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Oct / 2026

Call notes and client recaps from Astrid Legal

New CasePeer

Astrid Legal turns every client call into a filed case note in MyCase or CasePeer and a written recap for the client, with attorney sign-off before anything is filed or sent.

Connect to HelloCounsel for call answering and records follow-up

New CasePeer

HelloCounsel's agents answer every call, match the caller to the CasePeer file, log the note on the case, and chase medical records until they arrive. Available in CasePeer Pro and Advanced.

Forms and fields behave consistently across DocketWise

Improvement DocketWise

Date fields on the Green Card public-charge form now work like date fields elsewhere in DocketWise, I-134 tables follow the view mode you select, and Text and Number custom attributes keep their values on save — so your forms and custom data stay consistent and predictable.

SMS registration surfaces the rejection reason and a resubmit step

Enhancement DocketWise

When Twilio rejects your firm's SMS (A2P) registration, DocketWise now shows the reason right in the app and emails it to your admins, and you can resubmit from the step that failed — so you can clear registration issues and get back to texting clients without starting the process over.

SMS registration panel showing Business profile verified, Brand registration rejected with the carrier reason EIN doesn't match the registered business name, a Resubmit button, and Campaign registration waiting.

AI drafting shows a loading state when no case is selected

Improvement 8am IQ

When you use 8am IQ's drafting actions — Improve writing, Change tone, Translate, Summarize — in the message composer without a case selected, the drafting bar now shows a spinner and a "Working on it…" message while it runs, so you know the action is in progress.

Billing views, reports, and lists read more accurately across MyCase

Improvement MyCase

The Cases list now shows the total match count instead of the current page's row count, the Time Entries page loads with all entries rather than a 30-day default, the Consultation Fee Revenue Report PDF shows the correct amounts, and the Open Bills and Legacy Reconciliation tables clear their error state after a successful reload — so the numbers and lists you rely on reflect what's really there.

LEDES filter and export follow your billing setting

Enhancement MyCase

The LEDES filter tab and the Export LEDES 1998B bulk export on the Invoices page now appear whenever your firm has LEDES billing enabled, without a separate internal flag — so firms that bill in LEDES always have these tools available.

Intake form document uploads save reliably

Improvement MyCase

Document-upload fields on intake forms now submit dependably and the files land in the case's Documents tab, so client-submitted documents come through the first time.

Case pickers respect each user's case-visibility permissions

Improvement MyCase

Users restricted to only their linked cases now see just those cases in pickers across Tasks filters, global Search, phone-call logging, and Save to Case — so case visibility stays consistent with each user's permissions.

Payment-plan autopay stays on when a one-off charge fails

Improvement MyCase

When a one-off LawPay charge fails on a saved card that also backs an automated payment plan, MyCase now keeps that card and leaves autopay on for the active plan — so a single failed charge doesn't quietly stop a client's scheduled payments.

Invoice line items stay intact through LawPay sync

Improvement MyCase

Time entries on invoices synced between MyCase and LawPay now keep their hours, rate, activity, and attorney, and the invoice total stays in step with its line items — so your billing detail and totals stay accurate. Removed time entries and expenses can also be re-attached with their original information intact.

Custom field deletion shows how many cases are affected

Enhancement MyCase

When you delete a custom field, the confirmation dialog now tells you how many cases currently have a value for it before you confirm — so you can weigh the impact before any data is erased. Affected records are also marked as recently modified for an audit trail.

Custom field deletion confirmation dialog with a warning icon reading This field has a value on 2 cases, Deleting it will permanently erase that data, and Cancel and Delete field buttons.

Saved Activities shows a single Rate column

Enhancement MyCase

The Saved Activities table in Billing now shows one Rate column with values like $250.00/flat or $100.00/hr instead of separate flat-fee and hourly-rate columns, so you can read each activity's rate at a glance.

