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W
ithout doubt one of
the fastest growing
challenges for law
firms is managing
the myriad of billing
rules contained within the plethora of outside
counsel guidelines. In this article Nick Jenner from
Tikit and Ken Wineke from Thomson Reuters
eBillingHub suggest how the right use of technolo
will help firms tackle and tame this new, and ever-
increasing challenge.
It has become clear that e-billing, spend
management and outside counsel guidelines (OCGs)
are here to stay. And with corporate legal teams
employing new and sophisticated processes, such
as legal bill review, backed by new technologies
to capture violations, the levels of scrutiny and
enforcement of billing rules is going to cause law
firms significant pain in the form of costly write-
downs.
The effort required for law firms to contend
with the growing demands placed by their clients'
OCGs is considerable as they are working with
multiple clients, each with their own OCGs that
must be adhered to. The same client may even
Are you coping with the
growing demands of
outside counsel guidelines?
H E R E ' S H O W T E C H N O L O G Y C A N H E L P
F I R M S G E T T H E B E S T R E S U L T S
by Nick Jenner and Ken Wineke
