Corporation Service Company’s “IncSpot®” Listed Among Most Useful and Valuable Legal Web Sites

Wilmington, DE, September 10, 2004 -- Corporation Service Company® (CSC), the world's leading US-owned registered agent and provider of corporate governance, compliance, UCC, litigation management and IP services, today announced that its Web portal, “IncSpot®”, was ranked one of the best legal sites on the Web in The Essential Guide to The Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web, by Robert J. Ambrogi, Esquire. The site was listed in the Corporation Law and Corporate Governance section of the guide. The guide grew out of the annual “Best of the Web for Lawyers” awards which “help[ed] lawyers zero in on the most valuable Web sites for their practices,” according to the book.

“Each chapter highlights the best Web sites for lawyers in the practice area it covers,” Ambrogi explains in the introduction of his book, which he calls “an invaluable guide for lawyers, law librarians, paralegals, and anyone interested in legal resources on the Web.” He begins the Corporation Law and Corporate Governance chapter with an anecdote about a corporate lawyer seeking “truly top-notch sites devoted to supporting the day-to-day work of practitioners in this field” and follows with several listings, including IncSpot.com.

“We are honored by this distinction but not surprised,” said Jon Bergman, Chief Technology Officer of CSC. “IncSpot.com reflects the quality of our services and products, and our understanding of what corporate law practitioners find useful and valuable. It also accurately reflects our position in the legal services market, given that no other registered agent’s Web site is even mentioned in the rankings.”

The guide describes CSC’s “IncSpot” as “a suite of online corporate tools for customers of … CSC,” and lists the following services:

• Records management. Manage company records and compliance with corporate filing requirements.
• Delaware e-Filing. Track and file annual reports, tax returns and related matters.
• UCC and lien tools. Search, prepare and electronically file UCC Article 9 forms and motor vehicle and real estate liens.
• Name management. Manage and track corporate names, doing-business-as names, domain names and trade names (and numerous forms of infringement).
• Litigation and service of process management.

IncSpot received the same ranking as Dupontlegalmodel.com – described as “a complete guide” to the model and formula Dupont’s legal department famously used to “cut costs and achieve greater success” – and corporatemartindale.com, a premier corporate lawyer locater sponsored by Martindale-Hubbell. Other “best” Web sites in the Corporation Law and Corporate Governance section, or of comparable ranking in other sections, include Web sites for:

• Delaware Division of Corporations
• Findlaw Corporate Counsel Center
• ABA business law section
• Corporate Counsel Magazine
• Association of Corporate Counsel
• Lawyers.com
• American Society of Corporate Secretaries
• Uscourts.gov
• ABA Task Force On Corporate Responsibility
• INTA
• Delaware Court of Chancery
• ABA – CLE Section

“This ranking is additional validation of our efforts to make ‘IncSpot’ the premier portal for delivering online productivity tools and services to both corporate legal departments and law firms,” said W. Scott Gamble, IncSpot Product Manager and Head of Web Strategies for CSC. “Given the caliber of listings in the guide, Mr. Ambrogi has done a fine job compiling the very best legal sites on the Web.”

Regarding preparation of the guide, Ambrogi writes, “Every effort has been made to include the best sites and to cover a cross section of the less than stellar contenders.” He adds, “I rate sites from the overarching perspective of their usefulness to legal professionals.”

About Corporation Service Company

Corporation Service Company®, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware and operating in all 50 states, is the leading and largest US-owned provider of corporate governance and compliance, registered agent, litigation management, IP management, entity management and law office services for Fortune 500* and other companies, and law firms. Founded in 1899, CSC serves over 50% of Fortune 500 companies and is the service provider of choice for most of the Fortune 500 companies that have switched registered agent in 2003. CSC also represents numerous smaller companies. The company is privately-held. CSC also offers services relating to special purpose entities, Delaware statutory trusts, headquarters management corporations, public record document retrieval, motor vehicle titling and registration, Uniform Commercial Code and lien related searching and Filing, and electronic service of process (SOP), including its Custom SOP product suite. For further information, visit the company Website www.incspot.com.