Monday's legal IT news update & vacancy

Epiq Systems Opens New Hong Kong Office
Epiq Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIQ) a leading provider of technology solutions for the legal profession, today announced the opening of a new office in Hong Kong to provide localized electronic discovery services for law firms, corporations and governmental authorities for all litigation and regulatory needs.
Epiq Systems’ new Asia office provides clients with on the ground support in Hong Kong and across the region. Clients will have access to:

• Local eDiscovery professionals with experience handling large, complex, multinational matters.
• On-site support anywhere in Asia.

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Virtual Practices’ SaaS and outsourced legal cashiering supports JBS Solicitors’ success
Start-up JBS Solicitors has turned to Virtual Practices, the on-line software and outsourced legal cashiering division of Solicitors Own Software (SOS), for the provision of accounts, document and case management software delivered as a service.
Operations director Paul Barrett said: “Virtual Practices provided the ideal solution for our IT needs when we spun-out of a firm to set up our specialist personal injury operation, last year.” Read more...



What’s new at Legal IT: Linetime
In addition to showcasing their new case management software at this years Legal IT exhibition Linetime will also be unveiling the latest productivity features of their matter management solution.
Of particular note are the ability to carry out document comparisons – much more than the standard Microsoft word track changes, a rapid document search allowing direct access to correspondence without the need for lengthy case enquiries and the ability to migrate existing manual folder structures into a controlled matter management environment.
Both the case management and matter management solutions are part of the wider Liberate portfolio which also includes practice management and specialist debt recovery software.
To find out more visit Linetime on stand 54 or visit www.linetime.co.uk.

More legal IT news headlines

• Osborne Clarke to send 75 staff to new Bristol support centre
• FTI Technology Adds Attenex Analysis and Review Software to Ringtail
• XMLaw OneView 2009 Product Release
• Ahead of the Curve: In 2009, Your Lawyers Are Your Best Knowledge Management Resource
• Learning Sharepoint on the Cheap
• Do Object, Don’t Obstruct

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Legal IT vacancy

Today we added the following new vacancy:

• Systems Analyst (UK, London)

See our vacancy section for the details.