CLOUDy with a chance of data loss
The current #lockdown has forced businesses to #WorkFromAnywhere in an attempt to maintain #BusinessAsUsual. This article focuses on the technological challenges faced in migrating...
Putting the pencil back in Legal Tech
EMPATHISE. DEFINE.
The pencil may not be regarded as technologically advanced, but ironically all technologies started life with a few pencil strokes. The power of...
Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group to hold high level social media business risk seminar
Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group’s employment law team specialising in social media law is holding a seminar aimed at business leaders on the implications, risks,...
Technology – This is not science fiction. Anymore.
The movie Super Intelligence promotes its appeal to its audience with the following opening lines -
“Technology - it is always watching us. Studying our...
The first quarter of 2021 – 4 quick wins for law firms
As we wipe the dust from our eyes and enter the unknown territory that is 2021 with unchartered emotions (well certainly in my case),...
One step closer to e-conveyancing
The digital age is deeming more and more legal processes in South Africa archaic and outdated, and the process of transferring property - or...
Signatures and the ECT Act
The main object of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECT Act) is to facilitate electronic communications and transactions. One of the subordinate objects...
Top 10 Legal Tech Trends of 2024
The legal industry looks a lot different than how it was just a few years ago. In the past, traditional operational practices seemed to...
Is blockchain replacing traditional capital raising and how are the South African and other...
With the market cap of cryptocurrencies growing from around USD 15 billion in December 2016 to a staggering USD 815 billion in December 2017,...
POPI from a Contact Centre’s perspective
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act has been making headlines over the past couple of months, especially where contact centres are concerned, which...
Becoming digitally empowered in 2020
2019: the year digitilisation gained momentum
Digital transformation swept across businesses and industries in 2019, gaining momentum for a surge yet to be fully realised....
Google Docs versus Microsoft Word: Attorneys blame ‘technical incompatibilities’ for late filing
In a high-profile election-related lawsuit in a U.S. District Court, the plaintiffs' legal team filed a motion begging for an extension, blaming “numerous technical...
