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Home Daily News PracticePanther and Bill4Time combine to… Law Practice Management By Jason Tashea Posted February 21, 2019, 9:05 am CST Practice management software company PracticePanther and billing software company Bill4Time are combining to become ASG LegalTech. The announcement was made Thursday by Alpine SG, the parent company of ASG LegalTech, which acquired PracticePanther in 2018 and Bill4Time in 2017. “Law firms are increasingly adopting the use of technology and realizing its positive impact on increased lead generation and streamlined case management and billing,” said Mark Strauch, Chairman of ASG in a statement. “Operating together as ASG LegalTech will enable these teams to maintain the power of both individual brands while sharing resources, talent and best practices to strengthen the collective whole.” This mashup comes a few months after Clio, another practice management software company, announced its acquisition of Lexicata, a … [Read more...] about PracticePanther and Bill4Time combine to become ASG LegalTech

Home Daily News Here's the lowdown on time-tracking software… Legal Technology By Nicole Black Posted April 24, 2018, 8:30 am CDT For many lawyers, capturing billable time is the bane of their existence. It’s a tedious endeavor for attorneys who bill by the hour, but it’s a necessary evil. After all, if you don’t accurately track your time, you won’t get paid for your work. In the old days, billable time was tracked on paper time sheets, followed by a lengthy back-and-forth exchange with an administrative assistant. Weeks later, after multiple revisions, the billable time would be manually entered into the firm’s billing system. It wasn’t a very efficient process, but it was the only one available. Even now as lawyers, we’re always told that in order to accurately track time, we should record billable activities as soon as they occur. Unfortunately, prior to the advent of mobile billing technologies, that wasn’t always a realistic … [Read more...] about Here’s the lowdown on time-tracking software for lawyers

Home Daily News Some choices for legal billing software that… Legal Technology By Nicole Black Posted June 28, 2018, 7:10 am CDT Nicole Black Efficient and accurate legal billing is essential for law firms. After all, if you don’t invoice your clients, you won’t get paid. That’s why, according to the American Bar Association’s 2017 Legal Technology Survey Report, legal billing software is used by the majority of law firms: 81 percent of respondents reported that their firms made time and billing software available, and 70 percent made electronic billing software available for use. In a prior column, I discussed time-tracking software options for law firms and promised that I’d address legal billing and electronic payment software later. For those interested in researching legal billing software options, that time has come, and in this column I’ll provide an overview of the cloud-based legal billing software. Those of you seeking information … [Read more...] about Some choices for legal billing software that really pay off