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Legal technology has been around for a while now but law firms interest in it significantly increased after the 2008 recession. Around this period, many commercial clients reviewed how much they were spending on outsourcing to law firms, and subsequently reduced their spend. The clients were no longer prepared to outsource work to law firms […]

In my last article I briefly discussed the pace of technological change in the legal profession, and how firms should embrace it. It is apparent that the focus of today’s law firms is to streamline their businesses to weather the storm of uncertainty, but what happens when the sky clears and there’s blue sky again? Where is […]

The recession of 2008 set in motion massive change in the legal profession. Long gone are the days where law firms could charge clients what they like. They now have to find innovative ways of staying competitive in a landscape where clients now demand more for less. Client pressure is the catalyst for change in […]

While they may conjure up images of hostile robots terminating injustice in a futuristic world, law bots are, in fact, helping many people access justice. Some law firms and law departments may see this as a threat, however, by deploying law bots effectively, law firms can make their legal services more accessible – and therefore […]