PALO ALTO, Calif.--August 24, 2010--IntApp, Inc., the leading provider of risk management software for the legal industry, today announced that McCarter & English LLP, a law firm of 400 lawyers with offices in 7 cities, uses IntApp Wall Builder to manage internal confidentiality policies, enforce information access restrictions 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.
"We selected IntApp Wall Builder because our firm is committed to responding appropriately to evolving standards of professional responsibility, new client requirements and changing industry expectations regarding ethical screening and the way confidential information is stored, accessed and tracked internally," said William Reilly, General Counsel, McCarter & English LLP. "Wall Builder plays an essential role in our firm's risk strategy by centralizing confidentiality management, from policy creation and communication, to enforcement, to tracking and compliance reporting. Our experience working with IntApp has been top-notch; they provide a wealth of expertise regarding risk trends, practices and emerging issues, and consistently invite our feedback and work collaboratively with our firm."
Law firms must closely manage and track internal access to client information for many reasons. These include waiver-driven ethical screens, client outside counsel guidelines, and compliance with regulations such as the HITECH Act, ITAR and several data privacy laws.
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.
"By adopting Wall Builder, McCarter & English took strong steps to respond to the industry confidentiality management trend," said Pat Archbold, head of IntApp's Risk Practice Group. "We're pleased to count them as a member of our growing client community and look forward to supporting their continued success."
McCarter & English, established more than 160 years ago, represents Fortune 500 and middle-market companies in their national, regional and local litigation and on important transactions. Its 400 attorneys are based in offices in Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Stamford and Wilmington. www.mccarter.com.
