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8 September, 2008

CIN Legal Data Services To Sponsor National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys’ (NACBA) Inaugural Golf Tournament...

Dayton, Ohio, September 8, 2008 - - CIN Legal Data Services has announced that it will participate as the primary tournament sponsor for the inaugural National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys golf tournament. Held on the eve of the NACBA’s Fall 2008 Bankruptcy Workshop, the event will take place in Hilton Head, SC, at the Palmetto Dunes Golf Club on Thursday, October 2. All attendees of the workshop, including golfers and non-golfers alike, are invited to play on this beautiful George Fazio course.

Commenting on the tournament sponsorship, Lee Midkiff, Executive Vice President of CIN Legal Data Services commented; "We are looking forward to participating as the tournament sponsor for the NACBA’s inaugural event. We view this sponsorship as a great way to not only support the NACBA and its efforts on behalf of the consumer bankruptcy community, but also view it as a great means by which to connect with current and prospective clients."

As a special announcement, CIN Legal Data Services has further agreed to sponsor a member of any firm whom is a current client of the organization. Any existing client who wishes to have CIN Legal Data Services sponsor their entry fees for the tournament should contact Josh Bingham, CIN Legal Data Services Account Manager, at 866-218-1003 ext. 8953.

About CIN Legal Data Services

An operating division of Dayton, Ohio-based Credit Infonet Inc., CIN Legal Data Services is the country's largest provider of consumer bankruptcy due diligence services. Serving over 6,000 clients in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, CIN Legal Data Services specializes in assisting consumer bankruptcy law firms with meeting their reasonable investigation requirements as outlined in the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005. CIN Legal Data Services provides a mix of technologically integrated products and services that includes liability data, property valuations, title information, auto values, tax transcripts and counseling & education courses.

15 April, 2008

CIN Legal Data Services to Exhibit at NACBA’s 16th Annual Convention...

Dayton, Ohio, April 15, 2008 - - CIN Legal Data Services has announced that it will be exhibiting at the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys’ (NACBA) 16th Annual Convention. Scheduled for May 16-18 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, the NACBA Annual Convention is traditionally the largest annual gathering of consumer bankruptcy attorneys in the country. CIN Legal Data Services will exhibit its full suite of products and services, as well as new product enhancements to bankruptcy professionals attending the convention.

Commenting on its participation as an exhibitor at the NACBA Convention, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Services’ Chief Operating Officer, commented, “We are pleased to once again be exhibiting our product line at the NACBA’s Annual Convention. Each year, the NACBA Convention provides us with a great platform by which to connect with both current and prospective clients, as well as our various trading partners. It also provides us with the perfect opportunity to introduce new products, services and product enhancements to our core client base.”

To learn more about CIN Legal Data Services, or to schedule a meeting with the company at the NACBA’s Annual Convention, please contact a company Account Manager. Account Managers may be reached between the hours of 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM EST at 1.866.218.1003.

01 March, 2008

CIN Legal Data Services Announces “Go Paperless, Plant a tree” Campaign...

CIN Legal Data Services today initiated a campaign designed to encourage clients to migrate to the company's electronic, monthly invoicing system. Via CIN Online, the company's web-based transaction management platform, clients now control the ability to immediately opt-in to electronic, paperless invoicing.

Featuring monthly e-mail notices of invoice preparation and simple, direct online access to monthly billing statements, CIN Legal Data Services’ Online Invoicing enables clients to obtain quicker access to invoices and to reduce office clutter associated with traditional mailed paper invoices. Clients may pay all monthly invoices immediately online using any major credit card, including American Express, thereby eliminating the need for mailed checks and further reducing paper usage.

While CIN Legal Data Services recognizes the direct benefit online invoicing provides its client base, it also recognizes the environmental benefit created by reducing paper consumption associated with traditional invoices. To emphasize these benefits, and encourage clients to select paperless invoicing, CIN Legal Data Services has announced it will donate one tree to the National Arbor Day Foundation on behalf of each client who opts-in to online invoicing.

