All Features articles – Page 29
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FeatureTechnology: Riding the hype-cycle
Tech start-ups have peaked, we are told – not so in the law.
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FeatureEU Financial Regulation: Money troubles
Since the 2008 crash, restoring stability to Europe’s financial services industry has taken precedence over creating a single market. That has meant a fee bonanza for compliance advisers.
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FeatureOut of the loop
Access to justice has become inversely proportional to the need for representation. How realistic is it to hope for meaningful reform?
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FeatureAvocado and toast on the menu
The buzz around new combinations of familiar products can drive revenue and help law firms and clients work smarter.
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FeatureElectric reams
Litigators remain reluctant to move away from standard disclosure, despite Jackson LJ’s best efforts. Could technology be a panacea in the battle to control costs?
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FeatureHow to: Close a law firm
Last year 367 firms shut up shop – what’s the best way to close? Eduardo Reyes reports
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FeatureAzerbaijan: Baku to the future
Azerbaijan is attempting to diversify and attract foreign investors amid a financial crisis. Lawyers in the former Soviet republic are already exploiting new advisory opportunities, reports Marialuisa Taddia
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FeatureSmall fortunes
Generating leads, preventing cyber-attacks and a bear dancing the Moonwalk all featured at the Small Firms Division’s annual conference.
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FeatureWellbeing: Mind your business
Mental health and wellbeing at work are rising up the agenda of legal employers.
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FeatureEducation and training: Testing times
With three years to go until implementation of the new ‘super-exam’, concerns remain about what this controversial revamp will mean for the profession.
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FeatureSeeing the wood for the trees
In legal IT, ‘disruption’ is morphing into the new normal. Solicitors must also keep an eye on the basics.
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FeatureFeel the Bern
Switzerland remains the largest offshore centre, but it is a tough market to crack for international firms.
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FeaturePII update: Double indemnity
Most law firms will renew their indemnity insurance next month. Solicitors, brokers and insurers talk to us about the latest market trends.
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ProfileNoble cause: Anne-Marie Piper
Can you go forward when you have not moved since 1790? Of course, according to Farrer & Co’s new senior partner.
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FeatureBrexit: Deal or no deal?
From Brexit apps and heat maps to joining the Irish Bar, lawyers are preparing for a life‑changing event of epic scale.
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FeatureBorn fighter: Jenny Beck
For Jenny Beck, defending people on the margins of society from the depredations of government is a vocation.
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FeatureSociety spotlight: Professional development centre
New PDC aims to help shape a profession that is fit for purpose now and in the future.
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FeatureCalifornia: Golden wonder
Foreign firms must be truly committed to exploit the vast and lucrative California market. Competition for talent is fierce and living costs can be eye-wateringly expensive.
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FeatureA little more conversation: thought leadership in legal technology
The rise of voice interfaces in consumer platforms is changing the delivery of legal services.
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FeatureCompetition: into the unknowns
Competition lawyers are no clearer than they were last June about how Brexit will work for them.