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TimeNet Law 2.9.8 is Ready!

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.

Payment Center

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.

Matter

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.

Accounts

 

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!

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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macOS Sierra Compatibility Report


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With Apple’s new Mac OS update, macOS Sierra (RIP “Mac OS X”), here’s the status on all of our products.

TimeNet Law
TimeNet Law 2.8.6 and newer fully compatible.

TimeNet
TimeNet 4.0 and newer fully compatible.

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Master of My Domain 1.6 and newer fully compatible.

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TimeNet Law 2.9.6 is Available Now!

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

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:

One Click Billing

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

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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:

QuickTimer

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

Time Entry Shortcut

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!

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

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 4.3 Released

TimeNet 4TimeNet 4.3 is now available!

    TimeNet 4 requires OS X 10.7 or later.

Release Notes

  • Clients can now have custom rates that override category defaults
  • Fixed an issue with the timer badge not appearing on the dock icon

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TimeNet 4.2 Released

TimeNet 4TimeNet 4.2 has landed! This update brings some bug fixes, faster performance, and five new beautiful invoice templates!

New Invoice Templates

 
Featuring clean layouts and beautiful typography, TimeNet’s new invoice templates are modern and fun. Each template is fully customizable — tweak them to your heart’s content, or use them for inspiration and design something from scratch. Have a peek at Cardinal, Mantis, Orchid, Papaya, and Picton:

TimeNet's New Invoice Templates

Check out the Invoice Templates Page for a closer look at the new templates.

Release Notes

 

  • Five new beautiful invoice templates: Cardinal, Mantis, Orchid, Papaya, and Picton
  • Improved performance with large projects
  • New way to check if TimeNet is linked to a networked database, and show the path
  • UI Improvements
  • Bug Fixes

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Master of My Domain 2.1.3 Released

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Master of My Domain 2.1.3 is now available.

Read on for screenshots and release notes:

    Master of My Domain 2 requires OS X 10.7 or later.

Release Notes

  • New Duplicate Domain option in Edit menu
  • Improvements to MOMD Scanner menubar app
  • Fixed an issue with sorting and deleting domain name entries
  • UI Fixes

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TimeNet Law 2.9.3 is Available!

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.

Save Report
Saved Reports

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.

Bulk Billing Summary

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.

Recurring Fees

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.

PDF

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.

Flat Fees On the Fly

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:

New Joint Billing Option

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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