associate news
July 2022 data breach roundup
July saw a number of data breach incidents, with the education sector being hit particularly hard, including an email blunder incident and another where cyber criminals released sensitive information on the dark web after no compliance to their ransom requests.
DLA Piper moving to iManage Cloud in the United States and Mexico
iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge WorkTM, today announced that global law firm, DLA Piper, has selected iManage Cloud as the firm’s knowledge work platform of choice for its 28 North American offices in the US and Mexico.
Apprenticeships are a much more modern approach to learning
I applied for apprenticeships straight after sixth form, having done A-Levels in history, English and psychology and successfully gained a paralegal apprenticeship with RPC. I knew that with the paralegal apprenticeship, I would come out with a qualification after two years and would have had enough experience in the legal field to know whether I wanted to keep going in that direction.
Virtual seminar: Case studies on smoothing the estate administration process
Title Research’s next virtual seminar on Wednesday 14 September at 12pm will be hosted by Technical Manager Simon Barber and Business Relationship Manager James Cameron. The duo will discuss some estates that highlight challenges in the estate administration process and how to overcome them. They will cover the following case studies:
Signs of a new normal for property transaction volumes
Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for July 2022: Seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in July 2022 is 104,470
InfoTrack launches new Digital Contract Packs for sellers
Award-winning technology provider, InfoTrack, has launched Contract of Sale, a new digital solution designed to enable firms to prepare and send contract packs digitally to speed up the pre-completion process.
VirtualSignature announces partnership with Document Direct for Digital Onboarding of clients
VirtualSignature and Document Direct have announced a business partnership to promote the use of eSignatures and digital onboarding for clients. The partnership will also see Document Direct use the SmartSign eSignature application when digitally onboarding its own clients.
What can law firms learn from consumer-centric sectors?
Ambitious law firms understand the potential of these technologies to improve client experiences, ensure compliance, increase efficiency and productivity, and uncover new commercial opportunities.
Casedo announces Casebank, a free legal resource for UK law students
Casedo is absolutely delighted to announce Casebank, a free legal resource of marked-up Casefiles for UK Law Students. In its early stages, Casebank is designed to both help law students publish online and to help others with marked-up casefiles of the law they will study whilst at university.
Unprecedented adoption of iManage cloud driven by customer need for security
iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™, today announced that the iManage Cloud customer base grew by 62.5 percent in the first half of 2022, compared to the corresponding period in 2021.
Blog
What is tech bloat and why is it a problem for law firms?
Too many law firms are adopting shiny new tech without first retiring their legacy systems, causing duplication and unnecessary costs.
The civil courts and the digital divide
Despite the government’s decision to increase Ministry of Justice funding, its budget for 2025-26 is still 14% lower in real terms than in 2007-08.
The Decent Homes Standard scandal
It is well established that the UK has the highest proportion of inadequate housing in all of Europe. But what if the heart of the problem is even worse than we think?