Saved Activities table in Billing with Activity and Rate columns showing Initial consultation $250.00/flat, Deposition prep $100.00/hr, Document review $100.00/hr, and Court filing fee $75.00/flat.

Filter the Cases list by open or closed date

Enhancement MyCase

The Cases list now has an Open Date filter on the Open Cases tab and a Closed Date filter on Closed Cases, with quick presets (last 7/30/90 days, last year, month- or year-to-date) or a custom range — so you can focus on the cases from a given period without scrolling the whole list.

Open Date filter on the Cases list with preset options Last 7 days, Last 30 days selected, Last 90 days, Last year, and Custom range, plus a custom date range from Sep 1, 2026 to Oct 3, 2026.

Customizable Dashboards

Enhancement MyCase

Firm staff can now show, hide, and rearrange the widgets on their own home and billing dashboards, so the to-do list, messages, and financial numbers that matter to each person are the first thing they see at login.

Customizable home dashboard with an Edit layout button, stat tiles for Outstanding balance $48,200, Open cases 37, and Tasks due this week 12, each with a drag handle, and a Tasks due list showing three tasks with due dates.
Sep / 2026

Showcase '26 has arrived

New 8am

8am Showcase is our new digital launch experience. It shows our latest innovations, built to help firms collect what they earn, power their business, and grow with confidence. This fall, we introduced our largest AI expansion yet, plus new financial tools to help firms bill back more expenses and tap funding to grow. See what's new and what it means for your firm.

Explore Showcase

showcase title with chapter cards

Save Request for Funds edits without resending the email

Enhancement MyCase

The Edit Request for Funds modal now has separate "Save" and "Save and Resend" buttons, so you can update the amount, due date, reference, or attachments without sending your client a duplicate payment request. Changes to email fields still require resending.

Edit Request for Funds modal showing Amount $2,500.00, Due date Oct 15 2026, a Reference field, and an attachment, with separate Save and Save and Resend buttons.

Saved activities can now default to an hourly rate

Enhancement MyCase

Saved activities now support an hourly default rate as well as a flat amount, and selecting an hourly activity while logging time auto-fills the rate. The New/Edit Activity dialog now includes a rate type dropdown.

New/Edit Activity dialog with a Rate type dropdown showing Flat amount and Hourly rate options, Hourly rate selected, and a Default rate of $250.00 per hour.

Case Revenue Report now respects per-case access

Enhancement MyCase

Restricted lawyers now see only the cases they belong to in the Case Revenue Report — across rows, totals, record counts, and exports — so case access permissions carry through to firm revenue reporting. Accountants and lawyers with full access still see every case.

Archived contacts from case close now show in Recent Activity

Enhancement MyCase

When you close a case and archive its linked contacts, each archived contact now gets its own entry in Recent Activity on the Home Dashboard and All Activity page, so there's a clear record of what changed and who made the change.

Billing rate fields now lock for non-admin users

Improvement MyCase

On LawPay-tier firms, the billing rate fields on the Edit Case and Add Case modals are now disabled for non-admin users and show that admin access is required, so it's clear upfront who can change rates. Admins keep full access.

Reports and financial data stay accurate and in sync

Improvement MyCase

Several updates keep MyCase data consistent across the app: the Case Billing Expenses table now honors the date range filter so totals and rows match, filtered lists and reports always reflect the most recently applied selection, the Leads Referral Source report PDF again includes its summary page, and reconciliation pages load cleanly for firms with deleted financial accounts.

Create a task directly from IQ chat

New 8am IQ

While chatting with the case agent in IQ, you can now turn its suggestion into a task in one click, with the name, due date, priority, assignees, and checklist pre-filled so you can review and adjust before saving.

IQ chat with a proposed task card titled Prepare deposition summary showing due date, priority, assignee, and a checklist, with Create task and Open in form buttons.

Add a translation disclaimer to AI-drafted messages

Enhancement 8am IQ

The Translate dropdown in the AI drafting bar now has an "Include translation disclaimer" option that appends a language-appropriate disclaimer to the translated message, so clients know the text was machine-translated. The option is off by default.

