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07.28.2010 |
SERENGETI LAW AND THE
MINORITY CORPORATE COUNSEL ASSOCIATION PARTNER FOR “SERENGETI GIVES”
INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION
Scholarships for minority law
students generated by referrals of new customers to Serengeti
Serengeti Law and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, Inc. (“MCCA”)
today announced a partnership in connection with the “Serengeti Gives”
program, an initiative to promote diversity in the legal profession by
providing financial support to minority law students. For each new
customer referred to Serengeti by a law department or law firm,
Serengeti will contribute $1,000 in their name to the MCCA’s Lloyd M.
Johnson, Jr. Scholarship Program.
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06.28.2010 |
Serengeti ENHANCES INTEGRATED
REPORTING ENGINE
Tracker 10.0 Improves Ability to
Present, Analyze, and Share Information
Serengeti today announced the release of Tracker 10.0 with enhanced
reporting functionality for presenting, analyzing and sharing
information within the world’s most widely used legal project management
system. This release builds upon Serengeti’s recently patented data
integrity workflows (Serengeti press release, March 17, 2010) by
providing practical new ways for legal professionals to assess not only
spending, but also project progress, results achieved, the effectiveness
of legal teams and other key information for managing legal projects.
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03.17.2010 |
Serengeti Awarded Patent for
Solution that Ensures Legal Data Integrity
Patented Process Addresses Limitation
in Legal Matter Management Systems
Serengeti Law announced today that it has received a patent for an
innovative solution to one of the most common problems faced by
corporate legal departments – keeping information current in their
systems that track legal work. The patented technology, which is an
integral part of the Serengeti Tracker e-billing/matter management
system, ensures that outside counsel maintain current information that
is required by their corporate clients.
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11.05.09 |
Serengeti Contributes to
Creation of New ACC Value Index
Attorney evaluation exchange built on
established Serengeti methodology
Serengeti is pleased that its close working relationship with the
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) helped support the successful
launch of the ACC Value Index, an online service for ACC members through
which in-house counsel can exchange evaluations of their law firms. The
ACC Value Index based its six rating criteria on a successful set of
performance criteria developed by Serengeti for its matter management
program used by many in-house lawyers, including some of the members of
the Steering Committee of the ACC Value Challenge initiative.
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10.19.09 |
CONTROLLING
OUTSIDE LEGAL SPEND SURPASSES COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AS TOP CONCERN FOR
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL
Ninth Annual ACC/Serengeti ‘Managing Outside Counsel Survey’ Reveals
In-House Counsel are Looking for Innovative, Value-Driven Solutions
For the first time in three years, controlling spending on outside
counsel has returned as the top priority for in-house counsel, topping
compliance concerns, according to the results of the 2009 ACC/Serengeti
Managing Outside Counsel Survey, a collaboration between the Association
of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Serengeti Law, released at ACC’s Annual
Meeting, October 19 in Boston, MA.
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10.08.09 |
Sawatdee! Thai Attorney Becomes Serengeti’s 100,000th User
Bangkok-based attorney says “hello” to Serengeti
Serengeti
Law today announced that its network has grown to more than 100,000
users in 180 countries. With this milestone, Serengeti extends its
position as the largest online community of legal professionals in the
world.
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08.13.09 |
Corporate Legal Exchange Selects Serengeti for Preferred Vendor Program
Members Receive Exclusive Discounts on Leading Matter Management/E-Billing
System
Serengeti Law announced that it has just been named by the Corporate Legal
Exchange (CLEx), a program of the Corporate Executive Board, as the only legal
e-billing vendor in its Preferred Vendor Program. Under this program, Corporate
Legal Exchange members will receive discounts on Serengeti Tracker, the most
widely-used online matter management and e-billing system for the legal
profession, currently connecting more than 90,000 in-house and outside counsel
in 160 countries worldwide.
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06.15.09 |
Serengeti Simplifies International Invoice Processing
New release sets standard for worldwide integration
Serengeti today announced the release of Tracker 9.5: powerful new tools for
managing the complexities of currency conversion, data delivery, and payment
reconciliation among multiple AP departments around the world. This new
functionality further enhances the industry’s highest-rated and most widely used
e-billing and matter management system—currently used by over 90,000 in-house
and outside counsel in 160 countries.
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05.27.09
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Serengeti Successfully Completes SAS
70 Type II Examination of E-Billing/Matter Management System and Operations
Independent Examination of Profession’s Most Widely Used System Supports Law
Departments’ Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley
Serengeti Law is pleased to announce the successful completion of a
comprehensive SAS 70 Type II examination conducted by Ernst & Young. The review
is an independent confirmation of the quality and effectiveness of Serengeti’s
overall practices in safeguarding the data of its 260+ law department customers
and their more than 19,000 law firm and other vendor offices worldwide.
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04.15.09
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Serengeti Increases Lead in Legal Matter Management/E-Billing with 250th Customer and 40% Revenue Growth
Legal Profession’s Largest Online Platform Continues Unprecedented Growth
Serengeti Law today announced strong financial results for the 2008 fiscal year,
and the accomplishment of a major milestone with its 250th corporate legal
department customer. Serengeti Tracker, the company’s online matter management
and electronic billing system, increased its lead over other systems with
continuing strong year-on-year growth.
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11.04.08
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Serengeti
Announces Breakthrough Enhancements to Legal Invoice Review and High-Volume
Matter Management
Latest release significantly
reduces review time and improves access to information
Serengeti Law today announced major advances in online legal bill review in
Serengeti Tracker®, the legal profession’s highest rated and most widely used
matter management and e-billing system. Tracker version 9.0 is immediately
available without cost to the thousands of in-house and outside counsel working
on the system in more than 160 countries.
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10.20.08
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IN-HOUSE
COUNSEL BECOMING BOLDER — REQUIRING MORE FROM OUTSIDE COUNSEL
Frustrated with Rising Costs & Inexperienced Lawyers, the Eighth Annual
ACC/Serengeti ‘Managing Outside Counsel Survey’ Reveals In-House Counsel are
Taking Action
Over the past eight years, more in-house counsel have required specific terms of
retention that govern what they expect from their outside counsel, according to
the results of the 2008 ACC/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey, a
collaboration between the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Serengeti
Law, released at ACC’s Annual Meeting, October 20 in Seattle, WA. Gone are the
days when in-house counsel send out major projects to outside counsel, pay vague
bills “for services rendered,” and remain uninvolved while outside counsel do
whatever they think is necessary.
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09.18.08
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Over
1,000 Law Firms Adopt Serengeti Accrual Reporting
Groundbreaking Module Gains Rapid International Acceptance in First Six Months
Serengeti today announced that just six months after the
release of its accruals collection module, over 1,000 law firms in 60 countries
have submitted more than 50,000 accruals to corporate clients. With this
groundbreaking functionality, corporate law departments automatically receive
work-in-process accruals – unbilled time and future spending estimates – which
are necessary for accurate financial statements.
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01.10.08
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Serengeti
Becomes First Legal E-Billing Vendor to Connect 100% of the AmLaw 200, NLJ 250,
and AmLaw Global 100 Law Firms
Milestone Reinforces
Serengeti’s Role as the Leading E-Billing System for Legal Professionals
Worldwide
Serengeti Law today announced that it is the first vendor to
process electronic legal bills from 100% of the world’s largest law firms –
those that comprise the AmLaw 200, the NLJ 250, and the AmLaw Global 100. This
unprecedented achievement is consistent with Serengeti’s leading position in
other key categories.
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