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Electronic Billing Enters the Mainstream
How to Ensure a Successful Launch for your Law Department
05.01.06 | Rick Levers, James Sheets, and Rob Thomas

What is driving the rapid adoption of ebilling in a profession that is notorious for slow acceptance of new technology? Savings and control. Law departments with ebilling report savings of 5 to 15 percent or more of their outside legal spending which, when compared to system costs of 1 percent or less, make a compelling business case. Law departments gain control by having instant access to what they are spending and where. Ebilling generates up-to-date reports with a couple of mouse clicks—a vast improvement over the fire drills traditionally triggered by queries from management, auditors, or the
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CHOOSING AN E-BILLING SYSTEM
Measure Twice, Cut Once
12.02.05 | Rob Thomas

Choosing electronic billing and matter management systems are among the most important technology decisions that a law department can make, with significant potential consequences— both positive and negative. The old carpenters’ adage, “measure twice, cut once,” also applies to taking the time to conduct careful due diligence in this area. In other words, it’s better to ask the hard questions now than to have to answer them later when things aren’t going well. ■ open

E-BILLING: FRIEND OR FOE?
What you should know about the newest trend in legal billing
09.01.05 | Brett Burney

Just as e-mail has become an electronic replacement for a pen and paper note, electronic billing, the paperless automation of sending the bill to a client, is becoming an alternative for generating a detailed paper invoice. Most of the time, however, no real bill actually is sent. E-billing is more of a process for sharing data between a law firm and a client. If your firm is not submitting electronic bills, chances are you are using some kind of software to generate bills before printing them out on paper and snail mailing them to the client — an extra and unnecessary step. ■ open