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Why Technology Debt Is Becoming More Expensive for Law Firms
Technology Debt Isn’t New. The Cost of Carrying It Is. Most law firms don’t set out to create technology debt. It accumulates through a series of reasonable decisions. A new…
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Case Study: How Afinety Helped Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Rethink IT from the Inside Out
When Rich Pacheco joined Partridge Snow & Hahn, he didn’t come from the legal industry, which turned out to be a strength. After years at AAA, a 115-year-old company steeped…
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Why Law Firms Still Choose Cloud Desktops in a SaaS-First World
If email, document management, collaboration tools and many legal applications now live in the cloud, why do some law firms still use cloud desktops? It’s a reasonable question, and one…
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The Microsoft 365 Security Gap Most Law Firms Don’t See
Most law firms have taken the right steps to secure Microsoft 365. Multi-factor authentication is in place, email filtering is active and staff have been trained to recognize suspicious messages.…
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Why Mid-Sized Law Firms Remain Prime Targets for Cyberattacks
Mid-sized law firms are under increasing pressure to strengthen cybersecurity practices as client expectations, cyber insurance requirements and regulatory scrutiny continue to rise. At the same time, firms are managing…
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SOC 2 Type II vs. ISO 27001: What Law Firms Should Actually Evaluate
Law firms are under increasing pressure to validate how client data is protected, not just internally but across the systems and partners they rely on. At the same time, attorneys…
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Why Law Firms Are Rethinking Cloud and Document Management Projects … Even When the Technology Works
Picture this: a firm 18 months after go-live. The solution is fully deployed, but attorneys are still emailing drafts and saving files to their desktops. The technology worked. The results…
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ALA National 2026: The Year of the Walrus (and Other Unexpected Takeaways)
ALA National 2026 at the Gaylord National Harbor in Washington, D.C., had a lot going on. Sessions, meetings, events and, fittingly for a waterfront setting, more than a few walruses.…
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The IT Costs Law Firms Don’t See Coming
At the start of a new IT initiative, most law firm budgets make sense. The tools are selected. The scope is defined. The numbers line up with what the firm…
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AI Is Already in Your Law Firm. The Risk Is Pretending It Isn’t.
AI is not a future initiative for law firms. It is already influencing daily work. An associate uses a public AI tool to refine a brief before sending it to…
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Technology Governance for Law Firms: Who Actually Owns the Decisions?
Technology governance sounds straightforward. Most firms agree it matters. But ask a simpler question, and things get murky fast. Who actually owns the decision? In many small to midsize firms,…
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Why Law Firm IT Roadmaps Break Down After Planning
Technology decisions inside law firms are rarely made in a single room by a single group. They emerge through committees, informal conversations, urgent emails and well-intentioned exceptions. On paper, many…
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