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New TimeNet Law Pricing

Post author By Perry
Post date September 12, 2017

TimeNet Law 1.0 was officially released in September, 2004. Over the past 13 years, it has been our pleasure to create and continually improve a beautiful, powerful software solution for attorneys wanting to run their law firm on Mac. We want to thank all of you for your continued support. We wouldn’t be here without you!

TimeNet Law 1.0

One Click Billing from the Beginning

We just released a new TimeNet Law update — our 115th update, to be exact! We’ve come a long way since 1.0, and there’s still a lot more we want to do.

In order to continue providing you with great new updates and support, new TimeNet Law pricing will begin on September 25th, 2017. This will help us remain sustainable moving forward, and we have some great updates in the pipeline. More on that soon! We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on.

The last time we changed TimeNet Law pricing was over six and a half years ago, on February 15th, 2011. Since then, we’ve released dozens of updates and strived to uphold our standard of delivering excellent support.

We work hard to provide excellent quality and value in all of our products. One way we do this is by offering world-class business software with no monthly fees. We are continuing with our vision — your software is always yours to keep forever.

Our update and support plan policy remains the same:

TimeNet Law is a one-time purchase! We do not charge monthly fees, and you’ll get free updates and priority support for one year. When the year is up, you can renew your license for another year of updates and priority support, or you can continue to use your old version — it’s yours to keep forever.

Any modules purchased for your firm only need to be purchased once, and will be available to all copies of TimeNet Law running on your network.

We will also continue to provide discounts for pro bono law firms, non-profit organizations, and students. Just get in touch!

In order to continue offering great software, great support, and great updates, we need to make sure we remain sustainable. Because we do not want to charge you monthly, we occasionally may need to increase the price of TimeNet Law in accordance with inflation. Computers, internet services, development software, and many other required supplies for the development of TimeNet Law are all more expensive now than they were a year ago.

New Pricing Details

PACKAGES
TimeNet Law Basic Package: $299
TimeNet Law Complete Package: $599
TimeNet Law Gold Package: $899

ADDITIONAL LICENSES AND RENEWALS
License Renewal: $119/ea (bulk discounts available)
Additional License: $279/ea (bulk discounts available)

MODULES
Accounting Module: $199
Reporting Module: $179
Task Code Module: $229
Control Center Module: $249

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Here’s to another 13 years!

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TimeNet Law 2.9.8 is Ready!

Post author By Perry
Post date September 11, 2017

TimeNet Law 2.9.8 is here! This update includes over 70 new features, fixes and refinements! Let’s jump in and take a look at what’s new.

The first thing you’ll notice is many refinements to the user interface, including the main window, Accounts window, Matter window, and Payment Center. This is just a hint of what’s to come, as we gear up for the TimeNet Law 3.0 redesign.

The Payment Center has been redesigned to be cleaner and easier to use. Larger retainer buttons make it easier to see at a glance which accounts have funds in them. And working with payments is easier than ever, because you can now double-click a payment or retainer deposit to see all of its details, and even make edits.

Working with matters is now better than ever. This update includes big performance improvements when opening and saving large matters, and a new toolbar shortcut lets you quickly see and edit the client’s contact information. Select an invoice from the invoices drawer and all slips from that invoice will be darkened so you can easily see which slips are from which invoice.

The Accounts window adds new automatic accounts:

Accounts Receivable

Trust

Escrow

UAC

See your law firm’s complete financial picture in one simple view. You can still include client payments in any account as well, so all of your accounting is integrated automatically.

Reports have been improved with an even faster engine, and now all report filter settings are saved between sessions, so when you close a report and re-open it, or any other report, your date, client, and timekeeper filters will be remembered. Report window interfaces have also been improved, and saving and loading presets has been added to a number of other reports. There is also a new Tax Report that lets you easily see how much money in taxes you’ve collected in any given time period. Your accounting just got a whole lot easier.

Invoicing has been improved as well. Design refinements to invoice layouts, new customizable label options, the ability to customize how invoice files are named, and One Click Billing improvements all mean better, more flexible invoicing for your law firm.

