Legal Spend Management Software bietet erhebliche Vorteile, die generische Procurement-Systeme nicht bieten können, da sie die Besonderheiten der Beschaffung und der elektronischen Rechnungsstellung von Rechtsdienstleistungen nicht berücksichtigen. In diesem Artikel gehen wir näher auf die Gründe ein.

Despite your new legal software being a “no-brainer”, you have user adoption and acceptance challenges. Many members of your team are still using the old processes. Why, when the benefits are so obvious, and how can you encourage your colleagues to use the new system?

Easy to use, clear and comprehensive reporting functionality has evolved from an added bonus to a must-have requirement for corporate legal teams when evaluating legal technology. Where legal operations is missing a trick is when data analysis from a particular tool is used in isolation. Those legal operations teams that are seeing the most value are those that combine data from various technology tools to take their strategic input to the next level. One such area, which is of massive importance to the entire business, is management and mitigation of risk.

If you have ever been involved in handling the fall out of a data breach by one of your suppliers, you will appreciate the pressures of trying to assess the potential risk and exposure the breach might have on your company. One tool which can help (both with an immediate investigation and with any future risk assessments) but is often overlooked for this purpose is a legal spend management system (like BusyLamp).

The 90s and 00s saw many barriers to widespread adoption of e-Billing software. With many of these huge logistical stumbling blocks overcome by changes in legislation and developments in software, the last decade has seen more legal departments mandate their law firms to use e-Billing. Read about the major developments in e-Billing over the past decade and predictions of future trends.

Digitalisation creates new business models. Uber provides mobility services without owning cars, thus displacing classical taxis. Airbnb offers private apartments for rent and thus creates competition for long-established hotel chains. All industry leaders must ask themselves if their traditional value propositions are still intact or if innovative players can use disruptive and networked technologies to […]

Legal e-Billing is well understood and not only in the large law firms. But those unfamiliar with it can be reluctant to use it. Lessons can be learnt from those firms who are experienced using e-billing, have dedicated e-billing teams, and are reaping the benefits.

“Lies, damned lies and statistics” is frequently used to deride data analysis, however data, in its raw form, can be a source of true facts; it is the interpretation and presentation of data that allows people to put their own agenda across. Over the years, legal teams will have built up a significant amount of  […]

Legal Operations teams are generally tasked with the design, planning and implementation of their legal team’s strategic initiatives to support the business. They must be able to balance managing risk and regulatory changes with operational efficiencies whilst keeping costs in check. Access to data in a structured form allows the team to provide valuable and […]

Legal spend management technology generates savings for in-house teams in many ways. Using these savings areas, different eBilling software providers will estimate savings from $46,000 to $800,000 per year for a “typical” legal department. However, to truly know the financial impact, the cost of investment must also be considered and this is typically less publicised!