Practice Management

Artificial intelligence is being developed for “triage and work allocation” in law firms and particularly for conveyancing, a director of the SRA has said.

Providers of legal software are stopping law firms from integrating their systems by failing to provide the APIs they need to do it, a panel discussion has heard.

Law firm merger and acquisition activity is continuing with deals in Dorset, Manchester and London, including a leading commercial firm establishing an employment practice.

The heads of large law firms do not feel their marketing communications portray their expertise very well but are still putting marketing chiefs on the boards, according to new research.

The current “favourable” professional indemnity insurance market is expected to continue throughout the rest of 2024, according to a leading broker.

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.