Serengeti to Host Matter Vault Service -- a Secure Location for Legal Professionals to Collaborate.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers Legal Tech 2000 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000 ELF's Matter Vault creates distinct, secure locations to fully manage case matters and exchange and request information Technology today allows individuals in remote geographic locations to come together in real-time to communicate, to exchange ideas and to resolve the challenges that they face. Providing this capability to legal professionals on Serengeti (www.SerengetiUS.com) is the essence of ELF's Matter Vault service. Adding to the burgeoning legal software and technology services available on Serengeti, ELF's Matter Vault service will allow legal professionals to create a secure location on the Internet and centralize cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. the management of any legal matter or issue. This dedicated location will allow the individual(s) responsible for a specific legal matter or issue to manage all aspects of the matter online, including the secure organization and sharing of documents. &uot;The capabilities that the Matter Vault service extends to legal professionals captures the fundamental nature of the Internet as we know it today,&uot; stated Don Murray Don Murray has been the name of more than one person of note:
Advancing the extranet concept, the Matter Vault service on Serengeti will not only further collaboration, but will replace antiquated communication devices such as fax machines, courier services, paper memos and traditional mail services -- without waiving attorney-client privilege In the law of evidence, a client's privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any other person from disclosing, confidential communications between the client and his or her attorney. . In addition, working through Internet-hosted applications frees the organization's information systems from being consumed by current and archived data. All of the Elements in a Secure, Central Location The Matter Vault service was developed to help the law firm attorney work more productively with their corporate clients. As is common, a single attorney and their law firm may provide legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. to multiple corporations and insurance claims departments simultaneously. The Matter Vault service allows for the creation of distinct, secure locations for each matter or issue undertaken. Once a new Matter Vault is created and identified for a specific matter or issue, all approved participants Approved Participants Institutional investors who are allowed direct access to an exchange's trading environment. Approved participant status usually affords trade execution cost savings and the right to install trading terminals in client offices. on a given legal matter may come together to post, share and review documents; discuss and review strategy; and collaborate on any aspect of the issue. Access to the location, and the information contained within, is controlled exclusively by the individual who created that specific Matter Vault. The &uot;owner&uot; of a particular matter has the ability to invite, using email (or other means), individuals they deem appropriate to the location to conduct work on that matter. For instance, an attorney in need of an expert witness could email an invitation to the identified expert, asking them to log onto the site and enter their opinions on the given matter. The Matter Vault service is not limited to litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Attorneys have the ability to manage any type of legal matter, including issues such as contracts, patents or other business transactions. ELF's Matter Vault service utilizes traditional Internet technology, such as document and message posting, but does so in a completely secure environment. Unlike email, which is sent over the Internet in an non-secure manner, all communications occurring within a Matter Vault location are protected using digital certificates and the secure sockets layer (networking, security) Secure Sockets Layer - (SSL) A protocol designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide secure communications over the Internet using asymmetric key encryption. (SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. ) protocol. ELF's Matter Vault service will be available for use in the second quarter of 2000. To learn more about these services or other products and services from ELF, please visit www.elftech.com. About Serengeti -- Where Law Does Business Serengeti, an ELF Solution, is an online community where legal professionals go to get work done. Built on the power of the Internet, Serengeti gives legal professionals access to world-class legal solutions through a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Serengeti minimizes and simplifies the infrastructure setup and maintenance costs that are typically associated with common legal applications. Serengeti's robust data center was co-built with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) to deliver powerful legal applications with highly advanced levels of security to maintain confidentiality. About ELF ELF's innovative software and services help insurance claim departments, corporate law departments and law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation headquartered on Mercer Island Mer·cer Island A city of west-central Washington, coextensive with Mercer Island in Lake Washington near Seattle. It is primarily residential. Population: 22,300. in Washington state, with international offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Sydney, Australia. ELF is a member of IBM's award-winning BESTeam program and a premium member of the Lotus Business Partner Program. |
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