Commenting on the company’s “Go Paperless, Plant a Tree” campaign, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Services Chief Operating Officer said, “One of the driving forces behind this project was when our organization realized it is using over one and a half tons of paper annually in the generation of its monthly statements. This equates to approximately 26 trees and over 585 gallons of oil utilized in the production of that paper. It was this analysis and realization that led us to emphasize the environmental aspect of electronic invoicing. In an effort to stress the environmental component of this service, we will now be planting a tree through the National Arbor Day Foundation on behalf of each client that opts-in to the electronic, paperless invoicing feature.”

To learn more about CIN Legal Data Services online invoicing feature, please contact a company Account Manager at 866-218-1003. Current clients may immediately opt-in by logging onto their account at www.cinlegal.com.

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08 February, 2008

CIN Legal Data Services Announces Work Flow and Status Enhancements to CIN Online™ via Its Upcoming CIN ‘08 Release…

Latest Enhancements to CIN Online Will Assist Clients in Better Tracking Manually Completed Products Such as Credit Counseling, Debtor Education and Tax Transcripts, as Well as Provide Alert Notifications on Products Requiring Intervention…

Recognizing the need to provide clients with more detailed information regarding the status of certain products and services, CIN Online, the company’s web-based application, is being enhanced via CIN ’08, a release slated for February 18th. Within the CIN ‘08 release, CIN Legal Data Services will begin providing a more detailed workflow approach to listing product status information and notifications.

Examples of enhanced status information provided to clients within CIN ’08 include the status of 4506t Tax Transcript Requests received and the anticipated fulfillment date from the IRS, as well as the course progress for credit counseling and debtor education courses.

Other CIN ’08 enhancements include the proactive tracking of credit counseling course completion when an estimated filing date is provided on the order, as well as the daily delivery of alert notifications that summarize recently ordered and completed products, but also highlight action items necessary for product completion.

All status information now provided by CIN ’08 will be available online at www.cinlegal.com. To find out more about CIN ’08 and its enhanced tracking capabilities, please contact a CIN Legal Data Services Account Manager at 866-218-1003.

20 September, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Announces the Availability of Its myHorizon™ Credit Score Analysis, a Service Powered by CreditXpert Inc.

Available Free of Charge to All CIN Legal Data Services Clients, myHorizon Represents the Industry's First Predictive Credit Scoring Analysis Focused on Assisting Consumers With Benchmarking Their Pre & Post-Bankruptcy Credit Score...

(September 20, 2007, Dayton, OH): CIN Legal Data Services is pleased to announce the release of its myHorizon Credit Scoring Analysis, a product powered by the strength and experience of CreditXpert Inc. Available free of charge to all clients utilizing the company's Consumer Liability Report (CLR), myHorizon provides attorneys and consumers alike with a tool to benchmark their existing credit score against a predictive score calculated to simulate the affects of changes on a credit report 12 months after bankruptcy.

Commenting on the release of myHorizon, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Services Executive Vice President, commented, "We are pleased to provide this free utility as a means of empowering attorneys with the ability to assist their clients with understanding their credit standing after bankruptcy. With the ability to simulate affects on a consumer's credit score after bankruptcy, this tool better prepares all parties to a bankruptcy with planning their path to financial success after discharge."

To acquire more information on the myHorizon Credit Score Analysis, please visit www.cinlegal.com or contact a CIN Legal Data Services representative at 866.218.1003. Current users may configure their account for access to this free, premium service, simply by visiting the "Contracts" tab on the "My CIN & Tools" page within CIN Online by clicking HERE. Once users Accept the terms of the "myHorizon Credit Score Analysis" contract their account will be configured for immediate access.

23 July, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services’ Bankruptcy Specific Creditor Address Feature Now Offers Increased Coverage and Functionality...

Continuing Its Wave of Product and Technological Releases In 2007, CIN Legal Data Services Rolls Out Expanded Creditor Address Coverage And Bankruptcy Software Importation Capabilities for the Flagship CLR Product

Dayton, Ohio, July 23, 2007 - - CIN Legal Data Services has announced that its’ industry-leading Bankruptcy Specific Creditor Address feature has been expanded. Created to supplement creditor address information supplied by the national credit repositories, the Bankruptcy Specific Creditor Address feature provides attorneys with designated bankruptcy noticing addresses for the majority of creditors appearing within a given consumer’s Consumer Liability Report (CLR). Via this unique feature, attorneys utilizing the CLR are able to obtain both credit bureau provided addresses and bankruptcy specific creditor addresses obtained by CIN Legal Data Services within 30 seconds of ordering a report.

