Billing, Payments & Accounting

Best Practices for Billable Hours: How to Bill Time in Your Law Firm

March 12, 2021

Firms that embrace technology work smarter, outpace their competition, and maximize billable hours.

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Law Firm Operations

Hanging Out A Shingle: Is It Better to Start with Practice Management Software or Select a Solution Once a Firm is Well Established?

February 25, 2021

Congratulations! You have decided, either as an individual or with a group of colleagues, to open your own law firm. There is a lot to do and many choices to be made. Everything from office location, firm name, domain name, business cards, internet and phone services to computers (Windows or

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Reporting & Analytics

CARET Legal Feature Spotlight: Vendor Reports

February 23, 2021

Law firms work with dozens, or even hundreds, of different vendors each month. Without the right tools, tracking all of the contracts, invoices and tax information for these companies can be a full time job. CARET Legal’s robust vendor management tools help firms efficiently manage all invoices and outgoing payments

Billing, Payments & Accounting

CARET Legal Feature Spotlight: Split Billing

January 26, 2021

CARET Legal’s Split Billing Feature allows users to divide the invoiced amount for services and expenses on a singular matter between multiple parties. Users can set unique rates for each client and split percentages independently for fees and costs. Once Split Billing has been configured on the Matter-level, users can

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Document Management

Ask the Experts: What Will the Legal Industry Look Like in 2021?

January 8, 2021

Goodbye 2020 and hello to 2021! As we kick off a new year, we asked some of our partners to make some predictions on what we can expect to see across the legal industry in 2021.

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Matter Management

Top CARET Legal Releases of 2020

December 31, 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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Law Firm Operations

Ask the Experts: How Was the Legal Industry Transformed in 2020?

December 16, 2020

It’s safe to say that 2020 threw us all a curveball. Despite the hardships this year brought, the legal industry rose to the challenge, adapting operations and offering new services to help clients through these unprecedented times. We asked CARET Legal partners to share some of the trends they witnessed

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Law Firm Operations

Controlling Receivables

December 8, 2020

Controlling receivables directly affects a firm’s financial health. Therefore, it is imperative that a law firm has an organized and detailed method for collecting client payments in a timely manner.

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Matter Management

Stuck in Neutral: Five Reasons Firms Fail to Scale

November 23, 2020

Has your firm’s growth stalled? Are you struggling to scale your operations or your team?

It’s often hard to pinpoint one reason why a firm seems to be stuck in neutral, cruising along but not accelerating. The cause is often a combination of things ranging from ineffective teams and poor

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Best Practices for Billable Hours: How to Bill Time in Your Law Firm

Hanging Out A Shingle: Is It Better to Start with Practice Management Software or Select a Solution Once a Firm is Well Established?

CARET Legal Feature Spotlight: Vendor Reports

CARET Legal Feature Spotlight: Split Billing

Ask the Experts: What Will the Legal Industry Look Like in 2021?

Top CARET Legal Releases of 2020

Ask the Experts: How Was the Legal Industry Transformed in 2020?

Controlling Receivables

Stuck in Neutral: Five Reasons Firms Fail to Scale

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