Topic
Billing
411 published works
Horizons
Time Tracking for Accountants: How Time and Billing Software Improves Revenue, Resource Allocation, and Profitability
Accounting firm automation — particularly in the realm of timekeeping — is on the rise. When firms deploy automated time tracking software, they’re better positioned to streamline processes that directly…
Bill 4 Time Blog
How Customers Shaped Our New Electronic Retainers in Bill4Time Payments
When it comes to product development, one thing is certain, customer feedback is our guiding star. As product manager it’s my responsibility to listen to that feedback to ensure we…
The Lawyer's Lawyer
Mile High Profits
By Irwin Kramer
Q. I regularly fly to depositions for a client that pays for my time in transit. If I work on another client's case during the flight, may I bill that…
Legal Profession Blog
False Billing To Secure Bonus Alleged
The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint alleging that a law firm associate falsely reported the hours he had worked on an inmate's civil rights case to which his firm…
Horizons
Ensuring Billing Compliance and Accurate Timekeeping with AI
To maintain strong client relationships, firms must ensure that they comply with all billing and outside counsel guidelines (OCGs); however, following through with these agreements can prove difficult, and numerous…
Lawyer Meltdown
5 Ways to Improve Cash Flow
Are you happy with your firm’s cash flow? Your billing and collections practices can have a major impact on your law firm’s cash flow. Here are five ways to improve…
In-House Ops
The Billable Hour – Friend, Foe or Fiendish Survivor?
By In-House Ops
Maybe all of the above – and more. So writes Zena Applebaum, national director of market insights & engagement for legal, tax & accounting at Thomson Reuters, in a guest…
Bill 4 Time Blog
Attorney Billing Mistakes: How To Fix Poor Habits
Almost 75 percent of small businesses make mistakes on their invoices. According to GetApp Research, the majority of small businesses admit that ‘errors are made in their invoicing.” Respondents confessed to…
Legal Profession Blog
Billing Misconduct Sanction Increased
The full Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court increased a single justice's six-month suspension and imposed a two-year suspension as proposed by the Board of Bar Overseers.In a disciplinary case involving intentional…
Legal Profession Blog
Second Remand In Billing Litigation
The Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed and reversed in part a judgment in favor of an attorney in a suit brought by a former clientThis appeal involves a fraud claim…