MODULE 05 / 08 · 11 MIN
OCG, eBilling & Litigation Risk Playbook
Outside Counsel Guidelines, LEDES and portals, missed-deadline malpractice risk, and AML/KYC — risk as a reason to act now.
Key intelligence
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OCG violations — block billing, unapproved rates, unauthorized timekeepers, missing UTBMS codes — cause rejections and write-downs.
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BillBlast formats LEDES 1998B, 1998BI and XML 2.0 for portals like CounselLink, TyMetrix 360 and Legal Tracker.
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Missed court deadlines are a leading cause of malpractice claims — CompuLaw, Milana and Deadlines.com mitigate it.
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First AML integration automates AML/KYC checks at matter opening.
Interactive
Be the Onyx engine
Each line is a draft time entry for a corporate client with strict Outside Counsel Guidelines. Decide whether it passes, then click to reveal what Onyx would flag.
Every flag here means a rejected pre-bill, a forced write-down, or a delayed payment. Onyx catches it at entry; OCG Live shows the active rules across time entry, pre-bill and eBilling.
eBilling
Formats & portals you must know
LEDES formats (BillBlast)
- LEDES 1998B — the standard US format
- LEDES 1998BI — international, multi-currency & tax
- LEDES XML 2.0
Corporate spend portals
- CounselLink
- TyMetrix 360
- Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker
- …consolidated into one BillBlast interface with real-time rejection alerts
Practice risk
Malpractice, docketing & AML
Missed deadlines
A primary driver of legal malpractice claims. CompuLaw maintains federal, state and local court rules and auto-adjusts calendars; Milana brings it to the cloud with AI; Deadlines.com serves midsize firms.
AML / KYC
First AML integrates with Expert and Sierra to automate identity checks during conflict verification and matter opening.
Cloud security
Expert Sierra on AWS shifts patching, SQL administration and disaster recovery to Aderant's managed cloud team — a talking point for client security questionnaires.