Tuesday's LITP update: new poll, legal IT news and 3 new vacancies

New poll: Risk management and the financial crisis

Last week I visited the Legal Technology Awards in London. After some conversations with legal IT staff, I had the impression that in the current financial climate, Law Firm Management is more willing to take risks if it can save them money. Where Law Firm decision makers would not take any risk at all before the financial crisis, some risk managers notice some change.
What is your opinion? Cast your vote for this month's poll (in the right-hand column).


More firms select SOS Connect
Yet more law firms have chosen SOS Connect at the start of 2009 as the software best equipped to support their business development plans now and in the future.
Toller Beattie LLP, a progressive 6-partner firm in Barnstaple is in the process of rolling out SOS Connect to its staff for integrated practice and case management/workflow. The first phase is live with a further roll-out by department to continue across the firm. Read more...




Channel Islands Niche Commercial Law Firm Gets ‘BigHand Boost’
AO Hall has today announced completion of its project to implement the BigHand Digital Dictation workflow system, the market leading digital dictation system for the global legal community. The Guernsey based firm has enabled digital dictation for all its lawyers and secretaries, replacing outdated tape recording equipment which was increasingly expensive to run. Read more...

More legal IT news

• InTechnology look to cloud control
• 3BView Launches 3BCleanMobile: A Metadata Cleaner for Blackberry, iPhone and PDAs
• TFB to unveil document previewer and Outlook time recording at Legal IT Show
• The recession presents a great opportunity to transform Legal IT
• Interactive Web Sites and New York Jurisdiction
• Video Marketing Tips for Lawyers: No. 3
• How Integration Drives Knowledge Management
• Insecurities in Secure Remote Access
• Pitfalls of Runaway E-Discovery Requests
• Osborne Clarke say goodbye to all that with £50 million outsource deal
• Law Schools Break Out the Books on EDD
• Social Media Going to Court
• Law Office Tech Bargains for Week of February 1-7, 2009
• Tips to Get the Most Out of Google
• LegalTech New York 2009 Blogs On

Check our news section for the details.

Legal IT vacancies

Today we added three new vacancies:

• Business Development Consultant (USA, Washington DC)
• Client Development Consultant (USA, Philadelphia)
• Client Development Consultant (USA, Los Angeles)

More details in our vacancy section.