For the last decade we've been familiar with the frequent LegalTech New York + Legal IT Show London calendar clashes in early February. However from 2011 it looks like this problem has been solved, with LegalTech remaining at its traditional time of late January/early February (apparently it is timed to coincide with the Superbowl - some kind of American sporting event involving lots of men in protective clothing running around in ever-decreasing circles - next year it is 31 Jan to 2nd Feb) while Legal IT moves to 1st & 2nd March. This should also avoid the problem of heavy snow blighting the second day of the London show as it has done in the past.
So, hooray. No, hang on... the new Legal IT Show dates overlap with the ARK Group Lex 2011 event which was provisionally scheduled for 2 & 3 March. We have asked ARK for clarification on the date - and we see the date no longer appears on the website for the event.
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Wednesday, June 30
Event clashes ahoy !
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Charles Christian
on Wed 30 Jun 2010 12:16 BST
Tuesday, June 22
Latest Asia-Pacific News Round-up
by
Charles Christian
on Tue 22 Jun 2010 01:00 BST
• New win for Aderant
Australia-based insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney has chosen Aderant Expert as its new practice management system. The firm will implement the Aderant Expert practice and financial management system including Expert File Opening workflow and the new ClearView Performance module for advanced profitability analysis and reporting. "After considering all options, Aderant was a stand-out due to their reputation in the market for high quality products, rapid implementations, and excellent customer support," said David Kearney, managing partner of Wotton + Kearney. ClearView Performance shows partners, practice group leaders, CFOs, and other senior staff exactly how they are performing, helping them see where they are operating according to plan and where they need improvement. It combines business intelligence capabilities with a full-featured business planning and profitability analysis tool. ClearView Performance presents critical data and metrics in a role-based graphical format, increasing information visibility and improving decision making. • Copitrak breaks into China Cost recovery market leader Copitrak Systems has expanded its international operations with the opening of a new office in Shanghai. The move comes in response to 18 months of increasing demand across China with growth conservatively estimated at 40% for the 2010-11 financial year. Shanghai will focus solely on the mainland, while the long-standing Hong Kong office will cover the rest of Asia and the Pacific Rim. For managing director Nicholas Child, the development was a logical one. "Having been in Hong Kong for the past nine years, we’ve been able to take advantage of the opening up of the Chinese market but we’ve reached a tipping point now that says we have to service it with a dedicated team and country presence. There is simply huge potential to be tapped and with our fully Unicode compliant system, we’re seeing interest not just from international law firms coming into the region but more importantly, from the Chinese law firms themselves. But to succeed there we know we have to respect the country and the culture; that means a local office, with local people, local support, a native on the ground resource that fully understands the commercial environment and client mindset." • WindowLogic Announce Release of iManage Integration for CRM4Legal WindowLogic has announced the release of Logic4Outlook, an Outlook accelerator that provides seamless integration between iManage and Microsoft CRM4Legal. "Logic4Outlook is a perfect companion to CRM4Legal that will allow any or all of the information maintained within CRM4Legal to be displayed in the lawyers iManage workspace. Just click to record an email or document right into CRM4Legal from iManage or from CRM4Legal into iManage, all from within Outlook," said WindowLogic director Greg Brown. "This product development delivers great benefits to law firm users," said David Blumentals CRM4Legal consultant & director, Asia Pacific. "CRM4Legal user adoption is greatly enhanced as CRM data is viewed each time iManage is accessed. Integration reduces the time it takes to navigate to your CRM4Legal data – just click the link to open your CRM records." With the new Logic4Outlook product, users are able to view all CRM4Legal’s Contact, Organisation, Opportunity, Pitch, Matter and other information from iManage FileSite, and contact information for each recipient on an email. There is no need to go into CRM4Legal – all information required is displayed automatically unobtrusively. Configurable tabs and fields allow administrators to display any other information maintained within CRM4Legal, as required, even if the user does not have CRM4Legal installed locally. • Paul Wyatt now with WindowLogic We first encountered Paul Wyatt at Linetime, then he moved to Solicitec (both legal IT vendors in the UK) and last time we heard of him, he was with Visualfiles Australia. He’s now taken over as Eastern seaboard sales manager for WindowLogic in Sydney, a company which he describes as "the Australian equivalent of Phoenix meets DocAuto meets Tikit." He adds "The legal 'stream' at WindowLogic was established earlier this year and the business has attracted some key talent with considerable knowledge in