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04.13.01
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Serengeti Supports Creation of International E-Billing Standard
Proposal Would Also Preserve Widely-Used LEDES 1998B Standard
Serengeti Law today announced that it supports the efforts of the LEDES Oversight Committee and LITIG to create a new international legal e-billing standard. Serengeti Law has proposed the creation of a new standard called LEDES 1998B-I (for international) which accepts modified fields requested by LITIG to facilitate international transactions, without adding new fields to the widely accepted LEDES 1998B standard, thereby ensuring a smooth transition for international firms..
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12.03.02
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Tracker Collaborative Legal Platform Gains Wide Acceptance in First Year
Over 1000 In-house Users and 1,400 Law Firms Worldwide Work Together Using New Internet Service
Serengeti Law announced today that, during the first year after the release of Serengeti Tracker, its Internet-based system for managing legal work, it has connected more than 1,000 in-house users with over 1,400 law firms in 16 countries worldwide. Serengeti Tracker permits legal teams to share bills, status reports, budgets, documents, and electronic notes through encrypted Internet connections to virtual files, which are accessible to in-house and outside counsel working together on a case or transaction.
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12.16.02
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Serengeti Law Releases Version 5.2 of Serengeti Tracker
New Release Provides Contract Management, Electronic Foreign Currency Bill Processing, and Practice Group Organization
Serengeti Law announced today the release of version 5.2 of its popular Serengeti Tracker service for online collaboration between law departments and their outside counsel. During its first year, Serengeti Tracker has connected more than 1,000 in-house users with over 1,400 law firms in sixteen countries using its online collaborative platform, which provides shared virtual files, electronic bill review, budget management, and on-demand management reports.
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05.12.03
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Serengeti Tracker Version 5.3 Offers New Features for Large Law Departments
Serengeti Tracker 6.6 Delivers New Features to both In-house and Outside Counsel
Serengeti Law announced today the release of version 5.3 of Serengeti Tracker, the legal profession’s premier Web-based matter management system. This release provides new features specifically for large corporate law departments, as well as enhancements for law firms submitting electronic bills to corporate clients.
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03.25.03
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Serengeti Helps Lucent Technologies
Connect with Law Firms Worldwide
Because of System's Unique Design, Implementation and Training Took
Less than Three Months
Serengeti Law today announced the completion of the implementation
of the Serengeti Tracker system, a secure Web-based system, to
connect Lucent’s Law Department with its law firms worldwide.
Because of the system’s unique design, it took less than three
months to train and connect more than 120 Lucent users in some 37
offices, with their law firms located throughout the US and more
than 50 countries.
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12.01.03
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Serengeti Creates First Global “Many-to-Many” Legal Network
Serengeti Tracker 6.0 Enables Corporate Legal Departments to Select from Online Directory of Over 4,000 E-Billing Enabled Law Firms Worldwide
Serengeti Law today announced the release of Serengeti Tracker 6.0 and the Serengeti Tracker Worldwide Directory of Firms. With these enhancements, Serengeti Tracker becomes the first electronic invoicing and matter management system in which in-house counsel can search across all lawyers on the system by jurisdiction and areas of expertise. Currently, there are more than 4,000 law firms in over 100 countries using Serengeti Tracker, including 98% of the AmLaw 100 and 97% of the AmLaw Global 100.
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12.03.03 |
Tracker
Facilitates Legal Work Management for FMC Technologies
Fast Implementation Leads to Savings Managing Work with Law Firms
Worldwide
Serengeti Law announced today that FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI)
has implemented the Serengeti Tracker management system to handle
its legal work worldwide. FMC Technologies is a global leader in
providing mission-critical technology solutions for the energy, food
processing, and air transportation industries.
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04.05.04
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Serengeti
Enhances E-Billing/Matter Management for 12,000 Counsel
Worldwide
Tracker 6.1 Facilitates Collaboration between In-house and
Outside Counsel
Serengeti Law today announced the release of Serengeti Tracker
6.1, which adds more than fifty enhancements to the legal
profession’s leading electronic billing and matter management
system. In-house counsel can now analyze spending, results and
performance; law firms can post multiple e-bills with a single
click; and all users can improve efficiency with new
collaborative features. This release is immediately available
without charge to the more than 4,000 corporations and law firms
who are currently working together on Serengeti’s Web-based
platform in over 100 countries.
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In-House Counsel Speak Out
12.03.02 | Rob Thomas
In-house counsel are challenged by the competing demands of three
distinct roles: legal practitioner, trusted adviser to business clients
and manager of outside counsel. Effective techniques for managing
outside counsel, are generally learned only through on-the-job training
and from sharing experiences with other in-house counsel.
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Cracking the Whip
Companies are putting a leash on those sky-high legal bills.
Here's how four tough customers are taming the law firm beast
02.27.03 | Catherine Aman
Call it a tale of
two cultures. On one side: the law firm, founded on the billable hour
and the practice of passing expenses along to the client. On the other:
businesses, pressured by the lousy economy and scrutinizing every
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OUTSIDE LEGAL COSTS STILL GROW
But Survey Says Fewer Law Firms Are Getting More of the Money
11.21.03 | Mark HansenDespite a slowing economy and attempts to reduce spending on
outside counsel, corporate legal spending continues to rise, both
in absolute terms and relative to company revenues, according to a
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