Since releasing this feature in April of 2007, CIN Legal Data Services has worked diligently to increase its creditor address coverage. Currently, CIN Legal Data Services has built its proprietary bankruptcy creditor address database to include information on over 65% of all creditor records delivered by the company. CIN Legal Data Services’ database of bankruptcy specific creditor addresses, as well as its ability to deliver that information in real-time, remains unmatched within the industry.

CIN Legal Data Services is further pleased to announce that its bankruptcy specific creditor addresses may now be downloaded directly into multiple bankruptcy forms preparation software systems. Via this increased functionality, users can now directly download CIN Legal Data Services’ verified creditor addresses into their clients’ various bankruptcy schedules (in addition to the creditor addresses provided by the credit bureaus). This feature helps ensure that proper noticing takes place upon the filing of clients’ bankruptcy cases.

To learn more about CIN Legal Data Services’ increased creditor coverage, or to learn more about the availability of bankruptcy specific creditor addresses via the company’s strategic software partners’ systems, please contact a CIN Legal Data Services Account Manager. Account Managers may be reached between the hours of 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM EST at 1.866.218.1003.

20 July, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Now Offers American Express Payment Option...

CIN Legal Data Services is pleased to announce that current clients may now utilize their American Express card as a means of payment when making both one-time payments or re-occurring account payments on their account. To utilize an American Express card for payment, clients simply need to access the CIN Legal Data Services payment module within CIN Online, the company’s web-based transaction platform, for purposes of making an account payment. For clients using one of the company’s re-occurring payment programs, please contact a CIN Legal Data Services representative at 1.866.218.1003 to modify your account to utilize the American Express credit card.

16 July, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Releases a New Version of its Due Diligence Portal for Your Clients...

All Clients of Participating Attorneys Can Now Access CIN Online With Ease, Regardless of Products Ordered.

In an effort to provide clients of CIN Legal Data Services’ participating law firms with a more comprehensive due diligence experience, CIN Legal Data Services has released a new version of its Due Diligence Portal for Consumers. Constructed with the goal of building an easier to navigate web-application, the new version of the company’s Due Diligence Portal for Consumers provides clients of attorneys with an easy-to-utilize, centralized web application where they may complete required counseling courses and review all products and services ordered by their counsel.

CIN Legal Data Service’s new Due Diligence Portal for Consumers further provides an easy means by which all clients of participating attorneys can log into the site. Now when attorneys refer their clients to www.cinlegal.com, to access the consumer portal, clients who do not know their user name or password may simply complete the identity authentication & password creation module located at the site to garner immediate & secure access to the application. Through the easy-to-use authentication module, all clients of participating attorneys may garner access without having to rely on their attorney for username and / or password information.

Finally, the new version of the Due Diligence Portal for Consumers may be private-labeled to reflect the firm’s name and brand as more than 200 firms have done since this feature’s initial announcement. To find out more about this new feature, or to private-label the application with your firm’s brand, please contact a CIN Legal Data Services Account Manager at 1.866.218.1003.

10 May, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Releases Industry's First One-Page Bankruptcy Due Diligence & Compliance Summary...

Continuing to develop new & innovative product features, CIN Legal Data Services, a division of Credit Infonet Inc., has announced the release of its one-page Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary. Combining data elements from all products available within the CIN Legal Data Services product line, the Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary provides attorneys with a real-time, one-page review of data delivered from credit, asset, valuation, counseling and tax transcript products.

CIN Legal Data Services, a division of Credit Infonet Inc. and the recognized leader in using technology and business innovation to help bankruptcy attorneys streamline the review of key reasonable investigation data elements collected across multiple due diligence products, has announced the release of the industry's first Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary. CIN Legal Data Services' one-page Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary presents data acquired from credit, asset, valuation, counseling & tax transcript products in one easy-to-read format. CIN Legal Data Service's Due Diligence Summary is updated in real-time as each respective product ordered is completed.

