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Running a tech incubator – the Allen & Overy experience
Uncertainty can be tricky for us lawyers, but if I’ve learned anything these past six and a half years, it’s that an endeavour like Fuse doesn’t pay off unless you’re willing to take some calculated risks.
Where next for the regulation of NFTs?
The crypto market experienced a wave of turbulence towards the end of last year. But the interest in the technology underlying non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain protocols remains strong.
An end to the M&A boom?
Last year saw a steady stream of law firm mergers and acquisitions but, in 2023, with economic storm clouds gathering, the M&A landscape is likely to change considerably.
What may Zahawi’s lawyers have got wrong?
Many have written on Dan Neidle’s allegations about Nadim Zahawi, but the finer points about what he thinks the lawyers have got wrong have not been clearly identified.
The importance of L&D for your (invaluable) legal accounts department
Legal cashiers are hard to come by, and within a highly regulated industry, how do you keep them feeling motivated and valued in your firm?
Flawed costs reforms must be fixed before next roll-out
The announcement that extending fixed recoverable costs was delayed to October 2023 was perhaps the government’s most sensible decision for a long time – in the context of costs reforms, at least.
How to remain competitive with a digital operational strategy
For modern law firms, a digital-first mindset is not about specific technologies or digital tools, but always about the people – employees and clients – who use them.
Are you the best that you can be?
For the first time, the SRA is reminding firms, essentially the COLPs, that there should be processes established by the practice to assist and supervise their lawyers’ CPD efforts.
Collaboration, not fear – how law firms should react to the rise of ALSPs
The last decade has seen the steady increase of the alternative legal service provider market and the dividing lines between them and law firms are increasingly blurred.
Streamlining your firm’s handling of matter mobility
Far more matter mobility is taking place nowadays, and that this is a trend, not a phase. Since it can cause a significant administrative burden to fall on firms, they should try to minimise the impact.
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It’s time for law firms to ask tougher questions
For years, many law firms have treated ID verification as a box-ticking exercise. Run a liveness check, match a face to a document and move on. But that is no longer good enough.
Business fatigue to AI will risk job security
Whilst we know professional learning has always been part of career paths, to hire, retain and keep talent, AI needs to be embedded as a core part of this training.
On good authority? GenAI and the reputational risks to law firms
As GenAI’s influence grows, so do the risks which are already playing out in courtrooms across England and Wales, where some early adopters are setting precedents they would rather not.
