DataCert to Speak at the International Legal Technology Association Conference; Intellectual Property Thought Leader Domenic Leo to Share Improvements to Legal Electronic Data Exchange and Code Set Standards.HOUSTON -- DataCert, Inc., the leading provider of electronic invoicing and legal spend management solutions, today announced that Domenic Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. , DataCert's vice president of intellectual property business development, will present at the International Legal Technology Association's (ILTA ILTA Independent Liquid Terminals Association ILTA International Laser Tag Association ILTA International Language Testing Association ILTA International Legal Technology Association ILTA Irish Learning Technology Association ILTA International Laser Therapy Association ) 29th Annual Educational Conference. ILTA is a peer networking organization that provides technology information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. to legal technology administrators worldwide. The four-day conference is being held at the Grand Lakes Resort in Orlando, Fla., August 21-24. Leo will present in a session titled, "LEDES Roundtable Discussion." The session, scheduled for August 24 at 10:15 a.m. ET, will address newly adopted Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard The Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard is a set of two file format specifications intended to standardize bill/invoice data transmitted electronically ("e-billed") from a law firm to a corporate client. It is abbreviated LEDES, and usually pronounced as "leeds". (LEDES) XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. formats for electronic invoicing and budgeting. The LEDES file format serves as a standard file format for the electronic exchange of legal information. Leo, chairman of intellectual property for the Uniform Task-Based Management System The Uniform Task-Based Management System (UTBMS) is a set of codes designed to standardize categorization and facilitate analysis of legal work and expenses. UTBMS was produced through a collaborative effort among the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, the (UTBMS UTBMS Uniform Task-Based Management System ), will discuss the continuing development of new UTBMS code sets and how these codes act as a fundamental building block for LEDES development. UTBMS is a budgeting and billing system designed to provide clients and law firms with meaningful cost information on legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. . The session will highlight why corporate law departments are requiring these new formats, how to create them and how LEDES and UTBMS data can help unify processes between law firms, clients and vendors. For more information on this session, please visit https://conference.iltanet.org. Domenic Leo is a respected thought-leader in the intellectual property (IP) and legal fields with more than 20 years of experience. In addition to serving as the chairman of intellectual property for the UTBMS initiative, Leo is an active member in the International Trademark Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a national bar association that was formed in 1897 to improve intellectual property laws and educate the public about such issues. , the Intellectual Property Owners and the Licensing Executives Society. Prior to joining DataCert, Leo served in various senior management roles at Master Data Center, a unit of Thomson Scientific Healthcare, where he was charged with leading the direct enterprise sales of intellectual asset management systems and custom technology solutions to Global 1000 corporations worldwide. About ILTA The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) is a premier peer networking organization that provides information resources in order to make technology work for the legal profession. For more than two decades, ILTA has led the way in sharing knowledge and experience for those faced with challenges in their firms and legal departments. ILTA's membership includes more than 900 law firms and legal departments worldwide and approximately 4,500 professionals. Each year, more than 1,000 ILTA members from firms of all sizes and all areas of practice attend ILTA's annual conference. For more information on ILTA, please visit www.iltanet.org. 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 reduce outside legal spend. With more than 6,300 customers in 100 countries, including 56 of the Fortune(R) 500, DataCert processes in excess of $9 billion of electronic invoicing data on an annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. basis. DataCert is headquartered in Houston with regional offices in London and Austin. Visit DataCert at www.datacert.com for more information. |
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