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CSC® and Serengeti® Announce XML Integration Between CSC’s Service of Process
and Serengeti’s Matter Management Systems
May 10, 2007 –
Corporation Service Company ® (CSC) and Serengeti today announced the successful
integration of CSC's service of process (“SOP”) with Serengeti's matter
management system, enabling information and documents from CSC® to be delivered
electronically into Serengeti's online system. This integration enables
corporate legal departments to reap the benefits of immediate delivery of
litigation documents and greater efficiency in meeting response deadlines.
Skanska USA is one of the first customers to implement the CSC and Serengeti SOP
integration. “Having the service of process documents feed directly into
Serengeti from CSC has made a definite impact on the Legal Department. With
Serengeti and CSC, we can easily retrieve our SOP documents, notify the
appropriate people, and monitor response due dates. Moreover, because the entire
process is electronic, we can easily track the processing of each SOP document
online,” said Linda Turteltaub, Corporate Counsel, Skanska USA Building Inc.
As a registered agent service provider, CSC receives thousands of SOP documents
on behalf of its clients. Since the launch last year by CSC of completely
electronic SOP processing and delivery, one hundred percent of CSC’s SOP is
scanned, processed to collect key information, and immediately made available
for electronic delivery the day it is served. Recently, CSC enhanced its XML
capabilities to provide unparalleled access to SOP data and imaged documents. As
part of the XML upgrade, CSC and Serengeti worked together to implement checksum
functionality that verifies document counts and document data for the prior
30-days has been received properly into the client’s system.
In the past, corporate clients often spent a significant amount of time and
money entering SOP data and uploading documents into matter management systems
used to track deadlines and responses. This system integration enables corporate
law departments to benefit from the following key components:
- Anytime access to SOP downloads from CSC to Serengeti of imaged
documents/transmittal data;
- Accelerated assessment for each download utilizing an integrated summary
cover sheet that identifies key information regarding the SOP data and
litigation documents;
- Hourly alerts from Serengeti to the corporate client when new
information is ready for processing;
- Automatic SOP routing to existing Serengeti matters that have the same
case number;
- Efficient creation of new matters in Serengeti as necessary, populated
with the SOP information from CSC; and
- Online 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 using Serengeti for whom CSC 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 respond to new legal
documents."
“Our focus is on our clients – we want our registered agent clients to be able
to use the matter management system that best fits their needs – whether it is a
CSC platform, Serengeti, a third party, or a custom solution,” said Bruce Winn,
CEO of Corporation Service Company. “Our electronic Service of Process system
recently received SAS70 certification and ensures the highest standards in the
litigation and service of process areas,” adds Winn.
About CSC
Corporation Service Company®, a privately held company headquartered in
Wilmington, DE is a leading provider of legal and financial services for many of
the world’s largest companies, law firms and financial institutions. Founded in
1899, CSC® offers clients an integrated, comprehensive portfolio of services
that includes corporate compliance and governance services, entity management
services, litigation and matter management services, public record document and
retrieval services, uniform commercial code services, domain name management
services, trademark clearance and brand protection services, motor vehicle
titling services, and registered agent services. To learn more about CSC, visit
www.incspot.com.
About Serengeti
Serengeti Law provides Serengeti Tracker®, the highest-rated and most widely
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 10,000 in-house counsel work online with all of their outside counsel,
including nearly 12,000 firms in more than 125 countries. For more information,
please visit www.serengetilaw.com.
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