Legaltech New York round up
With the usual raft of announcements at Legaltech New York it’s easy to miss out on key news stories. Here are the bite-sized highlights...
Global Law Firms Turn to Africa
South Africa has been hit by a flood of global law firms seeking lucrative new markets. In 2014 alone, Allen & Overy, Clyde &...
Georgia’s Government To Implement BitFury’s Blockchain Project in 2017
The Georgian Minister of Justice and other government agencies are already planning on inserting real estate documents to its Blockchain network in the upcoming...
Leading law firm embraces art to help enhance its craft in a crowded sector
"The market is increasingly competitive and clients are rightly more demanding, so law firms need to keep pace. Traditionally, one lawyer would have been...
What makes a law firm a success in Africa?
There are a variety of different ways in which a law firm can measure its success, depending on the perspective taken. If law firms...
There’s now a law firm inside one Springfield Walmart
For years, Kurt Benecke says, it made sense for law firms to be clustered around town squares. They were the hub of cities across...
Are You Too Busy?
Everyone complains they are too busy. The only time I can recall people complaining that they were not busy was in Biglaw in 2008,...
Leading Zimbabwe University benefits from donation
Legal education and research in neighbouring Zimbabwe have been enhanced through a significant donation of books to the University of Zimbabwe, which is highly...
Logikcull raises $10M to let lawyers analyze documents at the speed of a thousand...
As entertaining and interesting as made-for-TV lawsuits (like the O.J trial) are, they always leave out one key element. The hundreds of hours of...
Catching a cheating partner has never been easier
The sprawling Manhattan apartment had a gorgeous view of Central Park. But two quarter-size cameras with wide-angle pinhole lenses, discreetly hidden behind crown moulding,...
New e-conveyancing system launches ahead of national roll-out
A new e-conveyancing platform has been launched in Edinburgh ahead of a roll-out across all of Scotland. This system, Atlis, is the first of...
UK solicitors told to ‘stop using email’
The Conveyancing Association, an official body whose members handle one in five property transactions in Britain, has advised solicitors to stop communicating sensitive information...
