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The main challenge law firms face with e-billing is the way in which they record their time, according to a report.
Modernisation reforms under fire & behind schedule
Lord Burnett, the Lord Chief Justice, has spoken out against the government for allowing the court estate to fall into disrepair.
The right to privacy does not exist in the online ‘wild west’, the Joint Committee on Human Rights has concluded. 
More than a third of divorce applications are now being made online, but the whole process takes just as long as before due to a shortage of resources in the family court.
The court system is ‘in administrative chaos, with serious staff shortages threatening to compromise the fairness of proceedings’, according to evidence given to MPs on the court and tribunal modernisation programme.
With a general election approaching, taking back control of your browser data is essential, say Moga Moodley & Malcolm Dowden
Dan Reed reports on the brave new world of enterprise legal services
A solicitor is refusing to display the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) digital badge on the grounds it is an ‘illegal gimmick’ and fails to comply with data protection laws. 
Half of law firms do not understand the money laundering risks facing them, according to research from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. 
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Pensions litigation team announces senior associate hire

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Firm appoints new chief financial officer

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman

Social purpose firm announces director hire plus eight promotions

NEWS
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work
Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ
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