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Clinical negligence market to grow strongly for next five years
13+ hour, 50+ min ago (568+ words) Clinical negligence: AI will open up new avenues for claims Law firm revenue from clinical negligence cases has risen by over 7% this year to £1.8bn and will continue to grow at this rate for the next five years, researchers have predicted....
Family justice “at risk from AI transcription tools”
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (597+ words) Lefley: Potentially a fatal flaw in safeguards The use by social workers of AI transcription tools is “impacting the integrity of written documents”, with “significant risks” for family justice, legal charity JUSTICE has warned. Deputy legal director Ellen Lefley said…...
SEO is changing: Are you measuring the right things?
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (1376+ words) Posted by Stacey Horrocks, director at Legal Futures Associate BSD Legal Marketing Horrocks: Quality is as important as quantity For years, the basic argument for search engine optimisation (SEO) for law firms was relatively straightforward. Improve your Google rankings, increase…...
Forms are evolving - and more interesting than you might think
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (1035+ words) Posted by Archie Courage, founder of Legal Futures Associate FormEvo Courage: Structured, reusable data is the future I have spent much of my working life thinking about something most people would probably prefer not to think about at all: legal…...
Small firms join forces to step up compliance officer campaign
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (830+ words) Small and medium-sized law firms opposed to rule changes on who can hold compliance officer rules have banded together to lobby both the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Law Society. So far 28 law and advisory firms have signed open letters…...
Partnership-based IP firms “will struggle to invest”
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (614+ words) Minford: Law firms not solving clients’ immediate problems Intellectual property (IP) firms based on a partnership model “will struggle to invest what is needed for the long-term future”, the chief executive of global IP firm Rouse has predicted. Luke Minford…...
New Google data sheds light on law firms' visibility in AI search
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (705+ words) By Legal Futures Associate BSD Legal Marketing New data available through Google Search Console and Google Analytics is giving law firms greater insight into how their websites are being discovered through AI-powered search. As AI becomes a more established part…...
People with legal problems turn to chatbots for emotional support
1+ week, 5+ day ago (627+ words) People with legal problems are seeking emotional support from AI chatbots, as well as using them to check the services they receive from their lawyers, according to research. Legal charity JUSTICE said that a sixth of people reporting a legal…...
A decade in, the fundamentals of adoption haven't changed
1+ week, 6+ day ago (601+ words) Alex Joannou, Head of Revenue at LEAP Enterprise By Alex Joannou, Head of Revenue at Legal Futures Associate LEAP Enterprise Alex Joannou has spent a decade selling technology to law firms and is now the Head of Revenue for LEAP…...
Impact of AI on people seeking justice "not being measured"
2+ week, 5+ day ago (907+ words) Sargeant: Evaluations not measuring the outcomes that matter most The performance of AI in the justice system is only being measured in terms of operational efficiencies, and not if it is actually helping people deal with legal issues, research has…...