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How Chinese law firms are getting social with the country's answer to Twitter

"Almost all of our lawyers have accounts" - Ben Lewis investigates how Chinese law firms are getting in social media on Weibo, 'China's Twitter'...

13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | secure

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inner image As hacking hits the headlines, steps can be taken to prosecute over stolen emails

"The passwords to the claimant’s email accounts had been obtained in July 2008 through the services of a group based in China called (remarkably) 'The Invisible Hacking Group'..." - Skadden on what English law can offer hacking victims

08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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The suite of iManage products secures high-profile UK search specialist Autonomy the Supplier of the Year Award. iManage helps law firms boost productivity while also meeting the regulatory demands being placed on the legal profession to manage and st...

08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Best Use of Technology of the Year: Sacker & Partners

Pensions specialist Sacker & Partners has secured the Best Use of Technology Award for a new disaster recovery system that has dramatically shortened the time its systems will be down in the face of a major disruption to its business. Sackers emplo...

08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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App happy - Kemp Little on the top 10 apps for lawyers

Kemp Little’s Andy Moseby pools 
the collective experience of a firm 
of tech geeks to identify the top 10 
apps for lawyers

24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Harnessing the whirlwind - gaining competitive advantage through managing information

Linklaters’ Alastair Bain argues that leading law firms will increasingly gain competitive advantage via the ability to access, manage and distribute information

10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Rise of iPad generation sees firms face up to mobile working demands

Many of the UK’s leading law firms are overhauling their IT strategies as the rapid rise of mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad and increased demand for mobile working pushes firms to rethink the way their lawyers use technology. The proli...

10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure | 2 comments

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Follow where I lead - Norton Rose's bid to build a flexible firmwide information system

Mobile, accessible and global – Norton Rose’s Sheila Doyle outlines the firm’s ambitious bid to build and integrate flexible information systems that can support its staff across its expanding international network

10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Field Fisher appoints first-ever chief operating officer

Field Fisher Waterhouse has appointed its first-ever chief operating officer (COO) to oversee the firm’s business services and support functions. Charlie Keeling, who has been with Field Fisher since 2008 as its human resources (HR) director, wil...

10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Juggling tech - how Legal Week research rates law firms' IT

Can you keep all the people happy? Charlotte Edmond 
reports on how Legal Week research rates law firms’ IT

10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Consumerisation brings a little style into legal technology, Linklaters and Norton Rose on the key issues for law firms intent on staying on the cutting edge of IT and how Legal Week research rates law firms' technology

10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Taking it personally - consumerisation brings a little style into legal technology

With budgets under pressure, IT heads are scrambling to adapt to consumerisation, contain costs and find ways to capture and manage commercially-crucial data. Neil Hodge tracks the latest trends in legal tech...

10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Olswang makes out-of-season partner promotion with outsourcing lawyer made up

Olswang has made an out-of-season partner promotion in response to an upturn in work in the outsourcing sector. Matthew Bennett has joined the partnership as of 1 November in the firm's commercial group.

08 Nov 2011 | 11:27 | secure

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Field Fisher becomes one of first major UK law firms to adopt cloud computing

Field Fisher Waterhouse has become one of the first major UK law firms to turn to cloud computing in an effort to modernise its IT systems and cut costs. The firm has partnered with technology provider Virtustream, which now owns all of Field Fishe...

03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Eversheds renews IT outsourcing agreement with £30m five-year deal

Eversheds has renewed its IT services outsourcing contract with Computacenter for a further five years. The new deal, which will take effect from 1 January next year, will see the IT infrastructure company continue to provide various core support f...

28 Oct 2011 | 15:25 | secure

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