The latest news and events from DataCert, the global leader in legal operations management. http://www.datacert.com InsideCounsel has opened registration for the Generals of the Revolution seminar, presented by DataCert, in New York City on September 29th. The event will feature Professor Richard Susskind as the keynote speaker along with a panel of leading general counsel. The event will also highlight the launch of DataCert's new patent-pending technology platform, PassportTM. Join us to see what the buzz is all about. Attendance is limited to in-house counsel, partners, and media. http://www.insidecounsel.com/microSites/DataCert/Pages/default.aspx 100706-0001 Tue, 6 Jul 2010 15:00 The Generals of the Revolution event being held in London on 27 May 2010 from 09:00 to 14:00 has nearly reached capacity and registration will close soon. The event features Richard Susskind, author of "The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services", as well as leading GCs from Barclays, AOL, and DataCert. Attendance is being limited in order to facilitate an exclusive discussion amongst participants and panelists. Register at www.datacert.com/generals today. http://www.datacert.com/ResourcesEvents/SeminarSeries.asp?source=rss 100517-0001 Mon, 17 May 2010 12:10 DataCert is pleased to announce that Ronald R. Denton, a leading voice in the legal industry regarding the use of technology to streamline operations, has joined the panel for the Generals of the Revolution seminar in Houston on June 9, 2010. The event will feature Richard Susskind as keynote speaker and a number of leading GCs discussing the need for a change in the way legal departments and law firms use technology and how the in-house community is tasked with driving this change. http://www.datacert.com/ResourcesEvents/SeminarSeries.asp?source=rss 100427-0001 Mon, 3 May 2010 10:30 Passport enables legal departments to simplify the legal function by consolidating all of their systems onto a single platform, including DataCert applications, their existing best-in-class applications, and applications they develop in-house using the Passport Developer Toolkit. Passport addresses the difficult challenges faced by corporate legal departments and law firms caused by the proliferation of disparate point systems. The possibilities it presents for them to consolidate, integrate, and evolve their portfolio of legal applications, without requiring the traditional programming and technical staff, change the way they will buy solutions and will transform the legal technology industry. http://www.datacert.com/passport/default.asp?source=rss 100427-0001 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:00 DataCert is pleased to announce that Mark Edwards, the innovative general counsel of Barclaycard, has joined the panel for the Generals of the Revolution seminar in London on 27 May 2010. The event will feature Richard Susskind as keynote speaker, as well as J.L. Novak, General Counsel - AOL Paid Services and D. Mark Poag, SVP and General Counsel, DataCert discussing the need for a change in the way legal services are delivered and how the in-house community is tasked with driving this change. http://www.datacert.com/ResourcesEvents/SeminarSeries.asp?source=rss 100421-0001 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:45 Rich Baer will join the panel for a seminar in San Francisco hosted by DataCert in collaboration with InsideCounsel and The General Counsel Forum. Mr. Baer will join keynote speaker Richard Susskind and fellow panelists J.L. Novak, general counsel, AOL Paid Services, Madeleine Johnson, vice president and general counsel, Southwest Airlines, and Ralph Baxter, chairman and ceo, Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP. The event will focus on bringing leaders in the legal industry together to define a vision for changes in the delivery of legal services and the way in which in-house and outside counsel collaborate. http://www.datacert.com/ResourcesEvents/SeminarSeries.asp?source=rss 100408-0001 Thu, 8 Apr 2010 8:45 Ralph Baxter is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP and has been selected as one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers" by both The National Law Journal and the San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal. He will join Professor Richard Susskind, Madeleine Johnson, VP and GC, Southwest Airlines, and J.L. Novak, GC - AOL Paid Services, AOL on the panel moderated by Mark Poag, SVP and GC, DataCert at our San Francisco event on June 15, 2010. http://www.datacert.com/ResourcesEvents/SeminarSeries.asp?source=rss 100329-0001 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:00 The series, presented by DataCert in collaboration with InsideCounsel and The General Counsel Forum, also features noted author Richard Susskind, J.L. Novak, GC of AOL Access, and Make Poag, SVP and GC of DataCert. Ms. Johnson will participate in the Houston event on June 9 and the San Francisco event on June 15. The sessions will focus on the way in which in-house leaders are driving critical change in the way legal services are delivered and the way outside counsel engage in collaborative relationships with their clients. http://www.datacert.com/ResourcesEvents/SeminarSeries.asp?source=rss 100322-0001 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:00 The session will feature Maurus Schreyvogel, Group Legal Project Manager from Novartis International AG, and Rajitha Boer, DataCert's VP of Business Development, EMEA. The session will examine different approaches to legal spend management and explore ways IP Managers can better control their budgets. http://www.globalipexchange.co.uk/dayone.php#session13 100308-0001 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 9:45 Half-Day Event on the GC's Imperative to Improve Legal Collaboration featuring Richard Susskind, author of The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services. Fundamental shifts in the legal industry are underway, and GCs are leading the charge. Participate in defining a vision for driving critical change in the relationship between in-house and outside counsel and hastening the adoption of advanced collaborative technology resulting in more effective and efficient delivery of legal services in 2010 and beyond. http://www.datacert.com/ResourcesEvents/SeminarSeries.asp?source=rss 100301-0001 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00 DataCert's Domenic Leo is moderating a roundtable at the Global IP Exchange taking place in Austin, Texas this week. The roundtable is entitled Evaluating Your IP Business Process, and Leo will offer his expertise in the subject to help participants generate discussion around the best ways to capture information involving the problem areas in your business process, how to analyze and control the cost of working with agents and outside counsel worldwide, and how to better model and predict the cost of protecting your IP portfolio in the future in certain markets. http://www.globalipexchange.com/Event.aspx?id=227546 