this sector. Three of Alphawest’s senior Worksite consultants (with a combined 14 years experience in delivering Worksite projects globally) joined WindowLogic earlier this year and in the past 3 months they have developed a range of value add plug ins for Worksite. Logic4Outlook is getting some serious interest and we have the application in beta test at one of Australia’s Top 10 law firms as we speak. We are also receiving a lot of requests for assistance in Worksite upgrade projects and have just taken over Worksite support and maintenance for 220 users at Sydney based Spruson & Ferguson, one of the leading intellectual property firms in Australia." www.windowlogic.com.au • Janders Dean turns 75 Justin North of Janders Dean has been in touch to say "this year Janders Dean turns 75! Well, not really...that just happens to be the combined ages of Bevan and Justin this year as they both hit milestone birthdays. (What 37.5 ...Ed). This year actually marks our third birthday here at Janders Dean Our fabulous new clients this year have included Vodafone, Willmott Dixon and BAE Systems, while we've also continued to work with a number of our existing loyal customers including Freehills, Sparke Helmore, King and Wood, Hall & Wilcox and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert." Janders Dean has also published a preliminary registration form (see attached PDF) for their upcoming Law Firm Knowledge Management Conference (Sydney, 12th August 2010). Places are strictly limited and capped for this event, and delegate passes are provided on a first in basis. Please send all completed registration forms back as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The full agenda with thought leaders and speakers representing international organisations will be announced over the next few days. • Jason Hulme now with IQPC Sydney Jason Hulme has been in touch to say "Thought you might like to know that I have left CPA Global to join the IQPC conferences group in Sydney. Although my role now sits over a number of conferences there will be a significant amount of work in law firm management inc outsourcing, IT, Leadership, KM etc. Gone are the days of the Legal IT Forum and By Legal For Legal but I am sure we can re kindle the quality events down under and create some high level controversy and debate here in Australia. Please give my best to the motley crew and speak soon." Jason.Hulme@iqpc.com.au • Nuix powers KPMG Forensic to deliver Australia’s fastest e-discovery service KPMG has signed a deal with Nuix for high-end, powerful electronic discovery software licenses to enable them to provide Australia’s fastest, most thorough and most scalable eDiscovery service to its clients. KPMG Forensic’s team purchased the improved software to improve crucial data analysis and processing and selected Nuix for inclusion in its e-discovery service offering. Eddie Sheehy, Nuix Chief Executive Officer, said KPMG required very fast, powerful processing and integrated into their service offering by adding Nuix to its official workflow. “In a world where many corporations face vast amounts of data, increasing regulatory requirements and litigation that demands immediate and thorough investigations of terabytes of digital information, speed is of the essence. Our software has been able to provide great results for KPMG’s eDiscovery product.” Sheehy commented. KPMG’s decision hinged on the results of speed trials conducted by KPMG and on Nuix’s ability to integrate with other technologies within the KPMG workflow. Rod McKemmish, KPMG Forensic’s Director said that during initial speed trials, KPMG Australia reported indexing a 59GB Exchange Database (EDB) file – including 1.8 million emails and attachments – in 1 hour and 24 minutes. “Performance improvements beyond this appear to be possible when we scale beyond a single hardware device and apply the power of our advanced infrastructure. When one combines the power of high end processing with the forensic precision and in-depth analysis capabilities of Nuix, the results are impressive,” said McKemmish. KPMG Australia has employed the Nuix electronic discovery desktop platform for the past three years. This latest deal marks a significant upgrade to KPMG’s Enterprise Discovery platform. This is the same platform recently purchased by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to handle their corporate discoveries and investigations.  1 AttachmentsTuesday, June 15
New event: Confidentiality management seminar in LA
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Charles Christian
on Tue 15 Jun 2010 14:29 BST
The Frayman Group is giving a presentation of its Compliguard Protect system to help law firms manage their ethical walls, establish and monitor screens, deal with information barrier requirements and handle the legal complexities of bringing laterals on board. The event takes place at the Los Angeles offices of Latham & Watkins on 25 June. It starts at 11:00am and lunch will be served following a demonstration of the product. For details see http://guestlistapp.com/events/23070
Monday, June 14
Butterworths announce details of next mid-market tech conference
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Charles Christian
on Mon 14 Jun 2010 11:05 BST
Butterworths Conferences, part of LexisNexis UK, has just announced that, after its successful debut last year, the second Butterworths Alternative Legal IT Conference will be held at The Belfry Hotel in Birmingham from September 21-22.