Through the release of the industry's first comprehensive cross-product summary, attorneys ordering due diligence products via CIN Legal Data Services can quickly review information ranging from summary credit liability data to credit counseling completion dates and year-specific income information. Updated in real-time, the Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary creates greater office efficiency by providing a quick review of all client information in one report. Furthermore, while all key data elements are now aggregated into a single comprehensive report, attorneys still maintain access to each comprehensive, full content report competed and delivered by the company.

Commenting on the release of the Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Services Chief Operating Officer, commented, "As designed, CIN's entire line of due diligence products is being utilized to save our clients' support staff time. Providing our attorneys with this streamlined report will make it much easier to quickly review and analyze a client's status during each attorney's reasonable investigation process. We are pleased to be the first to provide clients with the industry's first cross-product bankruptcy due diligence summary."

To learn more about the services of CIN Legal Data Services, or to learn more about the Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary, please contact a sales associate at 1.866.218.1003.

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17 April, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Adds Tax Transcript Summary & Private Labeled Web Application Pages to Bankruptcy Due Diligence Offering...

Continuing its recent wave of new product and new feature development, CIN Legal Data Services, a division of Credit Infonet Inc., has announced the release of its Tax Transcript Summary Report, as well as the release of Private-Labeled Application Pages for its base of bankruptcy due diligence & compliance customers.

CIN Legal Data Services, a division of Credit Infonet Inc., has announced the release of two new bankruptcy due diligence product and application features for use by bankruptcy professionals nationwide. CIN Legal Data Services has released an innovative Tax Transcript Summary feature that supplements its existing tax transcript acquisition service. While recognizing that full IRS Tax Transcripts are required in preparing a consumer bankruptcy case, CIN Legal Data Services understands that the consolidation of key tax return data into an easy-to-read summary would save valuable attorney and staff review time and further streamline the bankruptcy due diligence process. Responding to this need, CIN Legal Data Services has developed the Tax Transcript Summary, a simplified one-page summary of key tax data as acquired from a consumer's IRS Tax Transcripts. As a result, clients of CIN Legal Data Services will now receive the Tax Transcript Summary Report providing aggregated Income, Exemption, Refund and Filing data for all requested years within an easy-to-read one-page format whenever full copies of a client's Tax Transcripts are ordered.

CIN Legal Data Services has also announced the release of Private-Labeled Application Pages for its base of consumer bankruptcy professionals. Via CIN Online, the company's web-based application platform, an attorney's clients can access all due diligence products ordered by their attorney for use in the preparation of their bankruptcy cases. This platform provides a consumer contemplating bankruptcy with easy access to the key data elements that will be utilized in the filing. Via the newly released Private-Labeled Application Pages, the CIN Online application that presents information to an attorney's clients can now be customized to display the firm's name, logos, and contact information. Further, customization of the application login pages is also available.

Both of these enhancements are available free of charge to all clients of CIN Legal Data Services. Both features represent the company's desire to continue to innovate in the areas of product development and process improvement. Commenting on this release, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Services Chief Operating Officer said, "We are pleased to release these exciting new product enhancements. Our Tax Transcript Summary Report will inevitably save our attorneys valuable time when reviewing key information acquired from their clients' tax transcripts. Furthermore, the release of our Private-Labeled Application Pages provides customers with another method of building their organization's brand awareness and solidifying their value proposition with clients."

Both CIN Legal Data Services' Tax Transcript Summary Report and Private-Labeled Application Pages are now available to all clients free of charge. These new feature releases follow the company's previously announced 2007 application enhancements that include a newly designed Consumer Liability Report (CLR), the addition of bankruptcy specific creditor addresses, alternative automobile redemption and replacement ordering methods, online accounting & statement retrieval, a document storage utility, and the release of a Spanish version of the company's Consumer Liability Report. To learn more about the services of CIN Legal Data Services please contact a sales associate at 1.866.218.1003.

View the Tax Transcript & Private Labeled Web Application Pages press release.

View an overview of Private-Labeled Application Pages

16 April, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Announces New Redemption & Replacement Auto Loan Product Option...

CIN Legal Data Services announced today the addition of a new redemption & replacement auto loan product option available to attorneys and their clients in 42 states. While clients may continue to utilize the company's instant, online auto loan review product, its new Referral Only option now allows attorneys to quickly refer their clients to 722 Redemption Funding Inc. without the need for additional data entry. Clients of attorneys selecting the Referral Only option will be contacted directly by 722 Redemption Funding Inc. to explore their post-filing auto loan options.

