News for
Law Librarians

From Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Volume 3, Number 4, April 2007

CCH Internet Research NetWork Updates

The following publications from Aspen Publishers have been updated and are available on the CCH Internet Research NetWork. NOTE: If you have hyperlinks to any of these publications using Link Express or Favorites, you must create new links to the updated versions.

Corporation & Business Organization Law tab:

• Blumberg on Corporate Groups by Phillip I. Blumberg, Kurt A. Strasser, Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos and Eric J. Gouvin

• Drafting Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements by John M. Cunningham

Insurance Coverage Litigation tab:

• Defending the Insured by John S. Pierce, Harold Weston, Robert G. Levy and Dawn Valentine

Mergers & Acquisitions tab:

• Mergers, Acquisitions & Buyouts by Martin D. Ginsburg and Jack S. Levin

Corporate Governance tab:

• Financial Reporting Handbook by Michael R. Young

Investment Management tab:

• Broker-Dealer Law and Regulation by Norman S. Poser and James A. Fanto

PRODUCT NEWS

How to Use Blue Sky user guide

The handy new user guide for use with the CCH Blue Sky Law Reporter is now available—at no charge—in print and on the CCH Internet Research Network. (The guide is found under Finding Devices in the Securities tab.) Print copies may be obtained by calling your account representative. A pdf of the guide is also available at http://business.cch.com/irn/blueskyqsg.pdf

The guide includes:  a content overview, features of the reporter, how to locate information, a history of blue sky legislation, judicial interpretation and summaries of related content. The guide is ideal for training purposes or as a general refresher for understanding the organization and breadth of information found in the reporter.

New Blue Sky Smart Charts

Six new CCH Smart Charts are now available with the Blue Sky Law Reporter on the CCH Internet Research NetWork. The charts allow quick access to, and comparison of, state requirements in the following areas:

• Broker-Dealer Exclusions and Exemptions

• Existing Securityholder Exemption

• Isolated Transaction and SEC Section 4(2) Exemption

• Limited (Private) Offering Exemption

• Government (Municipal) Securities Exemption and NSMIA Section 18(b)(4)(C)

• Merger Exclusion and Exemption

Enhancements to CCH Tax Research NetWork Newsletters

As of Monday, April 16, additional tax newsletters have enhanced search functionality on the CCH Tax Research NetWork. The newsletters include Tax Shelter Alert, State Income Tax Alert, Sales Tax Alert and Property Tax Alert. Like the recently enhanced State Tax Review, the webzine version is being replaced by a version that is fully integrated into the CCH Tax Research NetWork which will allow you to perform more effective searches. Subscribers to the electronic editions of these newsletters will be able to print the issue from a PDF of each week’s newsletters. 

Three new titles for CCH Health Law & Compliance Integrated Library

The CCH Health Law & Compliance Integrated Library offers the latest information in health law and compliance from CCH and Aspen Publishers. These three new titles have been added to the Library:

• The EMTALA Answer Book—A comprehensive guide that addresses the issues surrounding COBRA for emergency room physicians, nurse managers and administrators

•  Health Care Organizations Risk Management: Forms, Checklists & Guidelines—A practical guide to managing risk for health care organizations and staff

• HIPAA Compliance Handbook—Easy-to-understand explanations of the legal and regulatory aspects of HIPAA

Other titles in the Library include:

• Civil False Claims and Qui Tam Actions

• Clinical Research Compliance Manual: An Administrative Guide

• Defending and Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse Cases: An Attorney’s Guide

• Health Care Fraud and Abuse Compliance Manual

• Health Law and Compliance Update

• Hospital Contracts Manual

• Hospital Law Manual

For more information, go to: http://health.cch.com

NEW EDITIONS

Aspen Publishers

Handbook of Massachusetts Evidence, 8th edition

by Michael Avery and Mark Brodin

Professors Mark Brodin and Michael Avery have completely reorganized the treatise to parallel the Federal Rules of Evidence, while ensuring that it continues to serve as the authoritative reference on the Massachusetts common law of evidence.

The expanded coverage of the new eighth edition includes topics such as:

• Expert testimony and scientific proof including analysis of the developments that followed the Supreme Judicial Court’s decisions in Lanigan and Canavan’s case.

