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VirtualSignature has made it faster and easier to add eSignatures, document management and customer onboarding into everyday workflows using its new SmartSign Add-in available through Microsoft Office 365 for Word.

After 340% increase in revenues, SPG raises $34m Series A to capitalise on the rapid digital transformation in the legal industry, and to fuel early growth in the ecommerce and marketplace industry.

By Legal Futures Associate Exizent Glasgow-based technology firm, Exizent, are pleased to announce their membership with Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) to help transform the experience delivered by financial service institutions when handing bereavement cases. Helping businesses improve the services they deliver to… Read More

The ARAG Group will end the year at the top of the global league table of legal insurers for the first time, after generating more than 1.15 billion Euro in gross written premium income from legal insurance, in 2020.

Legal technology specialist, Access Legal, the only accredited Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) training provider outside of The Law Society, has launched updated CQS courses to enable law firms to understand and demonstrate their compliance with the latest CQS standards.

Award-winning Sheffield employment lawyer Jay Bhayani has been named a UK Top 10 HR adviser. Solicitor Jay, MD of Bhayani Law and recently launched sister company Bhayani Recruitment, won the accolade from The Enterprise Nation, a campaigning voice and online community of 75,000 small businesses and advisers.

As part of Casedo’s recently agreed sustainability plan, with both social and environmental strands, Casedo is delighted to announce that it’s now officially an accredited Living Wage employer. For our business, this means that we’ve made the conscious decision to ensure that our employees and contractors are paid a fair day’s wage.

The last two years have provided an important lesson in agility and resilience and have shown just how crucial the right technologies are to business survival, as well as success. One thing’s for sure – the tech that make an impact on a global scale will eventually find its way into the legal sector, so it pays to keep an eye on what’s on the horizon.

The Women in Residential Property network (WIRP), which originated in 2017 as an informal lunch club has ended 2021 on a high; with Founder and Chair, Emma Vigus receiving an ‘Outstanding Achievement’ award at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards, in recognition of her commitment to continuing to develop WIRP throughout lockdown.  

When speaking to small law firms, we’re often asked whether case management software is necessary or beneficial when there are fewer than 15 employees. The answer is a resounding yes; we know from many practices we work with that they’re able to realise numerous benefits having invested in legal software as a small business. The software has enabled them to stay agile, efficient, and flexible so they can do more with less and still successfully compete.