Commenting on the release of the Referral Only option, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Services Chief Operating Officer commented, "The new feature which allows attorneys to immediately refer their client directly to 722 Redemption Funding Inc. provides an excellent option for attorneys who would like their client to explore their post-filing auto loan options directly with 722 Redemption Funding. Maintaining the highest levels of customer service, 722 Redemption Funding's staff will work directly with the attorney's client to determine what options may exist for them in either retaining or replacing their existing auto."

For more information on the Referral Only redemption & replacement auto loan product, contact a CIN Legal Data Services Account Manager directly at sales@cinlegal.com or via phone at 1.866.218.1003.

10 April, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Releases Online Statement Retrieval to CIN Online...

CIN Legal Data Services is pleased to announce that it has released an Online Statement Retrieval function to CIN Online, the company's web based transaction platform. This new feature provides all clients with the ability to not only view electronic copies of their most recent statements, but also retrieve historical invoices and statements for the prior year.

Commenting on the release of this latest feature, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Service's Chief Operating Officer commented, "We are pleased to provide this extended functionality to all clients. The ability to electronically view current and historical invoices online, 24 hours a day, will inevitably provide greater benefits to customers looking to review and reconcile both historical and current statements for due diligence services."

To access the Online Statement Retrieval Feature, clients may log into CIN Online and www.cinlegal.com Upon logging in, this feature may be accessed simply by clicking the "MY CIN / Tools" feature at the top of the application. Once accessed, a user may select the month and year of the statement they wish to view online. For more information on this feature, or the services of CIN Legal Data Services, please contact a sales representative at sales@cinlegal.com or via phone at 1.866.218.1003.

20 March, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Announces The Addition of New Client Features to CIN Online...

CIN Legal Data Service is pleased to announce the release of new application features to CIN Online, the company's web-based ordering platform. Available immediately to all clients, CIN Online now offers firms the ability to upload an unlimited number of documents to their clients' orders within CIN Online. This feature provides significant benefit by providing each attorney with a centralized location for document storage and long-term retention. All documents uploaded to CIN Online are stored directly on CIN Legal Data Services' industry-leading Storage Area Network whereby they are archived and stored by the company. This feature further provides attorneys with an easy means by which to share critical documents online with their clients.

CIN Online also now offers attorneys the ability to order asset products such as title reports and appraisals for multiple client properties all within the same order. This feature expands the ease of use for attorneys working with clients who maintain an above average number of real property assets. Finally, all active clients now have immediate access to the previously announced Spanish Language CLR, a feature that has been well received by clients included in the product's initial testing phases.

Commenting on the release of the new features, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Services Chief Operating Officer, commented, "We are pleased to release additional features that further create office efficiencies and ease of use for our attorney clients. The document upload and storage feature particularly provides great benefit for attorneys looking for a safe, reliable off-site data storage location, as well as for those looking to make critical documents available online to their consumer clients."

For more information on the services and features provided by CIN Legal Data Services, please contact an account manager at sales@cinlegal.com or via phone at 1.866.218.1003.

15 March, 2007

CIN Legal Data Services Announces Spanish Version of Industry Leading Consumer Liability Report (CLR)

CIN Legal Data Services is pleased to announce that its industry leading Consumer Liability Report (CLR) is now available in Spanish. Via CIN Online, the company's web-based application, bankruptcy professionals and consumers are now provided with an easy means by which to translate every CLR into Spanish.

Commenting on the release of the Spanish Language Consumer Liability Report, Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Service's Chief Operating Officer commented, "We are pleased to provide this functionality to the thousands of professionals using our services for bankruptcy due diligence. Adding Spanish language functionality to the CLR, coupled with our Spanish Language Consumer Education Brochures, demonstrates our commitment to providing easy to understand bankruptcy information to our attorney clients and the Spanish speaking consumers they serve."

To find out more about the Spanish Language CLR, including access instructions, please contact a member of the CIN Legal Data Services support team at sales@cinlegal.com or via phone at 1.866.218.1003.