In-house: BT selects Axiom to replace UnitedLex as new LPO provider Legal Business An innovator long at the vanguard of transforming the traditional in-house legal function, BT has just entered into a three-year…
In-house lawyers to be affected by impact of ABS as hundreds of corporates consider conversion Sarah Downey Up to 700 companies, public authorities and charities could currently be considering the business case for applying to become an…
Homegrown BPO – Hogan Lovells puts South Africa at centre of new business support initiative Sarah Downey Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has put South Africa at the centre of its cost savings plans for clients, setting up…
Game changer: PwC receives approval from regulator to become an ABS Caroline Hill In a potentially game-changing move for the legal market PwC has today (31 January) received approval from the Solicitors Regulation…
Here be monsters – will LPOs help clients find the threats in the data jungle? Anthony Notaras From disclosure to global investigations, companies are being forced to search an expanding jungle of data for threats. Legal Business…
Comment: Almost meeting minds – a select band of CIOs and MPs plot a big, big breakthrough Mark McAteer During the original dot-com boom, there was a brief period – oh so brief – when legal technologists and managing…
Guest post: West Coast, left field and progressive – a conversation with Facebook’s law firm Legal Business One of the more unusual reactions I’ve gotten to my book Growth Is Dead came from Kate Fritz, managing partner of…
Game changers – the AA enters legal services market via Lyons Davidson tie-up Legal Business Touted as one of the potential game changers likely to enter the post Legal Services Act arena, the AA has…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients Caroline Hill As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Entries and exits: ‘Tesco Law’ licences hit 200 mark but a few early movers stumble Sarah Downey Despite a handful of well-publicised problems at alternative business structures (ABS), there are no shortage of entrants looking to pursue…
‘I could walk away but I don’t want to’: Mansfield QC explains launch of virtual chambers following Tooks closure Sarah Downey The recent dissolution of Tooks Chambers was widely regarded as a sign of the times, as legal aid cuts coupled…
Vodafone develops Indian LPO as former Linklaters lawyer takes over as UK external affairs director Caroline Hill As Vodafone replaces outgoing UK corporate and external affairs director Justine Campbell with group legal director for corporate and commercial,…
BPO – Wragges transfers 65 support staff to Intelligent Office as 26 staff take redundancy Legal Business Following an extensive review of its legal support services in May, Wragge & Co has made 26 full time equivalent (FTE)…
Guest blog – Innovation in law: are you one of us? Legal Business Debates about innovation in law can be a bit tribal. The Creative Destroyers decry the billable hour. They mock Big…
That bright shiny idea – the in-house teams trying to move from costs to business driver Legal Business With mounting pressure on legal teams to up productivity, a handful of pioneering GCs have attempted the fundamental shift towards…
Vision of the future? Former eBay dispute resolution team heads to Europe Legal Business An online dispute resolution (ODR) technology business spun out of eBay is setting up in the UK after receiving a…
Pioneering Lawyers On Demand business secures high profile ex FT general counsel to plot growth Legal Business Former Financial Times general counsel Tim Bratton is set to join the Berwin Leighton Paisner-backed Lawyers on Demand (LOD) in…
Wragges to cut up to 30 jobs in BPO venture Legal Business In a move that stands out against the recent backlash towards business process outsourcing, Wragge & Co is to cut…
