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CCH Analyst Launches Securities Law Blog

CCH Securities Law Principal Analyst Jim Hamilton, JD, LL.M, has launched a new blog--Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation -- to cover every level of securities regulation as it relates to public companies, accountants and auditors, broker-dealers, foreign issuers, hedge funds and others conducting a series of transactions and activities such as acquisitions, financial reporting, private placements, securitization and derivatives trading. Importantly, the blog is also a forum to discuss Sarbanes-Oxley issues. The blog may be found at jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com.