Email, attachments, and imports handle interruptions more efficiently

Improvement MyCase

Linked emails now show a clear notice when a message body isn't available instead of a blank screen, Outlook add-in attachments download reliably after a user switches firms, and contact imports keep processing when a single row fails to sync — so day-to-day work continues without a full stop.

Automated billing skips installments already paid manually

Improvement MyCase

The automated biller now detects when a firm has already recorded a manual payment on an autopay payment plan and skips that installment, so clients are charged once instead of twice during the same billing window.

Search and date filters added to Expenses page

Enhancement MyCase

The Expenses page now has search and date-range filters so you can pinpoint expenses by description, activity, or date instead of scrolling the full list.

Expenses page with new search and date-range filters (Aug 1 – Aug 31, 2026) and an Apply button above an expenses list with Description, Activity, Date, and Amount columns

Plan & Billing page now viewable

Enhancement MyCase

The Plan & Billing page is viewable to all eligible Basic and Pro users — so firm owners can view their plan and billing details anytime without contacting support.

A Plan & Billing page showing a Pro plan at $89 per month, the next payment date, payment method, seat usage, and a Manage plan button, with Plan & Billing highlighted in the sidebar.

Adjust rates on multiple time entries

New MyCase

Set a new hourly or flat rate across multiple time entries at once — so billers can correct rates in seconds instead of editing entries one by one. Already invoiced entries are skipped automatically to protect billing.

A time-entries table with several rows selected and an Actions menu open, showing the Adjust rate option highlighted.

Contacts list search update

Enhancement MyCase

The People list now offers name search and a practice area filter alongside People Groups, so you can easily find the right contacts in a long list.

Contacts list with a name search box, a highlighted Practice Area filter and a People Groups filter with an Apply button, above rows of contacts each tagged with a practice area.

Assistant responses and document handling

Improvement 8am IQ

Numbered and bulleted lists now keep their formatting in messages, and documents stay marked as processing until indexing is complete.

Text messaging and Outlook email sync

Improvement MyCase

Two inbound texts arriving at the same time from a new number now both land in the conversation, registered firms can text without a false "registration failed" block, linked Outlook emails show full content instead of a blank or signature-only message, and a single unreadable message no longer stalls an Outlook thread or batch sync.

Trust Account Activity report

Improvement MyCase

Each trust transaction now appears once on the Trust Account Activity report, so credits, debits, and running balances reflect true trust figures for reconciliation and compliance.

Bulk invoice exports

Enhancement MyCase

LEDES 1998B and PDF invoice exports now queue and download in the background instead of locking the screen while the file builds — so you can keep working, even on another page, and the download starts on its own when it's ready.

Emailed invoice payment links show all outstanding invoices

Improvement MyCase

Clients who pay from an emailed invoice link now see every outstanding invoice on the payment page — so they can settle multiple bills in one transaction instead of one at a time.

Billing actions keep firm books free of duplicate entries

Improvement MyCase

Editing a bill or recording a payment now posts a single, clean cash journal entry — so your books stay accurate and reconciliation doesn't surface phantom duplicate transactions.

8am IQ chat responses load reliably without stalling

Improvement 8am IQ

8am IQ now detects a stalled response and recovers it automatically, and chat history shows a spinner while an answer is still generating — so you get your answer without closing and reopening the sidebar.

Find text in Doc Gen templates with Cmd+F

Enhancement MyCase

The Doc Gen template editor now has a find bar — open it with Cmd+F (or Ctrl+F), see a live match count, and jump between matches — so you can locate and check language in long templates without scrolling.

Document template editor with a find bar showing a search term, a 3 of 12 match count and next and previous arrows, with one matching phrase highlighted.

