"What I need to know is where my cases are today, where they're headed tomorrow, and what it'll cost to get there."
"An automated tool for forecasting legal spend has been at the top of my wish list for a long time."
"Eliminating the manual accrual process every quarter would be a game changer for our legal department."
"One of the biggest challenges facing General Counsel is accurately predicting legal spend."
"Transparency in budgets, plans, and forecasts is good for both the corporate legal department and the law firm."
"This is gold..."
"Light years ahead..."
"Some outside counsel don't seem to understand that a 'surprise' $50,000 bill is worse than an expected $150,000 bill."
"We knew focusing on strategic work would reduce write downs, and improve profits. We didn't know it would lead to better outcomes."
"Firms resist budgets without scope. Budgeting can work, but it requires trust and collaboration between firm and client."
"Some clients ask us to estimate accruals. The amount of work planned (or done), but not yet billed. We can't bill for this."
"Some clients have 'Net 90' or even longer payment policies. We'd like to be paid faster."
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