Search Results for: UK law firms
Tackling mental health in law firms
December 14th, 2018
Recent news that the head of global law firm Baker McKenzie, Paul Rawlinson, is taking temporary leave due to exhaustion raises the question of whether law firms are doing enough to support the wellbeing of their employees, says Averil ...
German police raids the offices of multinational law firm
November 26th, 2018
For the second time in a year, prosecutors raided the Frankfurt offices of the prestigious law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The raid marked an extension of the investigation of Freshfields’ involvement in dividend stripping, Frankfurt state prosecutors confirmed to ...
The time taken for law firms to be paid for work has fallen by a week
October 31st, 2018
The time taken for law firms to be paid for work has fallen by a week, but still takes over four months to hit the accounts. The billing time that is ’locked up’ has fallen by 7 days, but ...
Cybersecurity to the top of the agenda for law firms
October 3rd, 2018
Defending against cyberattacks has overtaken artificial intelligence as the main technology issue for law firms, and over half of the top law firms are investing in systems changes over the next two years according to the report. Top priority ...
Data protection complaints in UK doubled since GDPR took effect
August 28th, 2018
The number of data protection complaint reported to UK regulators has nearly doubled since the introduction of new data protection laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. Saturday marks three months since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ...
UK Banks advocate Brexit deal on financial services
August 23rd, 2018
Several UK financial services enterprises have urged the government to strike a deal with the EU allowing British banks, insurers, and wealth managers to do business on the continent free of any possible restrictions. Kristian Rouz — The British ...
Consumers choose cheaper, faster ‘lawbots’ over expensive, slow lawyers
August 6th, 2018
New research into the use of digital technology in the UK legal sector has revealed that seven out of 10 consumers would choose a ‘lawbot,’ a customer facing, automated online system to handle their legal affairs over a human ...
Artificial Intelligence improves efficiency significantly for law firms
July 26th, 2018
Law firms have been slower to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) technology than other sectors but clients say it improves time efficiency by 50 per cent. Law firms in the UK could improve their time efficiency by 50 per cent ...
Deloitte set to take on traditional law firms
January 11th, 2018
The Big Four accountancy giant is the latest to enter the legal playing field with major plans to develop its offerings to corporates and compete with law firms. Deloitte has announced plans to become a major legal player. The ...
American law firm Sedgwick is to close after some 85 years in business
November 23rd, 2017
The closure follows a raft of lawyers exiting the firm in recent years, most recently a defection to UK law firm Kennedys. ‘We have concluded that the best way to allow our lawyers to continue providing great service to ...