Case and contact mismatch warnings in the message composer

Enhancement MyCase

The New Message composer now groups a recipient's linked cases at the top of the Case field and warns you when the selected case doesn't match — so you can catch a misfiled message before it goes out. Sending is never blocked; you can always choose Send anyway.

Message composer showing a warning that the selected contact does not match the case on the message.

Case activity timeline now logs status and stage changes

Enhancement MyCase

The Recent Activity timeline on a case now records who changed a status update or moved a case stage, and when — so the timeline is a complete audit trail of case progress, not just structured cards.

Case activity timeline showing logged entries for case status changes and stage changes.

Sort contacts by group, last login, and added date

Enhancement MyCase

The Contacts page now sorts People by Group, Last Login, and Added date, and Companies by Added date — so you can quickly surface your newest contacts or spot who hasn't logged in.

Contacts list with a sort control offering Group, Last login, and Date added options.

Connect to YoCierge for medical record retrieval

New CasePeer

YoCierge now runs medical record retrieval from a CasePeer case, so nobody on your team chases providers and completed records file back onto the case.

CasePeer and YoCierge integration for automated medical record retrieval.

Connect to Finch for pre-litigation intake and records

New CasePeer

Finch's paralegals run intake through demand inside your own CasePeer account, so caseload can grow without adding support staff.

CasePeer and Finch integration for pre-litigation intake and records retrieval.

Copy 8am IQ responses with or without citations

Enhancement 8am IQ

Copying an 8am IQ response now offers two choices — keep citations as the cited document's title in parentheses, or strip them for clean prose — so you can paste a polished answer or a fully sourced one, whichever the moment calls for.

An 8am IQ response with a copy menu offering Copy with citations and Copy without citations options.

Draft messages with 8am IQ in the New Message modal

New 8am IQ

A new AI drafting bar at the top of the New Message editor lets you prompt 8am IQ to write message content, then refine it with improve-writing, tone, translate, and summarize tools — so replies to clients start from a solid draft instead of a blank box. Requires a case linked to the message; rolling out to firms now.

New message composer with an AI drafting bar and Generate button, plus Improve, Tone, Translate and Summarize options above a drafted message.

Save 8am IQ-drafted case notes straight from chat

New 8am IQ

When 8am IQ drafts a case note, a card now appears in the chat sidebar with the subject and body and a Save button — so you can turn a chat answer into a saved case note in one click. Rolling out to firms now.

8am IQ chat panel showing a drafted case note with a Save to case note action and the case it will be saved to.
Aug / 2026

Reassign time entries in bulk

New MyCase

Select multiple time entries and reassign them to another active user in one action, so moving work across the team no longer means editing entries one at a time. Billed or restricted entries are skipped automatically.

Trust Account Activity report adds Total Opening Balance

Enhancement MyCase

The report now shows a Total Opening Balance summary, and the Trust Account Balance reflects the true balance (opening plus credits minus debits) instead of only the change within the report period — so trust reconciliation lines up at a glance.

A trust account report with a highlighted Total Opening Balance summary card beside a Trust Account Balance card, above a client table listing opening balances, credits, and balances.

Payment Method for contacts

Enhancement LawPay

The Contacts > People list now shows each client's saved card type and last four digits, with a warning icon when a card is expired, so you can catch payment issues before billing. The column is sortable. Available to firms with the payment vault enabled.

A contacts People list with a highlighted Payment Method column showing saved card types and last four digits, including an 'Expired' warning on one row.

Create a client contact during the charge

New LawPay

You can now add a brand-new contact and choose a deposit account directly inside the Charge a client flow, so you can collect from a first-time client without stopping to set them up first. Duplicate detection is built in.

A 'Charge a client' form with New contact fields (first name, last name, email), a Deposit account dropdown set to Trust account, an amount, and a Charge button.

Column headers stay pinned on customizable reports

Enhancement MyCase

Report column headers now stay pinned at the top of the table as you scroll long reports, including grouped and nested Time & Expense reports, so you never lose track of which column you're reading.

