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Volume 3, Number 3, March 2007
CCH Internet Research NetWork Updates
The following publications from Aspen Publishers have been updated and are available on the CCH Internet Research NetWork.
Corporation & Business Organization Law tab:
Folk on the Delaware General Corporation Law – by Folk, Ward, Welch and Turezyn
Corporate Governance tab:
EDGAR Filer Handbook: A Guide for Electronic Filing with the SEC – by Rider
Note: If you have hyperlinks to any of the above publications using Link Express or Favorites, it is necessary to create new links to the updated versions.
PRODUCT NEWS
Two new research tools now available . . .
SmartRelate and Topic Navigator are included free with your subscription to the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter and the Aspen treatise, Securities Regulation by Loss and Seligman, on the CCH Internet Research NetWork.
SmartRelate automatically displays related documents as you research the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter or Aspen’s Securities Regulation by Loss and Seligman.
Topic Navigator gathers content from multiple sources into an outline of topics. The main topics list is divided into sub-topics and then into documents within those sub-topics. You can browse the topics list as well as perform a key word search.
New monthly newsletter – Coming April 2
Hedge Funds and Private Equity: Regulatory & Risk Management Update
This new monthly newsletter reports on the latest regulatory and legislative developments affecting hedge funds and other private pools of capital. Each issue covers key domestic and international regulators and standard-setters that impact hedge funds and other private pools of capital, including the SEC, the FASB, the Federal Reserve Board, the OCC, the Treasury, the IASB, the UK Financial Services Authority, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and the European Commission.
Hedge Funds and Private Equity: Regulatory & Risk Management Update will keep you current with the latest information so you can anticipate new regulations, develop proactive compliance strategies and comply with new rules.
Regular features include: Regulatory News, Legislative News, Risk Management, Judicial Developments and Accounting News
Available in print and Internet formats. Contact your Account Representative for a free trial on the Internet (beginning April 2). For more information go to: http://onlinestore.cch.com
Print publication available online in April:
Practical Guide to NASD Regulation – Online
Introduced in the fall of 2006 in soft-cover format, this convenient resource is now available on the CCH Internet Research NetWork. This companion resource to the NASD Manual was authored by Margaret Sheehan and Sara Burstein of Alston & Bird, and Rockell Metcalf of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. It provides guidance on how NASD rules apply in specific situations, and it will have hyperlinks to referenced rules as well as cross-referenced Interpretive Letters and Notices to Members.
For more information, go to http://onlinestore.cch.com or contact your Account Representative for a free trial.
NEW EDITIONS
Consent to Treatment: A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition
Consent to Treatment: A Practical Guide is the single-volume complete library of patient consent topics and solutions. Written by an experienced health care attorney and risk manager, this brand new Fourth Edition helps you formulate your own effective, voluntary and lawful consent policies and procedures—so that you can successfully limit liability and avoid litigation. Described as “the bible” on consent by health lawyers and risk managers, Consent to Treatment has been cited in over 90 law review articles and 20 court decisions, including a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding end-of-life choice-making. Only Consent to Treatment analyzes and explains important risk-management and patient-safety innovations to help you recognize how the communication process will assist in avoiding medical misadventures.
For details and to order: http://www.aspenpublishers.com
FTC Disclosure Rules for Franchising and Business Opportunities
On January 22, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission issued the first revision to the FTC franchise disclosure rule since it was promulgated in 1979. The Commission amended the rule to include separate requirements for franchising and business opportunity ventures and streamlined the disclosure requirements, minimized compliance costs and responded to changes in technologies and market conditions.
This law-and-explanation book includes full text of the new rules, an FTC Statement of Basis and Purpose, a comparison chart, sample disclosure document and expert analysis by David J. Kaufmann and David W. Oppenheim.
(Soft cover book, 320 pages, $45)
For details and to order, go to: http://onlinestore.cch.com
FEATURED PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
IPO Vital Signs
IPO Vital Signs, an advanced IPO research analysis tool, assists IPO professionals and pre-IPO companies with their most challenging research needs. IPO Vital Signs provides tabular data analyses of issues surrounding marketing, client advisement, deal negotiation and prospectus disclosure.
To try out an IPO Vital Sign go to IPO Vital Sign of the Month
For more information, visit www.IPOVitalSigns.com or contact your Account Representative
An important element of IPO Vital Signs, which is available by separate subscription, is IPO Week in Review, a weekly e-newsletter that keeps IPO professionals up to date with recent filing and going-public activity. A monthly feature article highlights recent trends in going public in the U.S.
For more information on IPO Week in Review go to http://onlinestore.cch.com
CONFERENCES
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business sponsors SLA travel grant for academic law librarians
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, in cooperation with the SLA Legal Division, is sponsoring a special travel grant for an academic law librarian to attend the 2007 Special Libraries Association’s annual conference, June 3-6, in Denver, Colorado.
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is pleased to be able to offer this opportunity for an interested academic law librarian, who might not otherwise be able to attend this worthwhile event. An award of up to $1,500 is available to cover conference registration, airfare and hotel. For complete rules, including eligible expenses, eligibility requirements and a grant application, please visit the SLA Web site at: http://www.sla.org/ or the SLA Legal division Web site at: http://www.slalegal.org/. The deadline for applications is March 30, 2007.
GETTING INVOLVED
Of Counsel 700 Survey
In the coming weeks, the 700 largest law firms in the country will receive the Of Counsel 700 survey questionnaire covering the nation’s largest law firms. The survey is compiled by Aspen Publishers and published in Of Counsel, the law firm management report. To confirm your firm’s participation or for more information, contact the managing editor, Kate Brady, at kate.brady@wolterskluwer.com or call 212-771-0843.
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
To see how many results are in each publication after searching multiple publications . . .
Once you have retrieved your Search Results List, at the top there is a drop down that currently says Display by Document. Click on the drop down and select Display by Table of Contents – Hits Only. Now you will see all the hits organized into the publications/databases where they reside. If you click on the publication, it will expand to display sub-topics. If you click on the folder to the left of the topic or sub-topic, the list with those results will open.
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