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According to a host of industry pundits and legal technology experts globally, the year 2021 looks set to push the trends accelerated in 2020 even further, with Artificial Intelligence (AI), analytics and intelligent legal research among the big issues to watch.
In 2020, the...
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In April 2020 the Legal Practice Council recorded a profound and direct effect on the sustainability and viability of law practices in its assessment of the Covid-19 Lockdown on legal practitioners’ practices.¹
In its assessment of the combined effect on financial, operational, technological, and...
With alcohol restrictions on the cards, are South Africans considering going...
Over the past few months, South African government restrictions regarding the purchase and consumption of alcohol have fluctuated. Alcohol was placed under lock and key, its sale banned countrywide. Stipulations about when a person can and can’t purchase liquor or when restaurants are and aren’t allowed to...
New Restaurant Pay Rules
While the pandemic has brought its fair share of challenges to each one of us, the food services industry has felt its effects more gravely than most. Lockdowns have closed premises, social distancing limits covers, revenue has been lost through restrictions on alcohol sales and the stricter...
Understanding and Evaluating Data in Context
Conducting legal research can be tedious, monotonous and time-consuming, but performing timely and comprehensive legal research is critically important for lawyers. AI systems certainly aid lawyers by performing legal research on relevant case law and applicable statutes faster and more thoroughly than most lawyers may be able...
Get the GRC tools to face the challenges of business in...
Risk professionals had an extremely productive, challenging and stressful 2020, with businesses across every sector requiring insight, input, key skills, and tools to navigate the various alert levels and risks posed during the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this while continuing to remain compliant with...
Daan’s Snippets – 22nd February 2021
An interesting, if political, legal exercise, is the PAIA application brought by the DA for the minutes of ANC meetings, resulting in the placement of ANC cadres in the civil service. One suspects that minute-keeping will wane in future.
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Our...
Electricity Problem at Master’s Office
This is a copy of the email sent by Jan du Plessis on 17th February 2021 at 9:40am.
Subject: Electricity problem at Master's Office
Dear Colleagues
Please note that there is currently a dispute between the landlord and...
Daan’s Snippets – 15th February 2021
Cases and such
Slapp: an interesting case for litigants is a case claiming defamation in which the defendants raised a plea that the claimants were engaged in an abuse of court process to silence them. Do look: http://www.saflii.org.za/za/cases/ZAWCHC/2021/22.htmlA short note on pre-incorporation contracts may...
Bam Attorneys selects AJS
Bam Attorneys is a dynamic law firm, adapting to the ever changing legal environment.
As a boutique law firm, they offer tailor-made legal advice to their clients. They are committed to understanding the client’s business needs, and by doing so they strive to give...
Women in Tech virtual forum to launch
Two technology giants have joined forces to introduce an all-women virtual forum that will bring women in the South African tech space together to learn from each other, share their challenges and empower a new breed of leaders in the industry.
The Women in...
Daan’s Snippets – 8th February 2021
This time of the year only politicians litigate...and little of importance happens. At the recent full-bench Pretoria hearing of the RAF woes, the CEO of the RAF said: “We are in a parlous state. The implosion of the RAF is imminent.” Yawn.
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NSD Inc. opts for AJS
NSD Inc. offers a range of legal services across a number of business sectors. By virtue of their diversified skill sets and experience, they offer progressive, innovative, and bespoke legal solutions to their clientele of different sizes. Their offering covers a wide range of practice areas across...
Daan’s Snippets – 1st February 2021
Shorts:
Just deserts – the erstwhile saviour of the SABC, Mr Motsoaneng, must repay some R900k of the sums spent by the SABC on his personal legal costs.Really? A senior cop, who had taken R500k from the Rev Bushiri as bribe, has been suspended...
COVID-19 VACCINES
Join a free Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine webinar as experts separate the facts from the fiction.
As South African citizens continue to weather the second wave of Covid-19 and the various restrictions placed upon them by government, the approaching arrival of various vaccines...
Daan’s Snippets 25th January 2021
A raft of interesting but useless information has presented itself over the past two months:
you may now officially not require a candidate attorney to have a driver’s licence as this is anti-transformative. It is idiocy to force one to hold that all must...
Why Legal Technology is Inevitably Moving to the Cloud
Though security remains a concern, the legal sector's shift to cloud-based computing has been years in the making.
Lawyer Monthly hears from Brian Mauch (BCOM LLB), CEO of BMC Networks, on the cloud and its advantages and drawbacks for the legal sector.
DLA Piper bolsters corporate and commercial capability in South Africa with...
DLA Piper has appointed André Visser as a director of its corporate practice in Johannesburg.
André has over 24 years of corporate and commercial experience advising local and international clients across a range of sectors including technology, consumer goods, agriculture, financial services and real...
Google My Business for Law Firms
What is it? GMB is a free online listing in Google’s business directory. It is available for businesses and organizations to manage across Google’s services like Search and Maps. What is important is that Google uses GMB listings in the...
5 Noteworthy Law Firm LinkedIn Pages
LinkedIn has more than 660 million users in over 200 countries, making it the most popular business social networking platform worldwide. LinkedIn is unique in that its audience is educated, affluent, and already in a professional setting....
21 Law Firm Marketing Strategies for 2020
In this article, I’ll show you the latest law firm marketing strategies and techniques you can incorporate into your 2020 marketing plan.
It includes a collection of law firm marketing ideas you can leverage to start...
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