There’s lots more to discover. See the complete release notes below!

Release Notes

New Features

Many interface improvements throughout the software
Big performance increase when initially loading large databases
Add Slips > New customizable global keyboard shortcut for Add Slips window
Add Slips > Easily select a client by clicking the word “Client”
Add Slips > New option enable or disable clearing text fields after adding the slip
Quick Entries can now have amount OR time defaults for easy slip blueprinting
Improvements to Late Fee engine
Billing Center now defaults to One Click Billing

Matter Window

Selecting an invoice from the invoices drawer highlights the slips from that invoice
Double-clicking an invoice from the invoices drawer re-issues the invoice
New toolbar button to quickly show client contact info, with shortcut to edit client
Big performance improvements when opening and saving large matters
Big performance improvements when opening matters with lots of notes

Payment Center

New cleaner design
Can now edit payments and deposits by double-clicking them
Performance increase with large clients and matters
Show Inactive Matters option

Reports

New Tax Report
Interface improvements for Reports
Reports now remember date and other filter settings between sessions
Payment Received Report and Credit Allocation Report now let you save report presets
New Reset Filters option to quickly reset report filters back to default
Generating Slip Report > Ability to show or hide slip notes
Generating Slip Report > Ability to customize title of report
Slip Report > Hold Option and double-click an entry to edit that slip

Invoicing

Improvements to invoice design
New option to customize “Required Replenishment” label on invoices
New option to customize “Non-Billable Hours” label on invoices
New option to customize “Required Replenishment” label on invoices
One Click Billing now creates condensed statements for matters with no new activity but an outstanding balances
New option to customize how invoice files are named
ABK Payments now show as “Payment from Retainer” on invoices, rather than just “Payment”

Accounts

New Accounts Receivable account automatically pulls all A/R from clients
New Trust, Escrow and UAC accounts automatically show all retainer activity from clients
“Include Client Payments” option now excludes retainer activity
Retainer activity is shown in the automatic retainer accounts

TimeNet Law Control Center

Improved UI
Lockdown feature to keep open but require password again
Automatic lockdown after 3 minutes of inactivity
Dramatically faster loading of large audit databases
Audit entries are now displayed newest to oldest
Faster sorting

Bug Fixes

Data backup engine improvements
Fixed an issue with retainer replenishment requests
Fixed database issues
Fixed an issue with flat hourly rates and One Click Billing
Fixed an issue where Previous Balances and ABK Payments
Fixed an issue with Client Report Presets failing to save
Fixed an issue with overriding conflicts
Fixed an issue with Revenue Allocation Report calculations
Fixed an issue with printed Revenue Allocation Report header
Fixed an issue with QuickTimer Global Shortcut and certain keys
Bulk Billing > Balance Forward > All Matters > Previous Balance calculation is incorrect
Fixed an isolated issue with reports, late fees, and other calculations showing +/- a few cents

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TimeNet Law 2.9.7 is Available Now!

Post author By Perry
Post date July 11, 2017

TimeNet Law 2.9.7 is here! This update includes over 50 new features, fixes and refinements!

Release Notes

NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS

Interface improvements
Big Performance improvements in Payment Center, One Click Billing, Conflict Checking, Reports
New “Latest Activity” column can be shown in main window to sort clients and matters by recent activity
Customizable email body text for automatically emailed invoices
Improvements to invoice layout, margins, and wording
Improvements to Conflict of Interest checker
Conflict Checking is now more aggressive. Conflicts may now appear that didn’t before, but you can manually waive them
Invoices can now show a custom label for Late Fees (for example, “Interest”)
Footers can now appear on the bottom of every page on multi-page invoices
One Click Billing summaries can now be recalled at any time after billing (Report > One Click Billing Summary)
Flat Fees can Expenses can now have up to four decimal places (i.e. 0.535 for 53.5 cents per mile)
Statements can now exclude full invoice history for a simplified look
Statements now have a date filter for showing Payment and Retainer activity
Matter windows can now show a column for Slip Notes
New Client setting to only charge late fees after a specific date
Custom currency symbols can now be entered
Retainer Funds In Funds and Out Report can now show or hide “Withdrawals”
Improvements on LEDES invoices and the BILLING_END_DATE parameter

