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CT and Serengeti Announce Integration Between Service of Process and Matter Management Systems
Enables CT’s Service of Process Information to Connect Directly with
Serengeti’s System, Saving Time and Increasing Efficiency
NEW YORK CITY; BELLEVUE, WA — September 14, 2006 — CT and Serengeti today
announced the successful integration of CT’s service of process system with
Serengeti’s matter management system for greater automation, easier
collaboration and more efficiency in responding to and managing litigation.
Using CT’s Universal Service of Process Connector, CT customers can
automatically pull service of process details directly from their
CTAdvantage.com registered agent accounts into Serengeti’s Service of Process
Matter Management Module. Serengeti’s new module allows companies to
automatically route the data to existing matters or efficiently create new
matters, and then track response deadlines.
As a registered agent, CT receives and processes millions of legal documents
(lawsuits, subpoenas, etc.) daily. In the past, clients often spent a
significant amount of time manually copying service of process documents and
information into their matter management systems to track their deadlines and
responses. The connector, based on XML technologies, enables CT registered agent
customers to integrate service of process details and imaged documents directly
into Serengeti’s matter management system for immediate processing by corporate
clients.
The first client of both systems to use the new integrated functionality is
Pulte Homes, a Fortune 150 Company and one of the nation’s largest homebuilders.
“We are delighted that CT and Serengeti have worked together to provide this new
integration,” said Ellen Padesky, Pulte’s Corporate Counsel. “This not only
saves us a significant amount of time, but also helps us to act more quickly to
respond to court deadlines.”
This system integration enables corporate law departments to benefit from the
following key functionalities:
- On-demand service of process downloads from CT to Serengeti of imaged
documents/transmittal data;
- Hourly alerts from Serengeti to the corporate client when new information is
ready for processing;
- Automatic service of process routing to existing Serengeti matters that have
the same Case Number;
- Efficient creation of new matters in Serengeti as necessary, populated with
service of process information from CT; and
- Tracking of response deadlines in Serengeti, including personal dashboard and
e-mail alerts to responsible individuals
“This new functionality will be of real benefit to the many corporate law
departments on Serengeti for whom CT is the registered agent,” said Don Murray,
the president of Serengeti. “By delivering information directly from the
registered agent into the client’s matter management system, important records
can’t slip between the cracks, costs associated with re-entering data are
eliminated, and corporate clients can immediately deal with new legal
documents.”
“CT is committed to offering legal professionals a suite of integrated solutions
that fit into their workflows, save them time and increase efficiency,” said
Gene Landoe, president and CEO of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services. “We
recognize that our customers have a full range of solutions from which to choose
when it comes to matter management and e-billing. Whether it be Serengeti, or
our own CT suite of matter management solutions, or another platform, we want
our registered agent customers to benefit from an integrated workflow that makes
managing their litigation process faster and easier. We do just that with the
Universal Service of Process Connector, and are excited to work with Serengeti.”
Neither service provider is charging additional fees for the use of this new
functionality.
About CT
CT, a Wolters Kluwer business, provides intelligent software and service
solutions that empower legal professionals to more effectively manage dynamic
information, speed workflows and make critical decisions. CT offers corporate
compliance and governance services and solutions, including solutions for
managing statutory representation, corporate transactions, and jurisdictional
and securities compliance; UCC products and services for corporate due
diligence, secured lending, bankruptcy, and real estate, among other areas;
matter management and e-billing applications, litigation support software, and
eDiscovery services; and innovative trademark research offerings from CT
Corsearch. CT is based in New York City. For more information, please visit
www.ctlegalsolutions.com.
About Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer is a leading multinational publisher and information services
company. The company's core markets are spread across the health, corporate
services, finance, tax, accounting, law, regulatory and education sectors.
Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2005) of €3.4 billion, employs approximately
18,400 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America
and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the
AEX and Euronext 100 indices.
About Serengeti
Serengeti Law provides Serengeti Tracker®, the highest-rated and most frequently
used system for both electronic billing and matter management according to
recent law department surveys. Tracker® includes electronic bill auditing,
online document and contract management, automated budget management, and
performance tracking. In-house counsel can also generate customized management
reports to analyze spending, track budgets, assess developing areas of exposure,
and evaluate results. With only an Internet connection and an hour of training,
over 8,000 in-house counsel work online with all of their outside counsel,
including nearly 10,000 firms in more than 125 countries. For more information,
please visit www.serengetilaw.com.
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