The UTBMS (Uniform Task-Based Management System) codes used in legal ebilling have been created by numerous different bodies, and most were created with consideration of the American legal system. This makes the codes difficult for global users because in some cases (i) they don’t fully understand the English documentation and (ii) they don’t understand the […]
Author: Jane A. Bennitt
We are pleased to announce that Phase 1 of the LEDES Error Codes have been ratified and are now available on this web site here. Error Codes are a new type of LEDES standard established to provide a standardized structure to ebilling invoice errors. The codes will serve to standardize the identification of LEDES file
The Board of Directors has authorized the formation of a new IP Improvement Subcommittee whose charter explains their mandate as follows: Intellectual Property invoices are different than many other types of legal invoices in the sense that they are typically high in volume and low in dollar amount. Those who review Intellectual Property invoices often
Standards Director Nick Puschak is restarting the API subcommittee to consider phase 2 development tasks. If you would like to participate in the subcommittee, contact LOC here.
A new subcommittee has been authorized to to review the processes currently involved in the preparation of timekeeper uploads and determine/document the issues stemming from this process. The subcommittee with then produce a recommendation for a new Timekeeper process that is operationally much smoother and less time consuming. The subcommittee was formed as an off-shoot
The 2020 LEDES Oversight Committee Board of Directors has been seated. Our leadership includes: President – Jane A. Bennitt, Global Legal Ebilling, LLC Vice President – Cathrine J. Collins, Legal Systems Automation, LLC Treasurer/Membership – Jim Hannigan, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP Secretary – Nadia Strobbia, Thomson Reuters Standards – Nicholas Puschak, Mitratech Regional
In 2020 the LEDES Oversight Committee is focusing on usability. In this regard, we are working toward releasing versions of the UTBMS code sets better suited for use in non-US legal proceedings, meaning that we want to create versions containing descriptive language as opposed to using US-oriented legal procedural terms. Once this is complete, we
The LEDES Oversight Committee has formalized an ad-hoc project to address situations where third party ebilling system processes are contrary to specifications in the LEDES format documentation. Our goal is to work one-on-one with vendors to align their processes with the standards documentation, to eliminate exceptions and make legal ebilling less complicated than it is
Update: The standard has been ratified and now available here. From Subcommittee Chair and LEDES Vice President Cathi Collins: The Error Codes Subcommittee of the LEDES Oversight Committee is pleased to put before the membership Phase 1 of the proposed Standard Error Codes for public comment. The need for these codes has been apparent to
The 2019 LEDES Oversight Committee Board of Directors has been seated. Our leadership includes: President – Jane A. Bennitt, Global Legal Ebilling, LLC Vice President – Cathrine J. Collins, Legal Systems Automation, LLC Treasurer/Membership – Jim Hannigan, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Secretary – Nadia Strobbia, Thomson Reuters Standards – Nicholas Puschak, Mitratech