FIXES

Fixed an issue with creating a draft invoice immediately followed by a final invoice
Fixed an issue where copying and pasting text didn’t immediately show spelling errors
Fixed an issue with the Revenue Allocation Report
Fixed an issue with the Previous Balance shown on re-issued invoices
Fixed an issue with the date filter for Payment and Retainer activity in One Click Billing
Fixed an issue where slips might not sort chronologically when using One Click Billing
Fixed an issue with foreign currency symbols
Fixed an issue with post dated retainer payments
Fixed an issue with Database Shortcuts not saving properly
Fixed an issue with Control Center’s read-only slip permission setting

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TimeNet Law 2.9.6 is Available Now!

Post author By Perry
Post date September 6, 2016

TimeNet Law 2.9.6 is ready to go! This update includes over 75 new features, fixes and enhancements!

We focused on fixing issues, improving stability, and refining the interface in every window to make TimeNet Law easier, faster, and more fun to use. See all the details below.

The new Main Window makes it easier than ever to make new clients and matters, and quickly add slips:

The new Matter Window makes important information more clear and concise:

One Click Billing just got even better. Now, matters with no new activity but a remaining balance due will be automatically re-issued alongside your new billing:

Categories can now show their own custom logos, headers, and footers on invoices:

The new QuickTimer makes it easier than ever to quickly start timing a task. The global shortcut lets you create a QuickTimer from any application, and you can even create a new matter right from the QuickTimer window:

New shortcuts make it easy to change settings on the fly:

The Manual found under Help > TimeNet Law Manual has also been overhauled to include more detailed information and make things more concise.

Read on below for the complete release notes.

Full Release Notes

Dozens of refinements and improvements have been made to the interface – cleaner, sleeker, easier
Multi-step processes have been streamlined – new prompts and guides help you get your work done faster
One Click Billing now includes matters that have no new activity, but a previous outstanding balance. Those invoices will automatically be re-issued alongside the new billing
The toolbar in the Main Window has been redesigned to be more intuitive and give you more shortcuts
The toolbar in the Matter Window has been redesigned to be more intuitive and give you more shortcuts
When entering time anywhere in the program, you can now click the Time field/button to quickly switch between entering time in Tenths (1.5 hours) or h : mm : ss (1:30:00)
When entering time anywhere in the program, a new up/down arrow control allows you to quickly adjust your time with just a click
The Menu Bar Widget in the righthand-side of your menubar now has more shortcuts and options
New QuickTimer makes it easier and faster than ever to create a new timer and track your time. A global shortcut creates a new QuickTimer that instantly begins timing your task. Enter the details, select a client and matter, and you’re done. You can even create a new matter right from the QuickTimer window
When editing Timekeeper rates in Preferences, you can select an hourly rate and use the new Set Selected Rate as Default option to set that rate as the default timekeeper rate for all clients and matters
Add Slips window has been improved to be more efficient
You can create a new matter right from the Add Slips window
When doing a draft invoice, you can now quickly finalize the invoice from the same window without having to re-open the Create Invoice window
Client Categories can show custom headers, footers, and logos on invoices
Added a Category filter to all reports so you can easily see totals and amounts for just a specific category of clients
Improvements to Payment Center when working with split billing invoices and payments
Invoices can now be generated in PDF or HTML at your preference
New function in Matter Window to revert all rounded time back to actual unrounded time
New option to allow multiple timers at once (must be enabled in Preferences)
When changing default Timekeeper Rates at the client-level, you can update all existing matters to adopt the new defaults and update any unbilled slips to the new default rate
Country field for clients and parties
QuickSearch now lets you specify Parties as the search scope
You can now import slips from raw text by separating columns with double-commas (,,)
The manual found under the Help menu has been revamped to include more detailed information and make things more concise
Automatic Backup now lets you choose where to save your backups
When changing a party’s name in Matter Settings, any payments previously made by that party will be updated to reflect the party’s new name
Changing a timekeeper hourly rate in global Preferences properly updates all client and matter default rate settings
Fixed an issue when a timekeeper hd multiple rates with the same hourly rate but different labels
Fixed issues with spell checker not loading, not learning new words, or causing repeated error messages
Fixed issue with split billing invoices that charge tax
Fixed issue with applying payments to split billing invoices
Fixed issue where changing split billing payment percentages could erroneously affect previous invoices
Fixed issue where Credit Allocation Report and Payments Received Report wouldn’t sort clients by last name when Sort by Last Name is enabled
Fixed issues with Add Slips window
Fixed issue with PDF page sizing
Fixed issue with Timekeeper Report and filtering by matters with certain characters in their name
Fixed issue with rate One Click Billing bug
Fixed issue with invoices not showing total time if all of the time is set to No Charge
Fixed issue with invoices not always showing the proper currency symbol when set to a foreign currency
Fixed issue with customizing columns in the Client Report
Fixed rare issue with Balance Forward on invoices
Fixed issue where Automatic Bookkeeper sometimes wouldn’t pay off the tax portion of invoices
Fixed issue with Timekeeper Report and Discounts applied to Expenses
Fixed popups that didn’t show clients or parties in alphabetical order
Fixed a rare issue where Matter Trust, Matter Escrow, or Matter UAC sometimes wouldn’t show up in the Credit Allocation Report
Many more fixes and refinements to improve stability and performance

