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CaseCentral X2™ Powers Joint Legal Teams

CaseCentral Introduces A Single Online Environment For Sharing Documents And Creating Privileged Work Product

SAN FRANCISCO - April 20, 2006 - CaseCentral, the leader in Litigation Lifecycle Management solutions for major law firms and corporations, today launched CaseCentral X2™, an advanced electronic document workspace that enables legal teams working on the same case to share documents and create privileged work product confidentially in a single online environment.

CaseCentral, the leader in Litigation Lifecycle Management solutions for major law firms and corporations, today launched CaseCentral X2™, an advanced electronic document workspace that enables legal teams working on the same case to share documents and create privileged work product confidentially in a single online environment.

CaseCentral X2 redefines the traditional boundaries of electronic document workspaces that permit document sharing only within the same law firm or corporation, not among outside legal teams. An industry first, CaseCentral X2 enables legal teams from multiple corporations and law firms to confidentially prepare work products in a single online environment that can never be seen or accessed by any other legal team. A privileged mark-up of a document made by one reviewer will remain invisible to other reviewers looking at the same document, thus ensuring the confidentiality of the work product.

CaseCentral X2 represents a significant workflow improvement over the current process of sharing electronic documents by eliminating the risk, time, and expense in exporting and shipping large volumes of data. Legal teams recreating electronic documents for other law firms and corporations today face a possible breach of confidentiality during the reproduction process, as well as significant time delays and higher costs. In addition, the importing of data from different systems often creates document quality problems.

CaseCentral X2 shortens the lead time in making electronic documents available to other legal teams by eliminating the need to physically transport large amounts of data.  Moreover, CaseCentral X2 provides cost incentives that encourage each legal team involved in a pending action to use CaseCentral X2. The greater the participation in CaseCentral X2, the lower the cost of electronic document management for each legal team, in addition to reduced risk and greater time savings.

"CaseCentral X2 is a breakthrough in electronic document sharing because it reduces risk, saves time and lowers cost, while eliminating the inherent problems in reproducing and shipping electronic documents around the country," said Chris Kruse, CEO of CaseCentral. "At the same time, CaseCentral X2 provides a more cost effective model for collaborative litigation by making it feasible for multiple legal teams to use the same workspace to share documents and create work product confidentially. Law firms and corporations have never had that option before."

CaseCentral X2 ensures the privacy of a legal team's work product by partitioning confidential documents from those accessible in the common area of the workspace. CaseCentral X2 employs a sophisticated systems architecture that constructs an electronic lockbox separating private from public documents. Additional security protocols further wall off both sets of electronic documents to prevent proprietary work from being inadvertently revealed to unauthorized persons.

"CaseCentral X2 is a milestone in the evolution of the electronic discovery process because it initiates a new era of efficient collaboration among legal teams," Kruse said. "CaseCentral X2 is another innovation from CaseCentral, the leader in Litigation Lifecycle Solutions that streamline and simplify the legal and compliance process."
Pioneered by CaseCentral, Litigation Lifecycle Management is a business strategy that standardizes legal compliance initiatives for corporations and law firms to improve profitability, preparedness, and productivity, while reducing risk and costs. Litigation Lifecycle Management combines technology with best practices in legal review, document repository, and electronic discovery to provide greater visibility and intelligence about pending legal action.

About CaseCentral

CaseCentral offers a proven on-demand evidence management platform that empowers corporations and law firms to take control of eDiscovery. CaseCentral enables users to efficiently and defensibly respond to today's legal and compliance challenges consistently, accurately and faster while delivering overall savings of 30-60 percent, and increasing Earnings Per Share by up to 1 percent. The company's SaaS delivered software, with its centralized secure multi-party architecture and flexible litigation workflow engine, can be up and running within minutes. CaseCentral's solution is enhanced by its litigation-savvy consulting, best practice processes and self-services options. Founded in 1994, CaseCentral works with leading Fortune 1000 corporations, including 25 of the Fortune 100, and over 1,100 law firms that support them. CaseCentral is consistently chosen to handle many of the most complex and highly visible litigation projects in the nation. For more information, call 1.800.714.2727 or visit www.casecentral.com.

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