The 2015 Serengeti Summit was held in early October in Seattle, with three evenings of networking in great venues, including Pike Place Market. Recording the largest attendance ever with more than 150 attendees, it also proved to have the largest number of first-time conference attendees (approximately 65 percent). The conference kicked-off with a keynote speech …
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Learnings from a veteran user of Serengeti Tracker
Serengeti Tracker has been helping legal departments improve their operations for more than a decade. Assistant General Counsel Jim Sullivan of FMC Technologies, one of the first Serengeti customers, shared his insights at the 2014 Serengeti Summit and how his law department leverages Serengeti Tracker. Sullivan noted that Serengeti Tracker may be best known as …
- October 1, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
The Integrity Zone
Egil “Bud” Krogh might be more famous as a “plumber” than a lawyer. Krogh opened the 2014 Serengeti Summit with a keynote speech focusing on integrity, discussing the lessons he learned from his time serving as an official in the Richard Nixon administration. Krogh began by highlighting the importance of the code of ethics for …
- September 25, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Transformation in the legal department through Serengeti
Many people are adverse to change, where others get excited by new opportunities. Many legal departments fall into these categories as well. The first panel at the 2014 Serengeti Summit brought together four vastly different legal departments to discuss how Serengeti Tracker has helped transform their department through reporting and workflow improvements, as well as …
- September 25, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Legal hold: Why it matters
As legal department staff descend on Seattle for the 2014 Serengeti Summit, attendees will discuss and learn new ways to improve their department’s operations and efficiencies. Establishing a process for managing a company’s legal holds is somewhat like purchasing an insurance policy. Legal departments may not have to use it every day, but when the …
- September 24, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Top 10 from the Serengeti Summit
Serengeti hosted the 2012 Serengeti Summit May 9-11, in an unseasonably warm and sunny Seattle. Eddie Pasatiempo, senior director of client services for Thomson Reuters, shared the shocking statistic that Seattle isn’t in the top 10 rainiest cities in the United States, based on total rainfall. (The city owns the top spot for the most number …
- May 22, 2012
- Susan Martin
Serengeti User Summit kicks-off in Seattle
Serengeti is hosting the Serengeti Summit this week, May 9-11, in Seattle. The summit provides an opportunity for those already using the highest-rated legal e-billing and matter management system, Serengeti Tracker, to drive workflow efficiencies and uncover insights to improve the overall performance of their law department. Attendees have been learning how to further maximize results and deliver even greater …
- May 10, 2012
- Jeff McCoy