Category: Reporting & Analytics

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Matter Management

Specialized Practice Management Tools for Personal Injury Law Firms

Personal injury cases are complex and so, too, are the workflows involved in managing them. CARET Legal’s Suite’s end-to-end practice management platform is loaded with specialized tools that help personal injury firms streamline processes, increase productivity and maximize profitability. CARET Legal’s Settlement Management tools enable firms to efficiently manage settlement

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Matter Management

Top CARET Legal Releases of 2020

Each year, the CARET Legal development team releases hundreds of updates and dozens of new features to help law firms be more efficient and profitable. While it can be difficult to narrow down our list of favorites, CARET Legal users have spoken, and based on their feedback, we’re pleased to

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Billing, Payments & Accounting

Does Your Legal Tech Include Time Tracking and Billing Software for Lawyers?

Keeping track and recording billable time, especially after the fact, is time consuming. A law firm with attorneys, paralegals, and an administrative support staff might even spend too much time (and money) filling out billable time sheets and sending paper records to accounting. That’s where time and billing software can

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Matter Management

Year-End Needs a Fresh Start

It may not feel like it, but the end of the year is fast approaching! Between running reports for shareholders, generating 1099s for every vendor, and figuring out employee bonuses, there can be a lot to deal with and you don’t want to be scrambling to do it all at

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Law Firm Operations

Keeping Employees, Business Partners and Clients Honest

As more and more companies are implementing remote and hybrid work models, firms should review the checks and balances established in their internal procedures. Management has an obligation to administer relevant internal policies that will maintain the firm’s financial and professional integrity.

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Reporting & Analytics

Three-Way Trust Reconciliation Explained

Whether your state calls it an “IOLTA account” or an “ILTA account,” attorneys are responsible for any trust/escrow/IOLTA funds. Most bar associations require a three-way reconciliation of the IOLTA account. Depending on the software you use for managing your firm’s trust funds, this could be as simple as pressing a

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Law firm accounting
Billing, Payments & Accounting

Law Firm Accounting: It Is Not the Same!!!
(Part 2)

Last week, we explored several key elements of legal accounting that differ from general small business accounting, looking at cash basis vs. accrual, account types and costs advanced. In this article, we’ll explore trust accounting which is arguably the most intricate, and ultimately error-prone, component of legal accounting.

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