Unlike other legal IT events, the Alternative Legal IT Conference focuses on the needs of medium-sized firms and offers them the opportunity to discuss issues of direct interest and relevance through an extensive programme of speaker events, panel and hosted round table discussions. The two-day event will be chaired by Chris Cann, Director of Finance & Systems at Martin-Kaye Solicitors,on day one and by Angela McMahon, Head of Service Delivery and Training at Mishcon de Reya, on day two. Marcella Barron, Head of Butterworths Legal Conferences said: “The Alternative Legal IT Conference has been designed to create a voice for mid-tier law firms to express their thoughts on how IT influences their firms and more importantly for those firms to learn about how IT can support the strategic development of their business. Topics that will be covered during the event include the external issues facing mid-tier firms, such as new technologies and the Legal Services Act, and the internal issues that perennially cause problems on a day-to-day basis, such as meeting the needs of users, working within a partnership, and getting more out of existing systems.” The speaker panel chosen for the event also reflects the diversity of mid-size firms and will include Managing Partners and IT Directors from organisations such as Weightmans, Thomas Eggar, Higgs & Sons, Brethertons, and Linder Myers. Charles Christian, Editor-in-Chief of Legal Technology Insider, will also be present on the panel both days. Conference topics to be raised and discussed at the event include: • Demands that external forces will make on law firms in the future and how they can prepare to respond • Up and coming technologies and how they will transform legal IT • How IT can support the use of social media to win new business • The pros and cons of outsourcing your IT, and • Recession-busting IT – squeezing more out of your current systems The Alternative Legal IT Conference is a by-invitation-only event. To register your interest please complete and return the application form available at www.alternative-legal-IT.com Tuesday, June 8
Scottish lawyers sponsoring Glasgow social media event
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Charles Christian
on Tue 08 Jun 2010 13:49 BST
Scottish law firm Inksters is sponsoring the first media140 Scotland event at the CCA in Glasgow on 17th June. A team of media professionals from the UK and the US will be examining how social media can be used to influence customer behaviours and create successful strategies for change. The speakers will showcase practical examples of how social media has made a demonstrable difference to both public, private and third sector organisations, in influencing marketing, sales and customer service.
Brian Inkster said: "As Inksters were the first law firm in Scotland on Twitter and remain at the forefront of social media use in the legal world I am very pleased to be partnering with media140 Scotland as one of the sponsors of this exciting event." • The event starts at 6.30pm. For full details and to reserve tickets visit: www.media140.com/scotland Tuesday, June 1
More events for your diary
by
Charles Christian
on Tue 01 Jun 2010 10:00 BST
DocAuto June Webinar Programme
11.06.10, ILTA Product Briefing: Importing Into WorkSite Just Got Easier We are excited to present to you the latest software solution for WorkSite from DocAuto: iImport Desktop. iImport Desktop is an add-in to iManage DeskSite or FileSite. It allows users to quickly and easily import content, preserving organizational structures, from native operating system folders and subfolders directly into WorkSite. The program features an easy-to-use Windows Explorer-like interface that is simple and intuitive for users. This new product from DocAuto appears via the native right-click pop-up menu in FileSite or DeskSite. Users can browse to the files or folders they want imported. Additional options are available for setting profile information and security. Registration https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/489331011 16.06.10, Email Management for WorkSite Using OutiM Server Email management has become a top priority for Information Technology departments today. OutiM Server supports multiple approaches to email management, and integrates with and extends the functionality of other email management systems. It can be used as an e-mail archiving product out of the box, leveraging WorkSite's native security, search, and single-instance storage capabilities. Join us for this informative webinar in which we will discuss email management needs and present new features in OutiM Server that will allow your firm to get its email content under control, while minimizing the need for user involvement. Registration https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/691305331 30.06.10, Content Refiling Management with Refiling Server Refiling Server is the optimal tool for finely-controllable server-side refiling in WorkSite. Replace inefficient, arbitrary, and possibly dangerous user-controlled desktop refiling with faster, more efficient, more powerful server-side refiling. In this webinar, we will show you that with fast, consistent, and efficient options for managing how, when, and why items are refiled, Refiling Server optimizes system performance and increases control. Registration https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/455647395 Olswang to preview new records management system 22.06.10, London (9:00 - 10:30am) Olswang LLP, in conjunction with Legal RM, would like to invite you to join them at their London offices for an introduction into how iCompli Records Management has helped Olswang LLP to achieve tens of thousands of £pounds in cost and time savings whilst improving Health & Safety and promoting green initiatives. What’s more, Olswang’s secretaries rated iCompli as their best IT system, marking it 4.9/5 in an internal poll. To reserve a place email info@legal-rm.com - there will be a similar presentation on 21.09.10 |
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