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TimeNet Law 2.9.95 Update & Road Map

TimeNet Law 2.9.95 is here! This update includes over 40 new features, fixes and refinements! While preparing for our major TimeNet Law 3.0 update (which is scheduled to release later this year), we’ve made dozens of fixes and enhancements available with TimeNet Law 2.9.95.

This update will be the last major release before TimeNet Law 3.0 is available later this year. TimeNet Law 3.0 includes a beautiful new retina interface, an all new dashboard view, many exciting new features, and it will be 64 bit for full compatibility with macOS releases in the fall of 2019 and beyond.

Stay tuned for screenshots, sneak peeks, and more information about our upcoming TimeNet Law 3.0 release in the coming weeks!

TimeNet Law 2.9.95 is fully compatible with macOS Mojave!

Release Notes

New Features

  • Added an option in Preferences > Invoices to set a save folder for invoices
  • Added an option in Preferences > Invoices to save invoices in client subfolders
  • Improved UI in Create Invoice window
  • Added an option when creating invoices to save a copy of the invoice to your chosen destination by default
  • Added an option when creating invoices to show payments/deposits since last billing
  • Added an option when creating invoices to select slips by common time periods or a custom date range
  • Ability to minimize QuickTimer window
  • Added “Client Name and Date” as an option for invoice file name
  • Searching slips using QuickSearch now opens the matter and highlights the slip containing the search text
  • Added “Direct Deposit” as an option for payment type (like check, wire, etc)
  • Added the ability to use “T” or “Y” in date fields to quickly enter “Today” or “Yesterday”
  • Added ability to change UTBMS Task Codes for multiple slips at once by selecting them, right-clicking, and selecting “Change UTBMS Code for Selected Slips”
  • Slip Report: Added “Rate” column
  • Slip Report: Added “Matter” column
  • Slip Report: Added date filter options: “Entry Date” or “Billed Date”
  • Slip Report: Hover mouse cursor over the Date column to see when a slip was billed
  • Slip Report: Option to customize columns shown on PDF generated report
  • Slip Report: Sorting by date is now much faster with large reports
  • Slip Report: Exporting the report to CSV/spreadsheet now includes both the Slip Name and Slip Notes fields
  • Added an option to override the BILLING_START_DATE and BILLING_END_DATE fields when creating LEDES98B invoices

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the Add Slips window and the Add Slip button being disabled when it shouldn’t be
  • Slip Report: Fixed issues with generated report layout
  • Fixed an issue when creating CSV files from invoices
  • Fixed issues with saving matters, having matters temporarily disappear, and issues with matter backups
  • Many other small fixes and performance enhancements

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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 2.9.3 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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TimeNet Law 2.9 is Now Available!

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 — Yosemite + Chrome/Firefox Issue

If you are using Google Chrome or FireFox as your default web browser and have updated to Yosemite, you will see this error when trying to view TimeNet Law invoices:

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If you set your default browser to Safari, you will not have this issue. You can change this in System Preferences > General.

We hope Google and FireFox will release updates to fix this issue soon.

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Yosemite Status Report!

We are pleased to announce that TimeNet Law, TimeNet, and Master of My Domain are all Yosemite ready!

OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) will be released in just a few weeks, and it is a terrific update! Yosemite brings tons of great new features and the biggest design overhaul in years, and it looks and performs great!

All AppleSource Software apps are completely compatible with OS X Yosemite, and will take advantage of new user interface elements and advanced features!

TimeNet Law on Yosemite
TimeNet Law on Yosemite

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TimeNet Law 2.8.7 is Available Now!


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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