One of the ‘ones to watch’ in Briefing’s annual Legal IT landscapes research over the last few years has been automation in its various guises. Asked to name the technology categories they rated the highest for efficiency and competitiveness, in 2019 law firm leaders gave a very clear vote of confidence in document automation for […]

Marc Anderson, lead solicitor at Royal London Group, tells us what he believes law firms most need to know about the changing world of the in-house legal function to fully grasp the opportunity it presents for them 1 Changing faces – the business of legal operations Not so many years ago, the notion of a […]

The International Bar Association report Us Too?, launched in May 2019, highlighted widespread bullying and sexual harassment in legal workplaces. “For the first time at a global level, this research provides quantitative confirmation that bullying and sexual harassment are endemic in the legal profession,” stated the IBA president. The report involved 6,980 respondents, from 135 […]