CT and Serengeti Announce Integration Between Service of Process and Matter Management Systems

NEW YORK CITY; BELLEVUE, WA — 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.