• Trio of new case management deals for CaseFlow
CaseFlow has announced three new deals: Carroll & O'Dea in Sydney has signed a deal that will see Caseflow deployed across the firm’s network of five offices. The project has started now and will see 140 users up and running by April 2011. Caseflow will replace the existing LexisNexis Axxia system to improve the firm’s case management and workflow system. Maurice Blackburn have decided to upgrade to their existing Caseflow system and have acquired 300 licences of the top-end Caseflow Outlook Client. Initially the implementation has been rolled out in the NSW and ACT offices with the software progressively being rolled out throughout the entire firm's offices in QLD and VIC over the next couple of months. The implementation will be assisted by Caseflow reseller Red Rain. And Thynne & Macartney in Brisbane has ordered 100 Caseflow Outlook Client Licences. Included in the Outlook Client suite is the Caseflow Enterprise.Net client that provides document assembly and workflow directly from within Microsoft Word as well as the ShowClause Clause Library solution. Thynne & Macartney is a member of the Kennedy Strang legal group (including Russell Kennedy in Melbourne, Kemp Strang in Sydney), all three member firms now use Caseflow as their case management solution. The implementation and training will be delivered by Caseflow reseller i2 Management Pty Ltd. www.caseflow.com.au
• Phoenix Business Solutions wins Blake Dawson iManage deal
Blake Dawson has selected Phoenix as their global support partner for their Autonomy iManage Worksite and Universal Search environments. The Phoenix team, based out of Sydney, and backed up with offices in London and Johannesburg, will offer global support to the firm which has Australian offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide, international offices in Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo, and an associated office in Jakarta. Chrissy Burns , Director of IT & Knowledge commented “Phoenix’ expertise around the Worksite suite of products, along with their impressive stable of administrator tools, is of significant value to Blake Dawson. Their ability to offer 24/7 support through their different office locations provides the responsiveness we require to support our lawyers in every location”. (Phoenix opened their Australian office in January of this year and have been providing assistance to firms in the area around their core competencies of Document and Knowledge Management, Enterprise Search and Time Recording.)
• LexisNexis appoints two new directors
LexisNexis Australia has announced the appointment of two new directors to the LexisNexis Pacific team. The new appointments will help advance the strategic direction for customer centricity and support future growth plans in Australia and New Zealand. Effective immediately, both directors will report directly to TJ Viljoen, CEO of LexisNexis Pacific and will be based in Sydney
Chris Cook joins LexisNexis as Director of Practice Management, and is responsible for delivering content-enabled workflow solutions to meet the needs of legal professionals. He will undertake initiatives to create workflow and research integration to enable clients to increase productivity and profitability. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Chris held senior management roles at leading information and technology brands, servicing customers in the Natural Resources, Government, Financial Services and Manufacturing industries. Chris previously was Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vice President at Computer Sciences Corporation and earlier held management positions with IBM and Fujitsu.
Simon Wilkins joins LexisNexis as Director of Sales, and will partner with clients to deliver products and services that best meet the needs of legal, government and corporate professionals. He will work to develop deep customer insights to ensure that LexisNexis acts as a valued solutions partner. Most recently, Simon held a senior executive position at CCH Australia overseeing sales, operations and marketing strategy. He has in-depth understanding of technology, content and information solutions.
• New Australian legal dictionary app for iPhone
LexisNexis Australia has announced the launch of LexisNexis Butterworths Concise Australian Legal Dictionary (3rd Edition), a software application for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch mobile devices. The new app offers law students, lawyers and the general public the ability to immediately look up more than 7600 legal words and phrases in any location from their mobile device. The Dictionary is edited by Peter Butt, Professor at Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, and consulting solicitor to the New South Wales government and the High Court of Australia. The main features of the app include citations of current Australian judicial and legislative authority, extensive cross-referencing to make finding related terms quick and easy, a ‘History’ tab to quickly refer back to recent searches, and cross-references to Butterworths Australian Legal Words and Phrases. “The practice of law requires precise definitions of legal terms, some of which are complex and difficult to remember. The new app gives you a quick reference, so you don’t need a large dictionary or computer on hand – the definition you need is right at your fingertips,” says Butt. The app is now available on the Apple iTunes Store for purchase at AUD$19.99 (US$16.99).
