Here, our projects and research associate Ben Rosie explores how tech is changing the traditional law firm and calling time on the billable hour Parts of the legal sector are famously conservative and slow to embrace new methods and technologies….
In our previous articles on technology and the legal sector (here and here), we outlined some of the ways in which law firms have adopted tech to deliver greater innovation, increased efficiency, and to provide further value to their clients. Although many…
The idea that technology might have a disruptive impact on the provision of legal services is not new. Concerns were raised about the impact on legal practice of fax machines in the 1980s, the internet in the 1990s and the…
In our first article on the interface of technology and law, we considered the different ways in which technology could be deployed to deliver greater value to clients, to implement cybersecurity measures and to increase innovation and efficiency in processes. In 2018…
Upon his capture in 1934, the bank robber Willie Sutton was asked by FBI agents, why he robbed banks. Sutton, replied, ‘Because that’s where the money is’. From the perspective of today’s cyber-criminal, the money – or value – is contained within…
At Hook Tangaza we are interested in the interface of law and technology and how this impacts on the delivery of legal services globally. Technology is facilitating the trade in cross-border legal services, helping firms reach a larger client base…
