December 2020

• Vendor Performance Reporting - Capture and report on the overall performance of your vendors on their matters.
• Accounts payable feature now allows you to configure AP routes based on custom matter attributes.
• Enhancements to invoice approval stages logic ensure that admin approvals are logged appropriately on the invoice review page.
• Support for private key authentication when exporting AP batches to an SFTP through the report scheduler.

November 2020

• Monthly budget requests feature completed. Law firms can now request monthly budgets by downloading a template directly in Brightflag. Those requests can then be reviewed all in one place and approved in bulk. We’ve also added the ability for users to export the budgets from the budget review page and a new flag for breaches of monthly budgets.
• Ability to identify the preferred counsel within the application.
• Ability to select a PO number when submitting a pdf invoice from the customer portal.
• Removal of vendor offices on Brightflag’s global list from the customer portal where the office isn’t linked to that customer.

October 2020

• Enhanced the bulk matter updater to allow for the bulk closing of matters.

• Visual identity refresh:

  • Upgraded the log-in pages and application header and password reset pages to include new Brightflag branding.

  • Upgraded all emails from the application to include the new branding and with updated support links.

• Diversity feature: initial development completed which includes data collection, and reporting modules.

• Updated vendor management to cater for specifying vendors as Preferred Counsel. Initial infrastructure has been put in place in the backend.

• As part of ongoing technical improvements and security audits we have:

  • Updated Javascript Libraries used throughout the application.

  • Reconfigured and improved HTTP Security Headers.

  • Improved validation on file uploads.

  • Enhanced Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Prevention.

  • Improved authentication and authorisation controls on APIs.

September 2020

• Improved messaging when Accounts Payable email files exceed e-mail attachment limits and provided a link to download.
• Configured Accruals reminders to be sent 5 days before the submission deadline.
• Updated the Financial Budgets feature:
  • Added a link to access the matters that are included in the budget
  • Ability to edit the budget name.
• Updated the Purchase Order feature to provide enhanced LEDEs98Bi support and added to the ability to enforce unique purchase order numbers.
• Enhanced the Invoice Review screen for invoices that have Purchase Orders to include purchase order budget flags and block invoice approval where no Purchase Order is provided.
• Security improvements made - updated the password encryption protocols, improved password reset flows and API message authentication.
• Improved the performance of the Search Matters page.  

August 2020

• Updated the Financial Budgets feature so individual budgets can be removed, and improved Brightflag Forecast synchronisation.
• Improved notifications when adding a vendor to a matter. Using Any Office, only the admins will be notified.
• Improved error messaging when updating and submitting Matter Budget Request.
• Updated Purchase Order feature which allows PO numbers to be created and assigned to matters, and for invoices to be tracked with POs and exported to the AP system.
• Improved the error messaging for LEDES Invoice Upload on the Law Firm Portal, so that it is easier for vendors to fix errors in files on submission.
• Accounts Payable Module Enhancements:
  • New AP Route configuration to allow payment routing via Currency.
  • More granular control over what files are sent to your AP systems including individual file selection but ability to merge multiple files.