Individuals and businesses alike now demand more from their lawyers: transparent pricing, simple communication, and the same ease of access they have with other service providers. The post Fixed fees,…
Litera released the whitepaper “Beyond the Billable Hour: Smarter Strategies for Legal Finance,” highlighting how law firms are losing significant revenue due to breakdowns in budget management and spend tracking…
A threat actor that’s known to share overlaps with a hacking group called YoroTrooper has been observed targeting the Russian public sector with malware families such as FoalShell and StallionRAT.…
Cannot conduct litigation, even when supervised A dramatic High Court ruling has found that non-solicitors — including trainees, paralegals and legal executives — cannot conduct litigation, even under the supervision…
AI tools are beginning to reshape professional life across many industries, and the legal sector is no exception. The technology promises to reduce administration time, improve accuracy, and free up…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Smartbedded Meteobridge to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.…
Year one rates also up to £62.5k US law firm Cleary Gottlieb has increased the salaries of its London-based trainees. Aspiring lawyers who secure one of the firm’s 16 training…
The recent experience of a seasoned security leader illustrates how fake job offers are increasingly being used as entry points for “pig-butchering” scams. Pig-butchering scams are a form of investment…
News came in late US time on 2 October that NetDocuments, headquartered in Utah, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OpenText’s legal document management solution (DMS), eDOCS. The…
Oracle E-Business Suite users beware: Hackers may (or may not) have stolen your sensitive data. Researchers at Halcyon, Google, and Mandiant have confirmed that they are tracking the activity of…
AI adoption is far more likely when tools align with existing workflows. In law, this means the applications already used every day, particularly Microsoft Word and Outlook. The post AI…
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has rejected an appeal from a legal assistant banned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority from working for law firms. The post SDT rejects appeal from banned…
The First-tier Tribunal has rejected an appeal by a solicitor who failed the exam to become an immigration law adviser and said he should not have had to take it…
A coalition of 11 law firms has called on the Law Commission to confirm a provisional conclusion on the approach courts should take on jurisdiction and crypto-assets. The post Lawyers…
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