FTI Technology’s Ringtail LegalTM Software Wins Law Technology News Award

NEW YORK, NY  January 14, 2010 – FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:FCN), the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value, announced that its Ringtail Legal software has been selected for a silver award by Law Technology News readers in the category of case management software for large law firms.

“We congratulate the 2009 LTN Award winners, and applaud their creativity and innovations,” said Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of Law Technology News. “The awards dramatically illustrate how our community is determined to develop and adopt superb technologies that help legal organizations deliver better, faster, and cheaper legal services in these turbulent economic times.”

In 2009, the editors of Law Technology News asked the publication’s more than 40,000 subscribers to identify products and vendors that represented outstanding achievement in legal technology in 25 categories for its seventh annual awards program.  The awards, selected based on subscriber online voting, will be presented at LegalTech New York on February 1, 2010. Information on the awards and winners will be featured in the March 2010 issue of Law Technology News and on the magazine’s Web site at www.lawtechnologynews.com.

The Ringtail software recognized by Law Technology News readers integrates two market-leading and award-winning applications to deliver a single e-discovery platform, combining the visual analysis and rapid review capabilities of Attenex® with the enterprise-class case management, redaction and production features of Ringtail Legal. This single solution, available both on-premise and on-demand, provides significant advancements in the speed, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of e-discovery and document review.  With these efficiency improvements, Ringtail offers corporations and their trusted advisors the ability to control more of the e-discovery process with fewer tools and at a lower total cost.  

“Corporations and their law firms select Ringtail for e-discovery because of its unmatched power, efficiency, and flexibility throughout the litigation lifecycle,” said Ed Pfromer, senior managing director of FTI Technology. “As legal teams continue to implement more cost-effective e-discovery processes and technology, we’re extremely pleased to be recognized by the experienced Law Technology News readership.”

In addition to the Law Technology News award, Ringtail was recently named to KMWorld Magazine’s “Trend-Setting Product Award of 2009” list. For more information about Ringtail or FTI Technology, please visit www.ftitechnology.com.

About Law Technology News
Law Technology News provides timely information and insight into the latest technologies, products and services available for the legal marketplace. Each month, the award-winning magazine features new product announcements, as well as monthly articles and columns written by industry experts and senior law firm decisionmakers.  LTN is distributed to more than 40,000 selected subscribers and is also available on the Web at www.lawtechnologynews.com.  The magazine is published by ALM, a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors.  

About FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex legal, regulatory and economic environment. With more than 3,400 employees located in most major business centers in the world, we work closely with clients every day to anticipate, illuminate, and overcome complex business challenges in areas such as investigations, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, reputation management and restructuring. More information can be found at www.fticonsulting.com.

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