week. Quegal will charge users 60p a minute to receive advice from junior solicitors and paralegals.
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Focus on business for Liverpool Law Society’s Personal Injury Conference
Eclipse – Proclaim integrates with Lawyer Checker
Brethertons Solicitors Signs with Peppermint to Support Continued Growth
Legal Eye launches new product for Sole Practitioners
Small world, big opportunities
Moneypenny and Legal Eye warn failing to answer or return phone calls could result in a reportable breach
Legal duo bolsters mmadigital
