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DataCert Senior Director Jeff Hodge to Speak at Corporate Counsel Forums in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Belgium

Presentations at Prestigious In-House Counsel Conferences Highlight Company's Commitment to Market Education

LONDON, 15 September 2008 - DataCert, Inc., the leading provider of legal operations management solutions, announced today that Jeff Hodge, its senior director of Europe, Middle East and Africa, will speak at three separate European conferences for general counsel, legal executives and in-house counsel beginning on 23 September. The thought leadership speaking engagements support the company's initiative to develop industry knowledge about electronic invoicing and legal operations management.

The three conferences include the Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum (23-24 September), the C5 Corporate Counsel Forum on Reducing Legal Costs (25-26 September) and the European In-House Counsel Conference (29-30 September).

Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum

Hodge begins his speaking engagements at the Sixth Annual Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum, held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 23- 24 September. This year's conference focuses on legal leadership in changing times. Joined on a panel with the general counsels from Siemens and Financial Times, Hodge's session will discuss "Engagement with Business Leaders: What does a Worthwhile Legal Contribution at the Board Level Really Mean?" Topics include integrating legal with the wider business strategy and adopting best practices in board process and director communication. The session is scheduled for Wednesday, 24 September at 09.00.

C5 Corporate Counsel Forum on Reducing Legal Costs

Hodge continues his series of conference presentations with two sessions at the C5 Corporate Counsel Forum on Reducing Legal Costs, held in London on 25-26 September.

His first presentation, scheduled for 25 September at 10.15, explores "The Transparent Billable Hour: How Can You Get More from Traditional Billing Schemes?" The discussion will dissect the anatomy of the billable hour while addressing the level of detail needed for truly transparent billing. It will also cover how to capture knowledge from detailed billing data to engage in other cost-saving billing strategies such as alternative fee arrangements.

Andrew Dey, head of operations, legal and compliance of Barclays, joins Hodge for his second session at the C5 conference titled, "Using Technology to Achieve Transparency of Legal Spend". Scheduled for 26 September at 14.30, the session delivers the latest information on the technology being used to reduce legal spend and process internal documents. The duo will discuss how software can manage and facilitate cases, outside counsel relations and records management. The presentation includes discussion on the different types of technology available to help streamline legal operations management.

European In-House Counsel Conference

Hodge concludes his September speaking tour with a presentation at the European In-House Counsel Conference in Brussels. The conference, which features senior-level presenters such as general counsel and legal executives, equips in-house counsel with the information they need to handle the complex responsibilities increasingly handed to corporate legal departments. In his session, Hodge tackles the topic of leveraging detailed billing data to support the reduction of legal spend. Titled "The Transparent Billable Hour and Keeping Control of Costs," the presentation takes place 29 September at 15.15.

EXPP European Summit

The discussion of legal spend reduction continues 30 September as Jeff Novak, deputy general counsel of AOL, USA (a DataCert customer) presents at the EXPP European Summit. His session, scheduled for 10.10, focuses on the "Impact of E-invoicing and Matter Management on Legal Departments' Cost Management". The presentation will include valuable information on AOL's experience with legal e-invoicing and matter management, implementation best practices and lessons learned. The EXPP European Summit, held in Frankfurt 29-30 September, hosts more than 350 e-invoicing and e-document experts from 25 countries.

For more information on Jeff Hodge's presentations, please contact pr@datacert.com. For more information on DataCert, please visit www.datacerteurope.com.

About DataCert, Inc.

DataCert is the premier global provider of legal operations management solutions, including matter management and legal and intellectual property spend management software and services. Corporate legal departments trust DataCert solutions to manage, analyse and optimise legal operations. With law firm, vendor and agent connections in 126 countries, DataCert customers include 53 Fortune^® Global 500 corporations and 91% of the AmLaw Global 100. Visit www.datacerteurope.com for more information.