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ABA ethics commission outlines beefed-up outsourcing rules
Thursday, 5 May 2011Plans to clarify the ethics of outsourcing work to lawyers and non-lawyers, and the circumstances in which outsourcing would be wrong, are to be put to the American Bar Association (ABA). The “initial draft proposals” go further than an initial draft published last year.
Tags: ethics, legal process outsourcing, LPO, outsourcing
Posted in News, Outsourcing
City firm develops technology alternative to legal process outsourcing
Tuesday, 26 April 2011City law firm Taylor Wessing has launched a division offering pioneering technology to handle data mining, contract management and due diligence as a “value-added” alternative to legal process outsourcing.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, LPO, Technology
Posted in News, Outsourcing, Technology
News in brief: honest feedback for LeO, law firm finances, LPO survey and much more
Tuesday, 19 April 2011Our regular round-up of snippets of news that you need to know takes in the Legal Ombudsman, conveyancing, financial difficulties for law firms, a shortfall of LPC graduates, the first divorce app, new members for LawNet, an LPO survey, the new Law Society deputy vice-president, and Expert Answers’ affiliate programme.
Tags: conveyancing, Legal Ombudsman, legal practice course, legal process outsourcing, LeO, LPO, Technology
Posted in Finance, Legal Ombudsman, News, News In Brief, Outsourcing
Susskind: lawyers think they’re immune to impact of technology
Friday, 15 April 2011Too many lawyers believe they are “somehow immune” from the effects of technology that are profoundly impacting the rest of society, Professor Richard Susskind has warned. He also highlighted how the profession has embraced legal process outsourcing.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, Technology
Posted in News, Outsourcing, Technology
News in brief: larger firms cool on ABS, LPO boost, women suffer on pay and more
Tuesday, 8 March 2011Our latest round-up of other news of interest to Legal Futures readers includes a survey of among larger firms about ABS intentions, a lay majority on the BSB, women lawyers convinced male colleagues are paid more, good news for a big LPO provider and much more.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, bar standards board, equality and diversity, internal governance rules, legal process outsourcing, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, LPO, professional indemnity insurance, Scotland, Technology
Posted in Barristers, Market monitor, News, News In Brief, Outsourcing, Solicitors
Outsource some of your legal work to Northern Ireland, mid-sized firms urged
Tuesday, 8 March 2011Mid-sized law firms in England and Wales should consider the opportunities presented by outsourcing parts of their work to Northern Ireland, it was claimed last week. The province is not just an option for law firms opening a captive to do their own work or for legal process outsourcing companies to set up operations
Tags: legal process outsourcing, LPO
Posted in News, Outsourcing
News in brief: Co-op expands legal arm, paralegals on the up and much more
Friday, 11 February 2011Our weekly round-up of other news takes in further expansion at Co-operative Legal Services, two innovations on the paralegal front, “virtual” firms piloting the SRA’s relationship management, and a tricky decision for LSB chairman David Edmonds
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Co-op, legal process outsourcing, Legal Services Board, LPO, Scotland, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Market monitor, News, News In Brief, Outsourcing, Solicitors
The themes of 2011, part 3 (and that’s it)
Friday, 21 January 2011With January running out, it really is time to stop doing 2011 lists, so here is the last instalment of themes I expect to pervade Legal Futures’ coverage during this year. This time I look at legal services and the web, outsourcing in all its many guises, and the changing face of litigation practice.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Jackson report, legal process outsourcing, LPO, Online Legal Services, outsourcing
Posted in Blog
IP firm provides solicitors with innovative outsourced trade mark service
Wednesday, 19 January 2011A service that enables law firms to offer trade mark registrations under their own brand without lifting a finger has been launched for the first time in the latest twist on legal process outsourcing. Under the ‘white label’ trade mark registration service, all work is undertaken by intellectual property specialist solicitors Azrights in the background without the knowledge of clients.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, outsourcing
Posted in Market monitor, News, Outsourcing
Managing the risks of outsourcing, part 2: the Solicitors Code of Conduct
Tuesday, 18 January 2011In the second part of his examination of the regulatory issues arising out of outsourcing, Duncan Finlyson of Legal Futures Associate Lawyers Defence Group outlines the relevant provisions in the Solicitors Code of Conduct 2007.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, outsourcing, Solicitors Code of Conduct
Posted in News, Outsourcing, Solicitors
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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