Practice Management

Artificial intelligence will have a greater impact on legal services than the internet revolution, a roundtable sponsored by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has predicted.

The legal sector has faced “astronomical ransom demands” from cyber-attackers in recent years, ranging from $30,000 to $21m, according to new research.

A leading law firm has become the first to obtain the new legal services-specific data protection certification approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

A law firm specialising in medical negligence has embraced employee ownership, giving the staff a “less risky future” at a time of uncertainty in the sector.

Two-thirds of South Asian partners in large London law firms have experienced racial discrimination in career progression, a new report has found.

Beyond Law Group – which currently owns three practices – has accepted private equity investment as it plans to expand significantly through organic and acquisitive growth.

Trust in in the legal profession is relatively high – but not when it comes to believing law firms will deal with complaints properly, major research has found.

There is “a significant generational shift in priorities” between those seeking their first job as a lawyer and those already working for law firms, a report has found.

Another law firm specialising in volume consumer claims has collapsed, with administrators called in yesterday at Liverpool-based McDermott Smith Law.

One of the very few UK law firms to trial a four-day week has now formally adopted it after a successful pilot that proved a “massive attraction” to potential recruits.