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TimeNet Law 2.9.5 is Here!

Post author By Perry
Post date April 27, 2016

TimeNet Law 2.9.5 is ready! This update includes over 40 new features, fixes and enhancements.

The database engine has been retooled to improve reliability in networked environments, as well as providing massively improved performance with larger databases. Loading data, invoicing, running reports, and many other tasks are now much faster.

Read on below for the complete release notes.

Full Release Notes

The database engine has been retooled to provide massive performance increases with larger databases. Loading data, invoicing, running reports, and many other tasks are all MUCH FASTER
Reliability improvements in networked environments
Client Statements are now generated as PDF
Client Statements can now show full payment details
Additional invoice creation settings are now remembered
New option in Trust, Escrow and UAC to show clients with any account activity, even if their current retainer balance is 0.00
Creating an invoice in the matter window when there is no new unbilled work will automatically re-issue the client’s last invoice
Improvements to invoice printout, rendering, page breaks
New Control Center permission settings per user: show/hide dollar amounts, show/hide additional charge & flat fee slips
Improvements to Automatic Bookkeeper
It is now easier to add a Balance Forward when creating a new matter
Improvements to Balance Forward features
New option, “Opposing Party” added to Party Roles presets
Party Status now defaults to Associated instead of Neutral
New option to use a separate “Bill To” name and address in client settings. When the settings is used, the client name/address and the separate Bill To name/address will both be shown on invoices
Many UI fixes and improvements
Fixed an issue with rounding issues and large numbers
Fixed an issue with Accounts transactions that were billed to a client
Fixed an issue with the Add Slips window
Fixed an issue with stopping the timer from the slip details window
Fixed an issue with importing slips from Calendar
Fixed issues with split billing and party addressing
Fixed an issue with the Matter Number field and certain characters saving improperly
Fixed issues with invoice printing and running reports for clients with certain characters used in their name or matter information
Fixed an issue where emailed invoices might appear as broken attachments in email viewer
Fixed an issue where invoices mailed to multiple email addresses for a single client may have been emailed to the same address twice
Fixed an issue where the return key wasn’t working in the Additional Charge Slip window

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TimeNet Law 2.9.4 Has Been Released

Post author By Perry
Post date December 10, 2015

New features, bug fixes, UI improvements. Read below for full release notes.

