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VirtualSignature-ID, the cloud platform that provides everything organisations need for fraud prevention, onboarding and compliance in a single integrated platform has been shortlisted in two categories at the Cloud Excellence Awards 2023, organised by Computing. Featuring in the shortlist for both the Most Innovative Cloud Product or Service category and the Cloud Vendor of the Year category, VirtualSignature-ID is one of a handful of cloud platforms to be recognised by one of the industry’s most prestigious awards. VirtualSignature-ID helps organisations to protect themselves with Government-level security and fraud-prevention technologies. Its web and mobile applications allow end-users to quickly complete and sign [...]

E-witnessing: The rules The Electronic Communications Act 2000 made it legally possible to use electronic signatures to authenticate contracts and other documents and agreements. With this legislation, documents could now be signed off with maximum efficiency and at a much lower expense.   What is e-witnessing? As with some wet ink signatures, electronic signatures can require a witness. Electronic witnessing, or e-witnessing, is where a witness is present with the signer or signatories. They then witness the electronic signature and add their own electronic signature to attest that they have witnessed it. E-witnessing is beneficial in similar ways to electronic signatures [...]

Money laundering large amounts of illicit funds is a serious and threatening problem for the financial and professional services sectors. The NCA (National Crime Agency) estimates that the amount of money laundered annually in the UK could be anywhere between £36 and £90 billion, so organisations are encouraged to make sure they have AML (Anti-money laundering) practices in place. What is AML? AML is the set of rules and laws put in effect to stop and deter money laundering. AML regulations are controlled by UK law enforcement, and failure to comply with these regulations can lead to hefty fines. Additionally, the [...]

  Why does an Email address matter? “First impressions count” is an old, somewhat superficial saying which nevertheless portrays a simple yet powerful message. It is human nature to make snap decisions or form impressions of someone or something with minimal information but based on often subconscious factors –we instinctively “like or dislike” or we “trust or we don’t trust” and these initial knee-jerk observations go deep into our mindsets. For example, you would not deposit a family heirloom with a bank which didn’t have a safety deposit box and was known to simply put such items in a room open [...]

Over the last few months, it has been impossible to avoid the explosion of “AI” news with a plethora of new developments and products being discussed on mainstream news, in the legal press, LinkedIn and networking events. Huge and exciting strides are being made in the areas of automation and data analysis, but despite the hard hitting headlines we are still a long way away from true Artificial Intelligence as defined by the “Turing test” (a test for intelligence in a computer, requiring that a human being should be unable to distinguish the machine from another human being by using the [...]

Leading iManage Partner Tiger Eye has announced the expansion of the Tiger Eye Tools for iManage collection, with the launch of three new solutions for iManage. All three of the newly-added trio of tools are designed to support firms to optimize and build upon the iManage document and email management system, streamlining workflows to improve efficiency. The first solution added to the range this month is Tiger Eye Workspace Automate: a backend console-based tool that is used to automate the creation and modification of Workspaces, based on data provided from an external source. Integrating iManage seamlessly with common legal business intake solutions (such as Practice Management Systems) Workspace Automate runs continuous [...]

Washington, DC and Miami, FL. April 4, 2023. – vLex and Fastcase, two of the largest, fastest-growing legal technology companies, announced today that they are merging to form the world’s largest law firm subscriber base with more than one billion legal documents from more than 100 countries. As part of the merger, Oakley Capital and Bain Capital Credit are investing in the combined business to expand its global reach and accelerate the company’s legal artificial intelligence (AI) lab, which develops AI tools that streamline research, tracking, writing, and filing documents for the legal industry. “The legal profession has been a late adopter [...]

Press Release Award-Winning US Firm Pryor Cashman Adopts Tiger Eye Tools for iManage 21st February 2023 Award-winning US firm Pryor Cashman has announced its adoption of two Tiger Eye Tools for iManage, designed and delivered by leading iManage Partner Tiger Eye. The firm has adopted Tiger Eye Migration Duo and Tiger Eye GDPR Delete from the Tiger Eye Tools suite as part of the organisation’s digital transformation strategy. Named the number one midsize law firm in New York by Vault, Pryor Cashman has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami and represents clients in a range of industries from banking and finance to media and entertainment. The firm’s two [...]