• Hearsay, including the Supreme Judicial Court’s decisions in Gonsalves and Foley applying Crawford v. Washington and the most recent decisions from the U. S. Supreme Court.

• Developments in criminal trials, including new rules regarding proof of the victim's character for violence in self-defense cases (Com. v. Adjutant), fresh complaint testimony in rape cases (Com. v. King), and the instructions that must be given the jury when a confession is admitted in the absence of an electronic recording of the interrogation (Com. v. DiGiambattista).

For more information and to order: http://www.aspenpublishers.com

2007 editions of NASD and NYSE rulebooks—Available mid-May

The 2007 NASD Manual includes:

·         New Arbitration Rules (Rule 12000 Series and 13000 Series)

·         Significant revision of the Rule 7000 Series

·         Addition of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of NASD/NSX Trade Reporting Facility LLC and Limited Liability Company Agreement of NASD/BSE Trade Reporting Facility LLC.

·         New Rule Series 4000C, The NASD/NSX Trade Reporting Facility, 6000C, NASD/NSX Trade Reporting Facility Systems and Programs and 7000C, Charges for NASD/NSX Trade Reporting Facility Services

·         New Rule Series 4000D, The NASD/BSE Trade Reporting Facility, 6000D, NASD/BSE Trade Reporting Facility Systems and Programs 7000D Charges for NASD/BSE Trade Reporting Facility Services

The 2007 NYSE Rules includes:

·         New sections on Currency Trust Shares, Commodity Trust Shares and Trading of Debt Securities

·         Rules as they appear after the merger with Archipelago to create the NYSE Group and more recently the NYSE Euronext

·         Significant changes to the HYBRID rules

Both of these soft cover books will be ready for shipment in mid-May. Orders may be placed now for shipment upon publication. Quantity discounts apply to orders of five or more copies. 

FEATURED PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

CCH Capital Changes International

International diversified portfolios are creating new challenges for legal professionals who need to understand the tax implications of corporate actions that occur outside U.S.  borders. To help manage the increasing globalization of client portfolios, CCH Capital Changes offers a suite of corporate actions products that:

• Contain detailed explanations of corporate actions in the United Kingdom, Canada,  Australia, and a growing list of international countries

• Provide accurate tax analysis and cost basis information

Additionally, CCH U.S. corporate actions products provide access to more than 100 years of data.

Professionals rely on CCH Capital Changes facts and figures to:

• Calculate a security holder’s capital gain or loss

• Perform tax basis calculations for securities

• Prepare tax returns for clients with stock portfolios

• Maintain cost basis information on periodic client statements

• Act as trustee for individual or corporate clients

• Manage investment portfolios

To learn more about CCH Capital Changes, please call 888-224-7377 to reach your account representative or visit http://business.cch.com/capChanges/

CONFERENCES

SLA Conference, June 3-5, Denver, CO

Be sure to stop by our booth during SLA to see our latest product enhancements such as Topic Navigator and Smart Charts. We’ll also have demonstrations of integrated libraries and other products.

Winner of Academic Librarian travel grant announced

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is pleased to announce the winner of the Academic Librarian travel grant for the 2007 SLA annual conference. Jennifer Greig of Barry  University has been selected as the recipient of this year’s award. The travel grant, co-sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business and the SLA Legal Division, provides financial assistance to an academic law librarian who may otherwise not be able to attend this valuable conference.

GETTING INVOLVED

The CCH Washington News Bureau is conducting a survey to identify the information needs of subscribers to CCH products. If you would like to complete the brief questionnaire and give your comments or suggestions on news coverage, go to:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=685772143745

LEGAL PRO TRAINING

Interactive Web-based phone training is available for a variety of products and platforms. For a complete list of training courses/descriptions and to register, visit business.cch.com/legalprotraining

Quick Tip of the Month
from the Training Department

Do you have a document that you would like to access over and over again?

While viewing a document, save it by clicking on the Research Folder option up in the light blue bar, giving the folder a client name or a subject title.  Remember, the document is dynamic—if there is a change between the time you put the document into a Research Folder and the next time you open it, that change will be reflected.  You can create any number of folders which will stay until you delete them.

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