Full Release Notes

Full calculator on all number fields (eg, type “10 + 39” or “10% of $2739” and have the calculation automatically inserted)
Ability to easily add a “balance forward” when creating a new matter
Auto-complete fields are now much nicer
When applying retainer payments, you can specify payment details (for example, Check and Check #) of the payment coming out of retainer
Fast database switching — ability to create names and shortcuts to multiple TimeNet Law Databases for easily switching back and forth
Improvements to invoice heading sections
Fixed an issue with the Timekeeper Report’s Timekeeper A/R calculation under rare conditions
Fixed headers on reports when using date filters
Fixed an issue with automatic backup causing bug reports
Fixed an issue with TimeNet Law freezing on some computers on waking up from sleep
Additional bug fixes, UI and performance improvements

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TimeNet Law 2.9.3 is Available!

Post author By Perry
Post date October 16, 2015

Over 25 fantastic new features and improvements, including some great bulk billing enhancements! Let’s take a look at some of the new features.

Building and Saving Custom Reports

Now TimeNet Law lets you save as many Client Report presets as you’d like, to quickly access them later. For example, configure a report from Last Month, for clients in a specific state, with the seven relevant columns of information you need to view. Save this report, and quickly recall it later.

New Bulk Billing Summary

After finishing a Bulk Billing cycle, TimeNet Law will show a concise summary of your billing. Know how many clients were billed, how many invoices were generated, and how much was transferred from retainers to pay invoices.

Automatically Recurring Fees

If you need to bill with a recurring flat fee, TimeNet Law makes it easy. Simply set any matter to include a recurring fee, and a new fee will be automatically added after each billing cycle.

Invoices Saved as PDF with Customizable Headers

TimeNet Law now saves invoices as PDF by default. Big improvements have been made to margins, content cutoff, customizable headers (such as page number and invoice number), and bulk printing.

Flat Fee Items on the Fly

TimeNet Law has always allowed you to track common flat fee items through the Flat Fee Items section in Preferences, but now you can add flat fee items on the fly from within a matter. This makes it easy to track flat fees with varying prices and labels quickly.

Easily Bill All Matters on One Invoice

With TimeNet Law you can include multiple matters on one invoice. Previously, you would do this by grouping the matters together. This is still an option, and is handy feature. But what if you just want to quickly bill ALL matters on one invoice, and don’t need to split matters into multiple groups?

Now, you can easily designate a Master Matter to include ALL MATTERS when billing:

Full Release Notes

Client Report settings can now be saved with custom names
New Bulk Billing Summary shows details of bulk billing
Invoices are now created as PDF by default
Options to customize headers on each page of invoice
Flat Fee Items can now be added on the fly (no need to enter them in Preferences first)
Time of Day field for timekeeper slips — automatically added, and can be edited. You can show or hide the Time of Day Column in Matter windows and the Slip Analysis Report
Fixed issues with bulk billing printing creating blank pages
Improved the header and footer on invoices
Improved margins and spacing when printing invoices
Improved emailing of invoices during bulk billing
Option to show Matter Number on Client Statements
Option to set the default slip type in Matter Settings (Billable, For My Eyes Only, No Charge)
Option to include an automatically recurring fee on each invoice in Matter Settings
Improved Payment History options when creating or re-issuing invoices
New Payments Received Report
Improvements to Credit Allocation Report
Matter Numbers are now shown in the Client Code column of the main window (View > Show Client Code/Matter Number Column)
Additional Charge slips have improved auto-complete
Option to include a custom Re-Issue Date when re-issuing invoices
Joint invoices (multiple matters on one invoice) no longer require grouping matters together. The Master Matter can be set to include ALL MATTERS
Joint invoice layout improvements
UI and Data Entry Improvements
Fixed an issue with matters that had ampersands (&) in their name
Fixed an issue with moving slips to another matter
Fixed an issue with Personal Assistant reminders
Fixed an issue with Timekeeper Report calculations and contingency matters
UI Fixes for El Capitan
Additional bug fixes, interface and stability improvements

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TimeNet Law 2.9 is Now Available!

Post author By Perry
Post date June 8, 2015

TimeNet Law has been rewritten to be faster, leaner, and more stable. This update brings a number of new features and enhancements, and ensures compatibility with the latest OS X technologies.

