PALO ALTO, Calif.--February 2, 2009--IntApp, Inc., the leading provider of risk management, time capture and integration software for the legal industry, today announced that Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a global law firm with 1,500 attorneys, has selected IntApp Wall Builder to enforce confidentiality policies and track compliance across the firm.
Wall Builder is a web-based confidentiality management application that enables organizations to centrally control, monitor and report on user access permissions across multiple applications including document management, accounting, portal, CRM, time entry and records management systems. It also automates notifications to individuals subject to specific policies and tracks acknowledgments for compliance purposes.
Law firms must closely manage internal access to client information for many reasons. These include waiver-driven ethical screens, client outside counsel guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
Wall Builder replaces distributed, ad hoc approaches to information security with a centralized system that provides organizations with unprecedented capability and control over user access to specific applications, documents and other information. It's the only product for law firms that delivers real-time enforcement while updating access rights in response to attorney behavior to ensure that policies are kept up to date automatically.
"We undertook a strategic initiative to expand our use of technology to manage risk and compliance in order to better protect the firm and address client requirements," said Ann Ostrander, Director of Loss Prevention, Kirkland & Ellis LLP. "We evaluated several options and Wall Builder was the clear choice -- it has been embraced as a standard by our industry peers, who are using it to secure over 150 million documents globally, and it's the only product that integrates with key firm applications including our document management and records management systems."
"We're very pleased to add Kirkland & Ellis to our growing client roster and look forward to working closely with them," said Pat Archbold, head of IntApp's Risk Practice Group. "By using Wall Builder, the firm will be able to demonstrate that it's taking all available measures to comply with internal policies, client guidelines, regulatory requirements and industry rules for enforcing confidentiality controls and tracking compliance."
IntApp provides software products and services that enable law firms to increase revenue, ensure client confidentiality and maximize staff productivity. With over 120 customers, including 40% of the 200 largest US firms as ranked by The American Lawyer, and a vibrant partner community, IntApp has been embraced and endorsed as an industry standard. For more information, visit: www.intapp.com.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a 1,500-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex litigation, corporate and tax, real estate, restructuring, and intellectual property and technology matters. The firm has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
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Dan Bressler
IntApp, Inc.
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