Volume 8, Number 7, July 2012
 
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RBsource...re-imagining the way you research rules, regulations, and related SEC guidance

This new research tool powered by the Securities Redbook (Securities Act Handbook) offers securities laws, rules, regulations and forms together with related SEC guidance and interpretations. With RBsource, you get SEC guidance related to a specific law, regulation, or rule at your fingertips without the need of further searching or browsing. RBsource also uniquely associates related content, going beyond the limits of standard searching making research more streamlined and productive. This intuitive research tool will drastically reduce your research time and provide the unparalleled confidence expected from the trusted Securities Act Handbook.

Among the many RBsource features are:

  • Related content from rules, regulations, forms and SEC Guidance always in view
  • Multiple browse paths—Laws, Rules, Regulations; Practice Matter Topics; and Favorites
  • Personalize your content with user notes and highlights
  • Practice Matter Topics mapped by Wolters Kluwer securities attorney-editors
  • Current and future effective language is exposed in context. Choose to view current language, future effective language, or both
  • Updated daily

To learn more about RBsource, or to sign up for a 14-day trial, click here or contact your Wolters Kluwer account representative.

New Edition: Informal Corporate Disclosure Under Federal Securities Law—2012 Edition

Mitigate reputation risk by assuring that disclosures for corporate communication vehicles such as press releases, speeches, analyst conference calls, webcasts, websites, blogs and investor roadshows adhere to appropriate standards of practice. Written by Wolters Kluwer attorney-editors Ted Trautmann, Anne Sherry and Jim Hamilton, Informal Corporate Disclosure Under Federal Securities Law, 2012 Edition examines the regulation of these types of informal disclosures (as distinguished from formal, highly structured disclosure in SEC filings). Coverage includes discussion of federal securities law, rules and court decisions; self-regulatory organization rules for listed companies; and standards of practice prescribed by the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). This edition incorporates the NIRI’s 2012 revision which supersedes the previous standards of practice issued in 2004. Click here for details and to order.

Coming Soon: New publications in the Dodd-Frank Manual Series:

Dodd-Frank Manual Series: Financial Stability (Title I, II and VIII)

Focuses on the implementation of financial reform provisions addressing financial stability; orderly liquidation for large, failing financial institutions; and clearing and settlement activities of financial institutions. Included is analysis of the Financial Stability council regulation on the supervision of systemically significant financial institutions and the Fed and DFIC regulations on resolution plans, aka “living wills.” Also discussed is a new FDIC regulation intended to establish a more comprehensive frame work for implementing the orderly liquidation authority. Financial Stability Oversight Council efforts to mitigate systemic risk in the financial system are also addressed. Click here for details and to order.

Dodd-Frank Manual Series: Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance (Title IX)

Explains Title IX of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 along with the implementing regulations, forms, guidance, studies and reports. Title IX imposes regulatory reforms in the areas of: investor protection, enforcement and remedies, asset-backed securities, credit rating agencies, corporate governance, SEC funding and organization, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and municipal securities. Click here for details and to order.

New book: Guide to FAR Contract Clauses: Detailed Compliance Information for Government Contracts

The Guide to FAR Contract Clauses: Detailed Compliance Information for Government Contracts is a new publication that will help make contract clause compliance efforts more efficient and effective. This resource provides current, comprehensive guidance for Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 52.301, the Solicitation Provision and Contract Clause Matrix. Guide to FAR Contract Clauses contains the full text of every provision and clause, along with detailed plain English explanations, reporting requirements, subcontract flowdowns, related supplements, and other important compliance information to simplify your understanding of their applicability. For more information and to order, click here or call 800-248-3248.

Now available: International Encyclopaedia of Laws Country Reports

Derived from the renowned International Encyclopaedia of Laws, individual chapters are now provided (where available) in book format. Subjects include civil procedure, constitutional law, contracts, intellectual property, media law, migration law, sports law and more.
Click here for a full overview of available subjects and country chapters. The full set of volumes is also available at www.kluwerlawonline.com

Recently published Kluwer Law International titles from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business:

Arbitrating Under the 2012 ICC Rules. An Introductory User’s Guide
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Procedure and Evidence in International Arbitration
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Antitrust Law in Brazil. Fighting Cartels
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International Corporate Legal Responsibility
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International Survey of Investment Adviser Regulation, 3rd edition
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Training & Customer Support

Training Tip for IntelliConnect

Do you ever want LINKS to quickly access IntelliConnect Libraries, Databases, Documents and/or Practice Tools?

From the BROWSE Tree - Place checkmarks in boxes next to each desired topic/database/document and click on SAVE LINKS TO CONTENT (command at top of Browse Tree that looks like a couple of chain links). A pop-up window displays a list of titles and URLs for your chosen items. Simply click the COPY URLS TO WINDOWS CLIPBOARD command at the bottom, and then paste this info into a Word doc, Email, or other application. You can use these links to create a Wolters Kluwer Law & Business area on your Desktop or Intranet with shortcuts to Libraries, Publications, sections of Publications, or even Practice Tools. For example, subscribers can links to:

CCH Tax Briefings (within: Tax News, Journals & Newsletters > Federal Tax)

Corporation Service (within: Corporation Law)

Health Care Workflow Tools (within: Health Care Compliance & Reimbursement)

IP Litigator (within: Intellectual Property > News & Current Awareness)

Case Law (within: Labor & Employment Law)

First Circuit (within: Litigation > Judicial Research > Almanac of Federal Judiciary > Federal District Courts)

Securities (Federal)

Training Tip for LoislawConnect

What's the fastest way to find all materials that reference a particular case, law or regulation?

After retrieving a case, law or regulation within LoislawConnect, take advantage of the GlobalCite function which automatically searches our entire collection of databases (even if outside of your subscription, at no additional cost!) GlobalCite provides a categorized results list of all material that cite the current or “active” document, and can help you determine whether a case is still good law.

From any document, click the GlobalCite command (located at the bottom of a LoislawConnect document) to open the GlobalCite results pane. You'll see the total number of citing documents listed by content type. You can sort cases in ascending/reverse chronological order, drill down to a specific court, and also view case treatment terms highlighted in blue.

LegalPro Training

Our LegalPro Training calendar contains pre-scheduled complimentary training sessions. Customers can register for a session or send an email to LegalTraining@WoltersKluwer.com requesting training for a product/platform on a different date/time, and one of our professional trainers will contact you to arrange a session.

Training Resources for Legal Professionals website
Check out our Training Resources for Legal Professionals website for additional online resources regarding our internet products and platforms. You can review materials by Platform/Application, such as IntelliConnect, Kluwer Arbitration and LoislawConnect, or by type of material, such as LegalPro Training, Videos or Other Resources.

Here’s a listing of some recently added videos:
Corporate Counsel Profiler
FAR Extended Matrix Tool
RBsource

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