Release Notes

Performance – everything from running reports, bulk billing and syncing over a network to working with large databases or large matters is up to 80% faster.
New Conflict of Interest checking engine. Faster, with a better detailed report. Matter parties are now included in conflict checks.
Accounting section lets you specify different currency symbols for accounts.
“Last Month” has been added as a date filter shortcut in reports.
Ledger History now always sorts payments by date.
Trust, Escrow and Unapplied Credits now show a detailed Ledger History.
Re-Issuing invoices no longer changes the invoiced date. Instead, there is an option to show the date the invoice was reprinted
Printed reports have improved titles.
Improvements with syncing and networking.
Fixed an issue with emailing invoices where the body of the message might say “this message has no content”.
Bulk invoices and statements are now named Last Name, First Name if the “Sort by Last Name” option is enabled.
Additional improvements to bulk billing engine.
Fixed an issue with using Firefox or Chrome as your default web browser.
Fixed issues with Split Billing.
Many more bug fixes and UI improvements.

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TimeNet Law 2.8.7 is Available Now!

Post author By Perry
Post date July 16, 2014

TimeNet Law 2.8.7 is now available! This update brings over 40 new features and improvements! Read on for complete release notes.

Version 2.8.7 – Release Notes

[NEW FEATURES]
Payment Center
– Improvements to interface
– Faster performance with large clients
– Faster reloading of large clients after applying or deleting payments
– The ability to delete multiple payments at once
– Can now delete payments from the Trust/Escrow/UAC detail view window
– Can now delete deposits to matter Trust/Escrow/UAC without selecting the matter first
– Improvements to the View & Delete Payments section and how totals are shown

– Accounting Center can now link Client Accounts to any internal Accounting Center account
– Deposits to withdrawals, refunds, and payments applied to invoices will be reflected in your internal accounting

– Dates are now validated when being entered into the system to prevent typos or other issues
– Write Offs are broken down by Fees and Disbursements in Client Report and Credit Report
– Can now show a textual header and a logo at the same time on invoices
– Option to show Check # or other payment details on invoice payment history
– New option to import slips from a spreadsheet directly into a matter
– Quickly insert the time of day into any field with the “Insert Time” function in the Edit Menu
– On split billing matters, Additional Charge slips can now only be charged to a specific party
– Ability to control the timer from the dock
– Dock icon now shows the time of the currently running timer
– New Automatic Bookkeeper feature: Hold Transfers. This will show presumed payments coming out of retainer on invoices, but will not actually transfer any funds.
– TimeNet Law can now track idle time while the timer is running, and can offer to deduct the idle time
– Date of Birth field in client info window (optional)
– Can now set the font used specifically for the firm identity/textual header on invoices
– Ability to show Client ID and Client Code with Print Client Labels
– Ability to export client labels
– New shortcut to edit invoice late fees from the invoice drawer
– Matter Linking — any change made to one matter is automatically made to another. Useful for split billing between multiple clients.
– Credit Report now shows dates for deposits to retainer accounts

[FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS]
– Improvements to report performance and calculations
– Improvements to split billing matter invoicing
– Improvements to the way data is written and read
– Various improvements to system performance and user interface
– Fixed an issue where Billing Center’s Bill Work in Progress section could result in a crash
– Improvements to permission settings when TimeNet Law is used with TimeNet Law Control Center module
– Sort Clients by Last Name option now sorts client by last name in all client lists, not just the main window
– Deposits and Payments listed on invoices are now always sorted in date order
– The Edit > Add Slips function has been improved and streamlined
– Improvements to importing iCal/Calendar events into matters
– Improvements to client filtering in the main window by category, search term, etc
– The TimeNet Law menubar timer no longer flashes red when timing — now shows a solid green color to be less distracting
– Fixed an issue where some clients would not appear with Print Client Labels
– Fixed an issue with rounding time to nearest 10 minutes
– Fixed an issue with % Discount labels on invoices
– Improvements to discounts and Automatic Bookkeeper Payments
– Improved client’s address display on invoices

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