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Guidance Available on Press Releases, Analyst Calls

CCH recently published the 2007 edition of Informal Corporate Disclosure under Federal Securities Law: Press Releases, Analyst Calls and Other Communications, a guidebook for public companies and their officers, spokespersons and counsel. The book examines federal securities laws, SEC regulations and SRO rules affecting corporate communications, as well as disclosure guidelines under the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Standards of Practice for Investor Relations.

The 2007 edition includes new discussion of analyst conflicts of interest, including recent measures, both domestic and international, to limit undue influence by issuers and others that can impair research objectivity (see ¶808). The discussion also examines international standards on selective disclosure to analysts (see ¶615). In addition, the work features coverage of comments by SEC Chairman Christopher Cox on the adequacy of Web site and blog disclosure for Regulation FD purposes (see ¶1008), NASDAQ rules governing disclosure of material information by listed companies (see ¶302, ¶404 and Chapter 5), and recent court decisions examining the materiality of forward-looking statements (see ¶904).

To order copies of Informal Corporate Disclosure under Federal Securities Law--2007 Edition, please call 1-800-248-3248 or visit http://onlinestore.cch.com/ . Published March 2007; Book No. 0-5476-300; 309 pages; single copy price: $94.50.