Only sent invoices appear in client portal

Improvement MyCase

Clients now see and pay only the invoices you've shared with them, so unsent and draft invoices no longer surface on portal payment pages. Anonymous payment links show only the single invoice tied to that link.

Case List and Event reports enforce role permissions

Enhancement MyCase

Restricted lawyers now see only the cases to which they're associated in customizable Case List and Event reports — across rows, totals, and counts — so per-case confidentiality holds in reporting. Full-access lawyers and accountants are unchanged.

Summarize billing activity prompt

New 8am IQ

Case Assistant now offers a "Summarize billing activity on this case" prompt that returns outstanding and overdue amounts, recent invoices and payments, unbilled work in progress, and trust and credit balances — so you get a billing status read in seconds. Visible to users with billing permissions.

An assistant panel of suggested prompt chips with a highlighted 'Summarize billing activity on this case' option.

Unlock a single card from the Cards page

Improvement 8am Smart Spend

When a user has only one issued card, the unlock control now appears on the single-card view, so cardholders with card-management permissions can unlock it without needing multiple cards present.

Charge references always include the invoice number

Enhancement LawPay

When a client pays an invoice, the LawPay transaction reference now always starts with "Payment for Invoice #<number>," so payments are easy to match back to their invoices on transaction records and receipts. Any payer note appears in parentheses after the number.

A payment receipt card showing the reference line 'Payment for Invoice #10432 (Ellison matter),' a $2,400.00 amount, the payment date, a Visa card ending in 4242, and an Operating deposit account.

Calendar shows events reliably

Improvement MyCase

The calendar displays events more dependably: dark event-type colors stay readable in Monthly view, imported and untyped events remain visible with event-type filters applied, and the timesheet updates immediately after you log time from Quick Actions.

Contact and case imports are more dependable

Improvement MyCase

Importing and undoing imports is smoother: undo reverses trust balances correctly, shows live progress without a page refresh, and re-importing the same file on LawPay-synced firms restores contacts instead of erroring on duplicates.

Check printing prints accurately

Improvement MyCase

Check printing is more consistent across layouts: Trust Withdrawal and Bill Payment checks use your configured layout, horizontal alignment shifts fields in the direction you expect, and the Raised and Lowered Standard layouts save without false errors.

Billing and payment syncing is more reliable

Improvement MyCase

Payments and invoices stay in sync with LawPay more consistently: credit-account retainers deposit accurately and appear in Credit History, consultation-fee bills sync at the right amount, QuickBill and retainer requests surface the actual rejection reason, and edited invoices keep a single, up-to-date PDF and total.

Reports load faster and reconcile more accurately

Improvement MyCase

Trust and billing reports are more dependable this cycle: the Trust Account Activity Report shows accurate opening balances and keeps same-named clients separate, the Case Balance Summary no longer shows negative trust under case groupings, and the Time & Expense, Aging Invoices, and Work in Progress reports load reliably for larger firms.

Invoice and payment deletions display on case timelines

Enhancement MyCase

Deleting an invoice or payment now records the event on the case Activities tab and keeps the original creation entry, so every case keeps a complete, readable history of billing changes.

invoice and payment deletion info displayed on case timelines

Case List Report respects permissions

Improvement MyCase

The customizable Case List Report now shows firm staff only the cases they're assigned to — across rows, totals, and counts — so case visibility matches each person's access level in MyCase.

Trust Account Summary report: grouping

Improvement MyCase

The Trust Account Summary grand total is now the same whether you group by attorney or by client, so your trust reporting reconciles no matter how you view it.

Reporting and billing screens run more reliably

Improvement MyCase

Several everyday screens are steadier this cycle: failed report runs now show an error immediately instead of spinning, the bank reconciliation Categorize button stays enabled after you pick a GL account, the invoice bulk Actions button keeps working after browser back-navigation, and the dashboard loads even when a user's name contains special characters.

