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On the weekend of June 2nd, Neesons hosted a Legal Hackathon that brought together several hundred programmers, software designers, lawyers, and other interested parties. A dozen teams formed on Friday night and the coding began!

Teams were provided with several possible challenges including improving automated transcription, using AI to streamline document review, creating a system to pro-actively monitor file status, and a wildcard – anything they could think of that would improve the legal industry.

For three days last month, the WannaCry ransomware cyberattack spread across the globe with chilling speed. From Friday May 12^th to Monday May 15^th, it infected over 230,000 computers worldwide. The attack worked by locking files on the computers and displaying a ”ransom note” requesting a sizeable payment in Bitcoin crypto-currency to unlock them.

On May 26^th 2017, lawyers and professionals from over 100 firms gathered in person and online for the Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association’s (OTLA) Long Term Disability Conference.

The conference is an opportunity for members of OTLA to network, learn from industry innovators, and receive credit for professional development.

Practice management software that tracks cases, contacts, due dates and calendars has been a staple of legal technology for several decades. Programs like Toronto’s own Amicus Attorney, Time Matters, Practice Master, and Abacus have loyal followings.

LexCloud.ca, Canada’s leading Cloud IT provider for law firms, is proud to announce that we have been awarded membership in the Tier 1 Direct Partner in the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Program. This program is designed to enable a select group of partners who have demonstrated the ability to provide full end-to-end solutions to their clients, to directly provide and integrate Microsoft’s Cloud offering, including Office 365 and Azure, with their core product.