As a follow up post to her recent article on Time Matters 13 and Watchdox, ELS partner Dana Riel interviewed Steve Fetters, the Senior Product...
Q & A Session with Lexis Regarding WatchDox
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Report from the 2014 ABA TechShow
I have now returned from the ABA TechShow in Chicago, have waded through the avalanche of papers that were distributed at the show (well, mostly...
Test Drive: Time Matters 13 & WatchDox – the New Client Portal?
One of the major features of Time Matters Version 13 is its new collaboration with WatchDox – a cloud-based file sharing service with advanced...
Report from LegalTech 2014
Here is a brief synopsis of last week’s LegalTech New York 2014, one of the most important legal technology trade shows: Jason Thomas of Thomas...
Products to Put Under your Tree
TechnoLawyer's popular TL NewsWire recently published their "Top 25 Products of 2013". Click here to review their list of the 25 top products for...
Lexis Feature Friday Webinar Recordings from Eastern Legal Systems Staff
As Certified Consultants for LexisNexis Time Matters and PCLaw for a number of years, Eastern Legal Systems has amassed a good bit of expertise in...
Review: TechnoLawyer Buyer’s Guide to Legal Billing Software
For those of you who do not know about TechnoLawyer (www.technolawyer.com), it is a great resource, comprised of lawyers talking to lawyers about...
Review: ABA Techshow 2013
For years my fellow legal technology consultants had been recommending this conference. Now that I’ve had my first time there, I’m hooked. The Law...
No More Excuses – New ABA Rules Require Lawyers to “Get With the (Tech) Program”
In August, 2011 the ABA House of Delegates adopted six new resolutions to amend the Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Among the...
Report from the Amicus Certified Consultant Conference
Gavel & Gown CEO Ron Collins presented an impressive set of new capabilities for the Gavel & Gown legal software product line at the...
Protecting Your Data: Are You Covered?
Tech professionals, consultants, back office personnel and most other computer users all acknowledge that backups of valuable data, computer files,...
Notice to Our Time Matters Customers
On February 11 LexisNexis, the manufacturer of the Time Matters practice management software application, issued a technical bulletin to its...
Impressions from LegalTech 2013
Here is a round up of our tour of the Exhibit Hall at last week’s LegalTech New York 2013, one of the most important legal technology trade shows....
A Hidden Gem in Time Matters?
The attorney was interested in saving emails in Time Matters but her face fell when I showed how it was done. “We are careful to save our emails as...
Who’s In–Who’s Out? Using the In/Out List in Time Matters
The young lady on the other end of the phone was trying to be helpful when I returned my client’s call. He was in… no, wait… perhaps he’d gone to a...
Time Matters and Hosted Exchange
Microsoft Exchange in the legal industry is growing very rapidly. Many firms, from the solo attorney to the multi-office firm, have or are turning...
Only three billable hours for the day? (Oh, wait– I replied to 53 e-mails)
As our professional and personal communication becomes ever more digital, sometimes there are days when we feel as though we're working hard, but...
Review: PCLaw Version 12 – The Time Entry Advisor
LexisNexis is proud to announce the release of PCLaw Version 12. So why upgrade, or consider this version? Because after participating in beta...
Time Matters 11.1 Is Available
After months of anticipation (and a lot of beta testing), LexisNexis is pleased to announce that Time Matters Version 11.1 (as opposed to Service...
Data, Reporting, Calculations, Oh My!
If you are a Time Matters power user or administrator, then you are fully aware of the features (or lack thereof) provided with the reporting...
You Bought the Software, Now What?
Okay, you have selected your case management or billing/accounting software, it has been purchased, delivered, installed and it is up and running....
And Now the News…
The annual LexisNexis Practice Management Conference may be over, but the news keeps coming! So this week we thought we’d bring you up to date: Time...
Solutions, Solutions… Which One is Best for My Firm?
As software consultants, we frequently talk to groups or individuals about the programs we support. Inevitably we are asked – “But which software...
Looking Down the Road with Time Matters
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We Need Your Input
LexisNexis, the creators of Time Matters and PC Law, are holding their annual Certified Independent Consultant (CIC) conference in Orlando, FL from...
We have a sunrise!
In 2009, LexisNexis announced that it would “sunset,” or discontinue support, for its Billing Matters software by the end of 2013. At that time,...
As the Clouds Roll In
I am casting my vote for “Cloud” as the leading candidate for “techie buzzword of the year.” Those of us in the industry who are old enough to have...
Making Timelines with Adobe Acrobat
Recently I received an interesting request from one of our clients: “Can you tell us how to create timelines that can be sent outside of the office...
Back up Your TM Database
The other day I met with a client who wanted to update hundreds of records. I recommended we first backup their Time Matters database. “I didn’t...
News from the Amicus Attorney Consultants’ Conference
Toronto was chilly but the news was hot from the Amicus Attorney Consultants’ Conference, where the plans for several ambitious new products were...