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How IT Friction Eats into Law Firm Profitability
When law firm leaders talk about profitability, the conversation usually starts with rates, billable hours, staffing, realization and collections. All of that matters, but there is another factor sitting underneath…
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Microsoft Copilot for Law Firms: What It Can Do, Where It Fits and What to Consider First
Microsoft Copilot has not always been the AI tool law firms were most excited to use. Early experiences often felt limited, especially compared with more flexible platforms like ChatGPT or…
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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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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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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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The Top 3 Legal Tech Shifts of 2025 (and What They Mean for 2026)
1. The Great Document Merge: Law Firms Confront Cloud Reality Since NetDocuments acquired Worldox back in 2022, firms have spent the past few years navigating what that change meant for their long-term…
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Key Components of a 2026 Law Firm IT Roadmap
For many law firms, technology planning used to be a once-a-year exercise. Pick a few projects, approve a budget and hope nothing unexpected happens. In 2025, that approach stopped working.…
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The Night of the Rampaging Frankenstack (Law Firm Edition)
It was a dark and stormy October night. Law firms across the country were wrapping up client meetings, filing motions and maybe sneaking in a pumpkin spice latte. But in…
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Taming the Wild West of AI in Law Firms (Part 2)
Previously in Part 1, we explored why AI still feels like the “Wild West” in legal — from risky behavior and overreaction to the practical red-yellow-green guardrails firms can use…
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Taming the Wild West of AI in Law Firms (Part 1)
Ask a room of partners whether their firm uses AI, and you’ll still hear some confident “no’s.” Then pull a firewall report and watch that answer change. In one recent…
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