100222-0001 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:30 DataCert's SVP & General Counsel will join industry leaders at a conference focused on selecting the most effective and efficient outside counsel. The conference will take place in New York City on April 7, 2009. http://www.ark-group.com/home/dwnld/us_pdfs/AppropriateCounsel%20April%207%20NYC.pdf 100215-0001 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:00 DataCert achieved these results while investing 30% of revenue back into its products and services, expanding its presence in Europe by opening its fourth office there in Zurich, and completing the acquisition of a software development, customer support, and professional services center for the legal market from Symcon Global Technologies (SGT), its former partner in Chennai, India. http://www.datacert.com/News/Releases/2010/100211.asp?source=rss 100209-0001 Tues, 9 Feb 2010 12:00 The DataCert Collaboration Module excels beyond basic delegation of data entry to law firms to support true collaboration between corporate legal departments and their outside counsel firms and vendors. http://www.datacert.com/Products/AIMS-CollaborationModule.asp?source=rss 100111-0001 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00 Please join us at one of the five Customer Success Roundtables listed below to learn more about the future of DataCert's products and the technology that is going to move your legal department forward as we advance further into the 21st century. http://www.datacert.com/ResourcesEvents/CustomerRoundtables.asp?source=rss 091103-0001 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:00 Pick up a slinky and learn more about our e-billing and matter and IP management solutions. http://am.acc.com/ 091019-0001 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00 Join us next week in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay area for the final two in an installment of lunch seminars about alternative fee arrangements. D. Mark Poag, DataCert's SVP and General Counsel will team up with Patrick Lamb of Valorem to offer practical advice about the benefits that AFAs have to offer and how to implement a successful AFA strategy. Register today! http://www.datacert.com/afa?source=rss 090914-0001 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:40 DataCert will host a luncheon on September 9th at Morton's in Downtown Houston. This session will cover different types of alternative fee arrangements, from the most basic to the most advanced, and will explain how technology enables corporate legal departments to effectively negotiate, enforce, and evaluate their effectiveness. The seminar features Patrick Lamb, a legal visionary who advocates for billing arrangements that more effectively share budgetary risk and the value of positive outcomes between law firms and their clients. Register today! http://www.datacert.com/afa?source=rss 090901-0001 Tues, 1 Sep 2009 17:00 The latest buzz in legal operations management is the ubiquitous "Alternative Fee Arrangement". But, what does that mean exactly and why is it becoming so integral to the way that corporate legal departments do business? Join Valorem Law Group and DataCert in September for a series of seminars in Houston, Chicago, and Silicon Valley to learn more about the world beyond the billable hour, the benefits it brings in terms of consistent and predictable legal costs, and how technology can be leveraged to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of arrangements with outside counsel. http://www.datacert.com/NewsEvents/SeminarSeries.asp?source=rss 090824-0001 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:00 DataCert congratulates its customers for a strong showing in the InsideCounsel IC- 10 awards. We are proud to provide legal spend and matter and IP management solutions to 4 of InsideCounsel's 10 most innovative legal departments. http://www.insidecounsel.com/Issues/2009/September%202009/Pages/Game-Changers.aspx?page=10 090819-0001 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:45 Mark Poag, DataCert's SVP and General Counsel, will be a panelist at the Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel's August luncheon on AFAs. The panel will discuss the need for cost certainty created by today's economic environment and how AFAs can help achieve that goal despite the uncertain nature of litigation. http://www.datacert.com/NewsEvents/UpcomingEvents.asp?source=rss 090818-0001 Tues, 18 Aug 2009 13:15 How do the winners of Corporate Counsel's Best Legal Departments competition leverage technology? Hear The Hartford and IBM discuss in this on demand webinar. DataCert is proud to provide legal spend and matter management to 6 of the 7 winners and finalists from the last two years. http://www.datacert.com/NewsEvents/BestLegalDepartments.asp?source=rss 090806-0001 Thurs, 6 Aug 2009 13:35 Every year, the editors and writers of Corporate Counsel Magazine award the accolade of Best Legal Department. They ask legal departments across the nation to describe their structure, litigation strategies, outside counsel management, pro bono activities, and how they use technology. This month's webinar will feature Editor-In-Chief, Anthony Paonita and this year's winners who will talk about how they leverage technology to make their work more effective, and serve their corporate clients better. DataCert is proud to provide matter management and legal and IP spend management solutions to 6 of the 7 winners and finalists from the last two years. http://www.datacert.com/NewsEvents/Webinars.asp?source=rss 090729-0001 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00 Mark Poag of DataCert will participate in a panel discussion on Alternative Fee Arrangements. http://www.datacert.com/NewsEvents/UpcomingEvents.asp?source=rss 090729-0002 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:00 DataCert conducted its annual IP Forum on June 30th in New York City, which provided customers the opportunity to discuss relevant issues and challenges regarding IP invoice and legal spend management with peers and industry experts. Nine companies, each with significant IP portfolios, were in attendance, including Intellectual Ventures and several Fortune 100 companies, such as IBM. Primary topics of conversation included strategies for working with a global network of IP agents, as well as business intelligence tools and best practices for managing a vast IP portfolio and the associated costs. http://www.datacert.com/NewsEvents/PressReleases/2009/090722.asp?source=rss 090722-0001 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:00 Join this webcast hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel to hear DataCert customers, Novartis and Barclays, discuss the challenges around rolling out a global electronic invoicing solution and best practices for managing a global legal department. http://www.datacert.com/NewsEvents/Webinars.asp?source=rss 090720-0001 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:00