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DataCert Clients AOL, AON and Citigroup to Present at In-House Counsel
Conference on March 22
Conference to Focus on Law Department Business Practices
HOUSTON, March 19, 2007 - DataCert, Inc., the leading provider of electronic invoicing and legal spend management solutions, today announced that its clients AOL, AON Corporation and Citigroup will share best practices at the In-House Counsel as an Effective Business Unit Conference on Thursday, March 22 in New York City.
The role of corporate law departments is steadily evolving to include a greater emphasis on business processes and results. The conference, featuring presentations from trend-setting Fortune® 500 law departments, will provide corporate counsel and in-house personnel with case studies and practices that underline a law department's value as a business unit.
DataCert's clients will be presenting in three sessions, including:
- "Establishing a Preferred Counsel Program as a Means to Reduce Outside Counsel Costs," Doug Stevens, associate general counsel, AON Corporation - Stevens will present a case study on how to improve the quality of law firm representation and decrease outside counsel expenditures by reducing the number of law firms contracting with a company. The presentation will also discuss alternative billing arrangements and how to enforce compliance with company billing guidelines. (1:30 p.m. ET)
- "Keeping Tabs: Using Financial Planning and Budgeting to Manage Legal Service," Julie Mazza, director of legal cost control, Citigroup - How can you balance budgets while increasing the quality of service within a law department? Mazza, a featured panelist for this presentation, will focus on how to use budgets as a management tool and how to establish financial benchmarks for litigation. (2:15 p.m. ET)
- "Managing Risks as a Global Legal Department," Jeffrey L. Novak, associate general counsel, AOL LLC - As more corporations break into the global market, law departments must learn how to facilitate communications and billing across multiple time zones, locations and cultures. Novak will illustrate how standardized processes and legal cost analysis can bolster a law department's strategic vision and performance. (4:15 p.m. ET)
The In-House Counsel as an Effective Business Unit Conference is open to all in-house counsel and personnel and is being hosted at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City from 8:30 a.m. ET to 5:00 ET. For more information on speakers and venue, visit www.ark-group.com.
About DataCert, Inc.
DataCert, Inc. is the largest and fastest-growing supplier
of electronic invoicing and corporate legal spend management solutions. DataCert's products
and services provide a substantial return on investment to corporations looking to take
control of their outside legal spend. With more than 11,000
customers in 150 countries,
including 71 of the Fortune® 500, DataCert
processes in excess of $9 billion of electronic
invoicing data on an annualized basis. DataCert is headquartered in Houston with regional
offices in London, Paris and Austin. Visit DataCert at www.datacert.com for more information.
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