Use A Slip Trigger in Timeslips To Capture Your Billable Costs
When creating a time entry slip, a related task - or related expense - might frequently happen together with that time entry. For example, if you are entering a time slip for the time it takes to file a motion, you may typically need to also enter an expense slip for...
Sage Timeslips 2018 Edition – The Highlights
This month Sage will release the latest edition of its popular Timeslips time and billing application, Timeslips 2018. Heading into its second year of having two different “flavors” of the product (Premium and Perpetual) - both now using the Firebird database - Sage...
Timeslips to TimeSolv-The Right Move for You?
Timeslips is an excellent billing application that is used by hundreds of our clients, and has been popular in law offices for many years. Some recent changes in the way Timeslips is being sold and supported by Sage (the licensor for Timeslips), however, has caused...
Launching a Process Change Project: Part 2
In last week’s post we discussed the importance of carefully reviewing the firm’s current processes and workflow before abandoning a software application for “the latest and greatest” new product. In this week’s post we review the activity that a firm would typically...
Launching a Process Change Project: Part 1
Clients often reach out to Crosspointe because they want to replace their billing, practice management, accounting, or document management software. The first question they ask is: "What is the best software out there for what I need?" The answer to that question is...
Sage Announces Changes to Timeslips Obsolescence Policy
In recent years, Sage has been actively supporting the current perpetual-license version of Timeslips, along with the two most recent versions. Recently, our Timeslips clients began to receive emails from Sage indicating that support for both Timeslips versions 2015...
What’s New With Timeslips
After a two-year hiatus, Timeslips consultants welcomed the opportunity to meet with management at a Timeslips Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on May 15th & 16th. During those two days, participants learned what we have with the present product and what we can...
ABA Ethics Opinion 99-413 Has Been Updated
You need to know this stuff! ABA Ethics Opinion 99-413 was issued in 1999. We are now in 2017 and the rules have changed. In general, the new Opinion 99-477 still allows lawyers to use unencrypted email when communicating routinely with clients. Law Firms are...
Optical Character Recognition Helps Find Hidden Data in Your Documents
For most law firms, files and documents are at the center of all work the firm performs. You are wasting valuable time on a daily basis if you can't find the right file exactly when you need it via search tools. A good Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system can...
Getting New (and Existing) Employees Off on the Right Foot
Recently an article posted by ADP contained eight suggestions for getting new employees acclimated into a firm’s culture. Item #6 promoted the importance of training. At Crosspointe, we’re all for that! Our consultants are often contacted only when software programs,...