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Paralegal Billing Cheat Sheet (2025 Guide)
The Paralegal Billing Cheat Sheet is a quick reference guide to help paralegals separate billable from non-billable tasks, avoid common billing mistakes, and improve accuracy across the firm. It includes a detailed billing matrix, best practices, and a free downloadable template to boost efficiency and compliance.
August 27, 2025
Block Billing in Law: Risks, Examples & Smart Alternatives
Block billing might feel efficient, but it comes at a cost — both for lawyers and their clients. This article explores why vague, lumped time entries can hurt transparency, reduce billable hours, and lead to disputes. We show how detailed time tracking helps lawyers work smarter, bill more accurately, and gain client trust.
August 6, 2025
Legal Workflow Reinvented: Boost Productivity with Automated Time Tracking
This article explores how law firms can streamline their legal workflow and boost productivity by replacing manual time tracking with automated solutions. Manual tracking often leads to lost billable hours, administrative overhead, and inaccurate billing. Automated time tracking tools capture work in real time, reduce errors, and improve revenue — without adding extra work for lawyers. By integrating automation into their workflow, firms can increase efficiency, bill faster, and free up time for higher-value legal work.
July 16, 2025
How to Build a Corporate AI Catastrophe
Drawing from a series of real-world fiascos, this satirical field guide serves as a masterclass in how not to implement artificial intelligence. From a government chatbot confidently dispensing illegal advice to an airline held legally bound by its AI's "hallucinated" promises, these cautionary tales reveal the catastrophic risks of uncontrolled AI. Discover how corporate giants and legal professionals alike have been sued, fined, and publicly shamed for amplifying bias, inventing facts, and making binding commitments through their AI systems. This essential read goes beyond the disasters to offer a clear, defensible solution: a disciplined framework that combines a "Technical Leash" to ground AI in truth with a "Human Firewall" to ensure expert oversight. Learn how to transform a potential liability into a genuine competitive advantage and avoid becoming the next cautionary tale in the age of AI.
July 6, 2025
10 Ways to Improve Law Firm Profits with automated time tracking
Discover 10 practical ways your law firm can boost profits using automated time tracking. From capturing every billable minute to reducing admin time and speeding up invoicing, learn how AI-powered tracking tools like ADEU help you work smarter — not longer.
June 24, 2025
Lawyer Time Tracking Software vs. Manual Time Tracking: A Cost Comparison
Time is the most valuable asset in the legal profession. Yet, every day, thousands of lawyers lose billable hours due to outdated time tracking methods. Manual timekeeping may seem simple or cost-effective, but in reality, it can drain revenue, increase stress, and reduce billing accuracy. You will see how AI-powered lawyer time tracking software offers a smarter, more efficient, and far more profitable alternative.
June 17, 2025
Law Firm Profitability: How to Maximize Profits Through Automatic Time Visibility and Performance Insights
Law firm profitability is under pressure. Billable hours are harder to track. Admin time creeps into the day unnoticed. And even high-performing firms may be leaking tens of thousands in unbilled hours each month.
June 4, 2025
Lawyer Time Tracking Software: 2025 Comparison of the 20 Best Tools
‍Time is every lawyer's most valuable asset. Yet, a staggering number of legal professionals still rely on manual time entries, leading to unbilled hours, compliance issues, and profit loss. In 2025, the best lawyer time tracking tools do a lot more than just log time—they automate, integrate, and optimize your entire billing workflow.
May 20, 2025
The Adeu AI Story... so far
From an old Helsinki hospital, Adeu Solutions is pioneering privacy-first legal AI. CTO Mikko Korpela shares their journey and how local AI is set to transform billable tracking and document intelligence for lawyers.
May 10, 2025
Lawyer Time Tracking Software: Free Up Hours, Boost Profits by 10-15%
Discover how automated lawyer time tracking software can recover lost billable hours, boost law firm profits, and eliminate manual entry. Learn more now.
May 8, 2025
The Ultimate Legal Billing Guide – Avoid Mistakes Other Lawyers Make
Avoid Legal Billing Pitfalls with This Ultimate Guide Learn how to streamline your billing process, eliminate common attorney mistakes, and recover lost revenue with practical tips, real-world examples, and smarter tools like Adeu.
April 23, 2025
Free Attorney Timesheet Templates (Excel + PDF) – Track Billable Hours Easily
Stop hunting for lost minutes on Friday night. Download our attorney billable hours chart in two formats. One is a smart Excel workbook that automatically calculates and visualizes your time. The other is a printable PDF for courthouse days. No forms. No signup. Just click and use.
April 16, 2025
Time Management Software for lawyers – 5 Problems Solved with AI Software
Struggling to stay on top of billable hours and admin tasks? Discover how our AI-powered lawyer time management software solves 5 common productivity challenges—automatically. From lost billable time to context switching, this article shows how smart software can transform your legal workflow.
April 7, 2025
Lawyer Time Tracking Is Broken: How AI Fixes the #1 Billing Problem
Traditional lawyer time tracking is broken—manual logging leads to lost hours and revenue. Discover how ADEU uses local AI to automatically capture every billable second, with zero manual input.
March 25, 2025
How Law Firms Can Ensure Client Confidentiality in the Age of AI
In the digital age, law firms face unprecedented challenges in protecting client confidentiality. As AI becomes integral to legal practice, implementing advanced security measures is crucial to prevent data breaches and uphold the trust that clients place in their legal advisors.
March 21, 2025
The Hidden Costs of Inefficient Timekeeping in Law Firms
Time is the most valuable asset in a law firm. Yet, many legal professionals struggle with accurately tracking billable hours, leading to revenue leakage and inefficiencies. In an industry where every minute counts, failing to capture time effectively can mean losing thousands - or even millions - annually.
March 18, 2025

Time is precious –use it wisely

With Adeu you can focus on delivering value for your clients and not stress about reporting your hours.