[gamblor956]

While this seems like a great tool for the lawyers, as a client I would reject any invoice generated by this tool for lack of detail. (It's not an issue with the tool in principle, so much as the output it currently generates.)

Lawyers have to track their time in short increments and give detailed descriptions for what they did with that time because they charge obscenely high rates and many lawyers have a history of padding their bills. If their rates were lower, they could get away with generic descriptions and less granular timekeeping.

For example, accounting firms can, and frequently do, get away with stating "Preparation of [x] tax return" as the only work detail on an invoice, because they charge a fraction of what law firms charge. I recently approved a $75k invoice for "Preparation of FY tax provision" without any pushback because I know the firm spent hundreds of hours on it and probably swallowed a bit of billable time.

[jeremybenmeir]

At this point, we've actually been generating narratives with a lot of detail (and the attorneys will frequently edit our narratives to pare them down). So long as we are smart about data collection, we have what we need to be sufficiently descriptive and accurate, which has been good to see.