Who's buying what

London-based Cumberland Ellis Peirs has become the first law firm to buy Open Orchard's new Internet and e-mail management tool, Ensure Legal.

The product allows firms to define best practice policy for the use of e-mail and the Web.

Open Orchard is part of BT.

Cumberland intends to use Ensure Legal to set policies encompassing generic e-mail usage through to requiring that e-mails to certain parties be encrypted or digitally signed.

It will also use the product to certify that Chinese walls are in place for the relevant periods, e-mails from trainees are checked, and team leaders copied in or given access to all e-mails sent and received by their team.

City firm CMS Cameron McKenna is investing 500,000 with Comunica to upgrade its internal communications.

The new network has increased bandwidth, reduced downtime, and provided faster communications speeds.

Replacing the firm's old LAN infrastructure, it is based on Extreme technology, utilising BlackDiamond 6800 series in the core with Summit7i and Summit48i switches.

The deal includes a six-figure support contract.

Pinsent Curtis Biddle is the latest large national firm to deploy Fretwell-Downing Informatics' OLIB7 library management system.

It covers all aspects of library management from serials controls to financial management.

Pinsents' national information manager, Vicky Foster, said the software allowed the firm to have greater control over the library budget and greater accuracy in analysing its purchasing trends.

Top 15 firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has rolled out HotDocs to all fee-earners after the launch of the latest version.

Provider Capsoft said HotDocs 6 has more powerful template authoring tools, while the assembly process is easier for end users.

The new user interface allows users to preview documents during the assembly process, as well as allowing interactive on-line help to be viewed during assembly.

HotDocs 6 also includes a module which allows the automation and generation of PDF documents.

Timeslice has picked up three clients for its LAWMAN practice and case management software: Newport firm Loosemores (for conveyancing, personal injury and family work), Bromiley Holcroft in Southport (for personal injury), and on-line conveyancing firm CBA Law in Ipswich, which is an arm of Ross Coates Solicitors.