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APAC news round-up
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Charles Christian
on Thu 23 Sep 2010 21:15 BST
Wednesday, September 15
APAC news: latest from Swerdlove
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Charles Christian
on Wed 15 Sep 2010 17:58 BST
Derek Giles of Swerdlove has been in touch to say:
• Well Piper Alderman went live on Monday with their upgrade to Aderant Expert. This has been a two year project for Swerdlove, including a whole new Risk Management implementation. • We will be getting the first site for 3BClean cloud-based metadata removal service in Australia shortly, this is a UK product we have been working with for several months, it is nice as it is purely server based. The pilot site is installed using our virtual appliance installation. Friday, September 10
APAC news: the Lawtech Awards
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Charles Christian
on Fri 10 Sep 2010 12:36 BST
So, on a digital wing and a virtual prayer, I delivered by talk to Australia last night – we'll have more news from the Lawtech event later but in the meantime, here are the results of their 5th annual awards...
The Lawtech Award for Innovation (Incorporating Inhouse projects ) - NORTON ROSE The Lawtech Award for Knowledge Management - SPARKE HELMORE The Lawtech Award for Security & Risk Management - CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH The Lawtech Award for Legal IT Team of the Year (Small to Medium Firm) - HERBERT GEER The Lawtech Award for Legal IT Team of the Year (Large Firm) - ALLENS ARTHUR ROBINSON Wednesday, September 8
Orange Rag editor delivering Australian keynote - he hopes
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Charles Christian
on Wed 08 Sep 2010 16:26 BST
In what he hopes will not be a triumph of wishful thinking over technology experience, later this week Orange Rag editor Charles Christian will be delivering a keynote presentation at Chilli IQ's 5th Annual Lawtech Summit & Awards in Queensland, Australia.
His session is on Future-Tech – analysing possible future technologies and the role that IT, including disruptive technologies, will play in the legal workplace of the future. That's the good news and the session starts at 9:15 Queensland time on Friday 10th September. The bad news is the session will take place via a videoconference link, kicking off just after midnight UK time, and will involve a Skype session running across a satellite broadband link. Now he's off to tighten up the twine linking his cocoa tin to the BT phone network. No, sorry, that is the BT infrastructure in Norfolk. The programme for the Lawtech Summit is attached.  1 AttachmentsTuesday, September 7
Aderant reports another APAC win
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Charles Christian
on Tue 07 Sep 2010 13:59 BST
Chapman Tripp, one of the leading law firms in New Zealand with over 225 lawyers, has selected Aderant Expert as its new practice management platform.
"We conducted an extensive evaluation process to identify the best platform for the next ten years," said the firm's chief executive Alastair Carruthers. "There were a number of compelling factors in our decision to invest in Aderant Expert, including the analytic capability of Aderant’s ClearView and the new matter planning tools.” Wednesday, September 1
APAC news: another win for Aderant in Australia
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Charles Christian
on Wed 01 Sep 2010 21:00 BST
Aderant announced that Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers, with offices
in Canberra, Sydney, Parramatta and Wollongong, has selected
Aderant Expert. The firm will implement the comprehensive practice management
suite of integrated applications in all five of its Australian offices. Comment: In light of the battle for market supremacy currently taking place between Elite and Aderant in the APAC market (which both vendors claim they are winning, as well as trouncing the competition) Aderant say 70% – or 21 – of the top 30 firms across Australia and New Zealand now run their software. Aderant also claims to represent half of Australia's ten fastest growing firms and several major firms in Singapore, as recently published by ALB. Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers is the seventh firm to select Aderant Expert Release 7.5 in Australasia since December 2009. |
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