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Intapp to Sell Only Cloud-Based Products Beginning in 2021

Intapp will begin selling its practice management and other software only as cloud solutions, while maintaining support for existing on premise customers. It believes the move may spur large legal tech companies to "take another big hop to be shipping to the cloud, because it's the right answer."
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Legaltech News

Law Firms' Data Analytics Tools Are Growing, But Buy-In Isn't Automatic

Leveraging data analytics tools to assist in client decision-making seems like a perfect fit for lawyers. But a panel of Big Law officers reveal accuracy and not-so-automated data inputs are stunting some adoption.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

$128M Suit Against UnitedLex Over LeClairRyan Demise Shows Outsourcing No Cure for Dying Firm

LeClairRyan was already on its last legs when it negotiated a joint venture with UnitedLex. In the end, its creditors paid the price, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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Legaltech News

3 Can't-Miss Best Practices for Outside Counsel Guidelines

A good percentage of your invoice is going to be wasted if your billing guidelines are difficult to comprehend, routed to the wrong person, and/or not enforced. Unfortunately, that is more common than most folks in the industry may realize.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Breach Fatigue' Is Real and Could Impact Corporate Legal's Cybersecurity Messaging

A panel held during Wednesday's Women, Influence & Power in Law Virtual Summit examined the exhaustive levels of detail required for legal departments to truly be proactive about data protection, from fine-tuning language in vendor agreements to the way duties are assigned within the company itself.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Marketplace Priori Legal Raises $6.3M Funding Round

The round combines traditional VC with legal industry investors, including a former GC of Alibaba, Orrick's Legal Technology fund, and former legal tech executives.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Law Firms Largely Buck Growing Trend of Monitoring Remote Employees' Productivity

Unlike other parts of the legal industry, such as alternative legal service providers (ALSPs), many small and midsize firms haven't adopted new methods or technology to track their employees' productivity.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Why Law Firm Websites Break Bad

Taken for granted most of the time, flaws or perceived slights on firm websites can rub clients, other firms and even internal stakeholders the wrong way. But most of that is fixable.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Terminating Sanctions Order Emphasizes the Need for Safeguards in Disposition Programs

Estate of Moreno v. Correctional Healthcare Companies shows that disposition initiatives that lack safeguards to ensure relevant information is preserved for litigation could leave an organization vulnerable to disaster.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Fragomen Reports Data Breach Impacting Some Google Employees

"This isolated incident is in no way indicative of the robust cyber security guidelines and practices Fragomen has long had in place," the Am Law 100 firm said, after a breach involving certain information from its client, Google.
3 minute read

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