How (and Why) To Become a T-Shaped Lawyer

As businesses expand, so too must those who work for them. As an attorney, you must also remain willing to evolve regardless of the...

Confidentiality Agreement vs. an NDA: Key Differences

Confidential information is critical to the operation of your company, and keeping proprietary information safe from competitors requires the implementation of various forms and...

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Exigent Host Panel Of E-Discovery Experts

Recently global thought leaders in eDiscovery converged in Cape Town to discuss trends in the eDiscovery market and in the delivery of legal services in general. The panel presented...

2 Steps To Corporate Governance And Compliance | Exigent

The saying goes… “Nothing is certain but death and taxes”.  Now we can add corporate governance and compliance to the list and no doubt there will be more to...

A Demand Letter: What To Include | Exigent

Last week I was going through an interesting article on drafting demand letters.  Demand letters (lawyer’s notice) are drafted and sent in the very early stages of litigation or...

Why You Should Embrace Technology | Exigent

An interesting example that Peter presented was the story of Kodak.  The first ever digital camera was created by a team member at Kodak in the 1970’s… too bad...

Value added contracting: why senior management need to place more focus on contract management beyond just closing the deal. Part 2

In the last blog we highlighted the core values of contracts, their lifecycle and the value they bring to the organisation. We also covered the first three building blocks...

Details On The Labour Relations Amendment Act No.6

The Labour Relations Amendment (LRA) Act No.6 of 2014 came into effect on the 1st of January 2015.  The amendments extend the LRA’s protection of qualifying ‘non-standard’ employees as...

How Lawyers Can Work Alongside IT | Exigent

IT is required to assure safety protocols and be “the guard” that is protecting all of a firm’s precious information.  Is it wrong for lawyers to want to “speed things up” and...

Tips On Making Law Firm Support Services Lean | Exigent

Firstly we define support functions (or shared services) as areas of delivery in a law firm that does not necessarily involve a lawyer. This includes compliance, marketing, HR, secretarial,...

Legal Outsourcing In South Africa | ExigentOnSite

JOHANNESBURG, JANUARY 15, 2015: Exigent is delighted to announce that 2015 will see it opening its ninth office and the launch of a new legal services offering in Johannesburg,...

Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP and Exigent Group Limited Partner to Deliver Litigation Support and E-Discovery Solutions

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The Evolution Of Legal Services | Exigent

As law firms and corporations begin to embrace a new legal model and assess more effective ways to better serve their clients, they are constantly looking at new technologies...

How To Optimise Workflow Management With Exigent

At Exigent, we’ve been experts in delivering back office support to law firms for years but, in my view, many of our clients struggle to optimise the use of...

Exigent Sponsors The Exchange Los Angeles E-Discovery

Exigent Group Limited is one of the sponsoring partners for the leading interactive corporate e-discovery program series “The Exchange Los Angeles E-Discovery” to be held on the 9th and...

An Update On External Legal Service Providers | Exigent

CCCA and OBA presents Outsourcing Legal:  Changing landscape of external legal service providers Nov 27, 2014. This event, hosted by McCarthy Tetrault, included Alaine Grand, GC from Astra Zeneca, Rubsun Ho,...

Wayne Ramsay Joins Exigent’s Board Of Directors

Wayne has spent the last two years at Exigent delivering against ambitious goals that has included the complete restructuring of the IT environment globally and delivering continuous improvement in a...