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The legal industry, traditionally people-centric and semi-resistant to the pace of tech growth, is at a digital transformation tipping point. It has never been more important for law firms to evaluate their readiness for it. Firms that fail to adapt to the tech...

2020 is gone, and it left enough change in its wake that the legal field is evaluating what the future looks like for law firms. Over this past year, we've seen reduced billing, pay cuts, and unparalleled labor loss. In other words, times are tough.  As we round...

This past year presented challenges for every industry that could only be overcome by ingenuity and technology. The start of 2021 is a great time to look at your firm’s hardware and software technology and ask: Have our needs changed? Do we operate as a team...

Finding high-quality, secure ways to communicate with one another is a priority for law firms as we increasingly collaborate with coworkers and clients who live and work all over the world. Video conferencing platforms have become indispensable tools for large and...

The legal profession is transforming. Almost a quarter of the work traditionally done by lawyers can now be automated by technology. But this recent lean on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is trickling down to law firms and law schools, and both firms and graduate...

What is cloud technology? Cloud technology is a blanket term for a service offered over the internet. Digital resources (like software and storage space) are available to users who can log in from anywhere to use those applications and work on files remotely. Cloud...

115 million people use Microsoft Teams daily. As remote meetings become a staple in the modern workplace, virtual conferencing tools like Microsoft Teams provide unparalleled value to remote-based operations. But is Teams safe for remote workers? Sharing data and...

42 percent of business owners admit that they don't take full advantage of technology. 94% aren't even sure how to use the apps they already have. These statistics underpin the sad prediction that one in five small businesses will fall victim to a cyber-attack this...

Small to medium-sized law firms manage job-critical tasks and administrative functions that support those key tasks. As the office manager, you are responsible for driving success and profitability. You know it’s the small but essential job roles that contribute to...

Today’s business ecosystem is digital. Information Technology (IT) plays a role in virtually every business unit. From sales and marketing to R&D and operations, business efficacy is guided by technology. For law firms, IT is intrinsically tied to billable hours,...

The spirit of competition in the last decade has had a serious contender with psychology’s desire to boost the “broad strokes” morale of society. We’ve seen it in our schools where giant first place trophies have been replaced by dozens of participation ribbons and...

At Vertex, we dedicate ourselves to delivering top tier service, and today we are excited to announce that those efforts have been recognized as were nominated for two Canadian Lawyer Readers’ Choice Awards. This is our third year being nominated. This year we have...