Recharge form pre-fills notes from the original transaction

Enhancement LawPay

When you recharge a LawPay transaction, the Notes field now carries over the original transaction's reference, so recharge receipts keep the right context instead of coming through blank. The field stays fully editable.

Onboarding applies new roles without a re-login

Improvement 8am Smart Spend

Finishing Smart Spend onboarding now refreshes your session automatically, so updated roles and permissions take effect right away instead of requiring you to log out and back in.

Removing a firm user now locks their Smart Spend cards

Enhancement 8am Smart Spend

When a staff member is archived or deleted in a Smart Spend–enabled firm, that change now syncs to Smart Spend automatically to remove the user and lock their cards, keeping card access aligned with your active roster.

Smart Spend onboarding opens to firms above $10M in revenue

Enhancement 8am Smart Spend

Firms reporting more than $10M in annual revenue can now complete Smart Spend onboarding — the earlier eligibility block on higher-revenue firms has been removed, so more firms can apply.

New Spend Insights card on the dashboard

New 8am Smart Spend

The Admin and Reviewer dashboard now includes a Spend Insights card showing how much spend is linked to cases and what share of total spend that represents, with this-month, last-month, and year views plus a period-over-period comparison.

Smart Spend total spent monthly insight

Documents and integrations sync more reliably

Improvement CasePeer

Document and integration workflows are steadier this cycle: large uploads through partner integrations no longer time out, Dropbox root-folder setup is searchable and keeps case folders in the right shared location, auto case notes list each uploaded filename only once, and sending selected costs to QuickBooks Online completes reliably.

Key reports load faster across CasePeer

Improvement CasePeer

The Case Statistics, Productivity, and Firm User Activity reports now load and scale more efficiently — using the same on-demand pagination as other reports — so the team reaches billing, oversight, and productivity insights faster, even with heavy history.

Clear alerts when a case's OneDrive folder disconnects

Improvement CasePeer

If a case's OneDrive folder is deleted or disconnected, CasePeer now shows a clear message right away instead of stalling, so you know immediately that you need to reconnect it.

Download large case document sets reliably

Improvement CasePeer

Downloading or sharing batches of case documents and photos over 1 GB now completes reliably, so large evidence and record sets come through in one go.

Multi-signer e-signature requests advance to every signer

Improvement CasePeer

Signature requests with multiple signers now move reliably from one signer to the next, so agreements that need several signatures complete without stalling after the first person signs.

Track a Referral ID on every case

New CasePeer

You can now add a unique Referral ID to any case — typed in manually, synced from Lead Docket, or set through Zapier — so referral fee-splitting agreements are far easier to reconcile.

Casepeer settlement fee option in casepeer UI

Settlement fee dropdown adds a 38.33% option

Enhancement CasePeer

The settlement fee percentage dropdown now includes 38.33%, so firms on that contingency rate can select it directly instead of calculating the split each time.

Bulk changes for time entries

Enhancement MyCase

The Time Entries billing page now groups bulk actions under one Actions menu, matching Expenses, so you can delete several entries with a single confirmation and see the list update instantly with a summary of what changed.

A MyCase Time Entries billing page with several time entries selected and an Actions menu open showing bulk options such as delete selected.

Case List Report respects permissions

Improvement MyCase

The customizable Case List Report now shows firm staff only the cases they're assigned to — across rows, totals, and counts — so case visibility matches each person's access level in MyCase.

Case Balance Summary report: trust balances

Improvement MyCase

The Case Balance Summary report now reports true client trust balances when grouped by lead attorney, practice area, office, case stage, or revenue account, so the trust figures you rely on for compliance stay accurate.

Column headers on customizable reports

Enhancement MyCase

Column headers now stay pinned to the top of the table as you scroll long customizable reports — including grouped and nested views like Time & Expense — so the column header is always in view.

A MyCase customizable report with column headers pinned to the top of the table as the rows scroll, showing columns such as Date, Matter, Lead attorney, Hours, and Amount.

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