DeeDee Kato of Foxit Software details the benefits of going digital and how firms can do so efficiently

Paperless initiatives are happening everywhere, whether you are a federal or state court system with e-filing requirements, or a hospital with fax-elimination/paper-elimination objectives. Law offices are no different. While there is doubt that firms will ever be entirely paperless, many have set high goals for paper reduction. Yet there are many things to consider, such as: Continue reading “Legal technology sponsored briefing: Going paperless – how to do it and what you will gain”

Muthmainur Rahman on the increasing threat of sophisticated, personalised phishing

It is a depressingly familiar experience – a message pops into the recipient’s inbox demanding that they log-in to their bank account, office systems or email provider urgently. Badly written, often featuring a generic salutation (‘Dear Valued Customer’) and frequently purporting to be from a bank or other organisation that the recipient is not even a customer of, most of these messages are instantly deleted. Continue reading “Legal technology sponsored briefing: Spear phishing – Carefully targeted, extremely damaging and fast increasing”

Muthmainur Rahman on the dangers posed by the Dark Web and what firms must do to protect their data and that of their clients

It is the section of the internet that is unknown to the vast majority of people. The Dark Web is a network of websites and servers that use encryption in an attempt to keep their activities secret. It is not indexed by search engines but it is where fraudsters buy drugs, guns, credit card details and personal information. In fact, when researchers at King’s College, London, looked at the contents of nearly 3,000 sites on the Dark Web, they discovered that 57% were hosting illicit material. Continue reading “Legal technology sponsored briefing: Tracing crime on the Dark Web”

Luminance’s Emily Foges on the advance of legal tech

In 2019, relationships between different legal service providers are a driving force for the adoption of legal technology. Following the emergence of true artificial intelligence (AI) within the market, the rate of adoption is gathering speed in firms and organisations as technology has increasingly become a competitive necessity. True AI harnesses the latest advances in machine learning solutions to empower lawyers to return to the first principles of law; fulfilling the time-honoured role of trusted adviser. This ground-breaking technology also serves to eliminate some of the historic barriers to adoption. Flexible, ‘learning’ algorithms are able to adapt to any document set and law firm, regardless of language, jurisdiction or specialism. This delivers value from day one, eliminating the need for resource and time-sapping configuration periods needed by extraction and rules-based systems. The real difference this time is that lawyers no longer need to adapt their professional processes to accommodate new solutions. Continue reading “Legal technology sponsored briefing: The Network Effect – How the AI-powered legal profession is gathering pace”