Can law tech’s big beasts Lexis and Thomson stay on top in a changing industry? Thomas Alan So ubiquitous have two companies become in legal tech circles that they are rarely discussed directly, just accepted as facts…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: The Network Effect – How the AI-powered legal profession is gathering pace Guest Blog Luminance’s Emily Foges on the advance of legal tech In 2019, relationships between different legal service providers are a driving…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Tracing crime on the Dark Web Guest Blog Muthmainur Rahman on the dangers posed by the Dark Web and what firms must do to protect their data and…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: GDPR contract amendment and remediation Guest Blog Simplify, automate and expedite contract amendment and remediation (repapering) The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective on 25 May…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Spear phishing – Carefully targeted, extremely damaging and fast increasing Guest Blog Muthmainur Rahman on the increasing threat of sophisticated, personalised phishing It is a depressingly familiar experience – a message pops…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Going paperless – how to do it and what you will gain Guest Blog DeeDee Kato of Foxit Software details the benefits of going digital and how firms can do so efficiently Paperless initiatives…
The Legal Business Awards – Night to shine Mark McAteer The 22nd annual Legal Business Awards featured more than 1,000 guests in a gala ceremony on 28 March, hosted by…
The Last Word – Best foot forward Legal Business As bellwether Forsters opens the 2018/19 financial reporting season in the UK announcing steady revenue growth, we ask law firm…
The Client Profile: Christine Dekker, McDonald’s Anna Cole-Bailey Chicago-born Christine Dekker’s decade-long run as legal counsel for McDonald’s has seen her relocate from the US to Shanghai for…
Life during law: Shane Gleghorn Marco Cillario My mother is Irish and my father English. They were first-generation immigrants. I was born a year after my mother’s…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 2019 London rankings Ashurst and Hogan Lovells are the subject of this month’s cover feature – both…
Inflection point – Ashurst steps back from the brink but can the revival last? Nathalie Tidman It was not all plain sailing,’ reflects Ben Tidswell, Ashurst’s chair, on the aftermath of its 2013 merger with Australia’s…
Law Tech Special: The final throes of the Wild West? Contract management bids to move into the mainstream Hamish McNicol Companies with thousands of contracts want to not only store them, but manage and learn from them too. It is…
Law Tech Special: Fake rugs and drill bits – Incopro eyes brand protection dominance Hamish McNicol Seven years after Wiggin set up IP technology company Incopro, it has raised $21m and expanded to protect more than…
City elite sees sharp increase in partner promotions and improved female promotion prospects Nathalie Tidman Magic Circle takes a leaf from US playbook after a parsimonious 2018 This time last year, Legal Business was still…
Letter from Iberia – Despite turbulent politics, Madrid lawyers sustain bullish mood Marco Cillario In spring 2018, Legal Business found the Madrid legal elite still recovering from a jolt that unsettled the local establishment.…
Picking up the pieces – the risk debate gauges the #MeToo era Mark McAteer A clear focus on a number of #MeToo episodes among City law firms has led to a close examination of…
The Middle East: The rough with the crude Marialuisa Taddia The global economy is slowing and so too is the Middle East. In April, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)almost halved…
Nice work – The LB100 debate finds law leaders in strangely upbeat mood Mark McAteer Mark McAteer, Legal Business: How are you feeling going into the next financial year? Nick Scott, Brodies: I am buoyed…
