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CCH Briefing Details Sweeping Financial, Securities Reform Bill

MediRegs’ Coding Suite Honored As Software & Information Industry Association Award Finalist

• Coder's Resource Center – Allows users to go beyond simple code searching, with medical necessity, coding guidance and instant alerts.
• Coding & Revenue Resource Center – An organization’s source for advanced code research across multiple code sets, instant inpatient / outpatient and physician payment rates and critical coding guidance.
• Audit & Revenue Resource Center – Provides robust tools for audit & denial management research, complex coding issues and payment analysis for multiple reimbursement methodologies.

CCH Gathers Everything Needed in Products Liability Integrated Library

• The Compliance component includes full-text laws, regulations and published standards and guidelines from the CPSC, ANSI, OSHA, NHSTA and others. News and Current Awareness and explanatory information and analysis such as the CCH Consumer Product Safety Guide and Managing for Products Liability Avoidance complete the coverage.
• The Litigation component covers a wide variety of resources including news, federal laws, regulations, case law, analytical materials from popular Aspen Publishers treatises such as the Products Liability Desk Reference; Proving and Defending Damages and much more. There is also a Smart Chart included to compare key products liability issues across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia with discussions and links to relevant treatise material.

SECnet from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Now Has Easier Access, Transactional Pricing

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., November 24, 2009) – SECnet, the comprehensive, real-time SEC filings research, retrieval and alert system from CCH, a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, is now quicker and easier to use, with transactional pricing and free searching of all databases. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals.

“We’ve updated SECnet so users can get on with an automated log-in, find what they need quickly and easily, and only pay for what they use,” said CCH Product Manager John Stricklett.

Now, users who subscribe to a CCH securities publication that includes the Topic Navigator finding device, can access SECnet directly from Topic Navigator topics to on-point SECnet filings.

They can also create custom search templates (widgets) that will make access to SECnet easier than ever before. Users can create full text or filings search, p ersonalize their widget with their firm’s logo and import the widget into their environment, such as a web site, portal, intranet or SharePoint site.

When users have located the filings they need, they can view, print, save or e-mail all available formats for one low price of $10. Documents are available in HTML, Microsoft® Word or PDF formats. Once a filing has been opened, it can be saved in the user’s Keep List and retrieved again at no additional cost.

“Transactional pricing allows for free searching of all SECnet databases,” Stricklett said. “Users can log in and search all SECnet databases at no cost, pull a complete filings history back to 1966 or browse through SECnet detailed Registrations Profiles and Topical Abstracts – absolutely free.”

For More Information

For more information on SECnet, visit business.cch.com/SecuritiesLaw or click here.

About Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include health care organizations, law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visitwww.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

Immigration Employment Law Enforcement Is Increasing Sharply, Aspen Publishers Warns

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., November 23, 2009) – Businesses should be aware that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sharply increased its scrutiny of business violating immigration law, with the announcement of a new enforcement strategy in April, issuance of 646 Notices of Inspection (NOIs) in July and a further 1,000 NOIs in November, according to Aspen Publishers, whose Immigration Law in the Workplace is a comprehensive, authoritative resource that provides a direct understanding of current worksite enforcement and compliance issues. Aspen Publishers is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals (www.aspenpublishers.com).

“Now more than ever, employers need to ensure that they are in compliance with federal immigration laws,” said Chris Carr, Aspen Publishers Product Manager. “Immigration Law in the Workplace is the one resource that correctly anticipated the government’s direction – and it focuses intensely on the newest changes in the immigration law.”

Some of the 2009 sanctions cited in a November 19 press release from ICE include:

• 142 Notices of Intent to Fine (NIF) totaling $15,865,181;
• 45 Final Orders totaling $798,179;
• 1,897 cases initiated; and
• 1,069 Form I-9 Inspections.

“These year-to-date figures are two to fives times greater than the respective totals for all of 2008,” Carr noted. “They should be a clear warning that businesses should expect scrutiny and tough sanctions if they are found not to be in compliance.”

Over 8 million employers have reporting requirements to the IRS, Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security for their U.S. and foreign workers. Thousands of government contractors and subcontractors will soon need to comply with new federal regulations that require them to use the E-Verify electronic system for new hires and their existing employees.

About Immigration Law in the Workplace

Immigration Law in the Workplace by Charles M. Miller, Marcine A. Seid and Christopher Stowe is an immigration handbook written specifically for American companies. It covers everything they deal with – and will deal with – on a daily basis in regard to foreign workers. It walks professionals through all the current steps and helps them set up a framework so they’re not exposing their companies to federal investigation, federal prosecution and felony charges.

Immigration Law in the Workplace is the first and last book a company needs for immigration employment questions. Clear, concise guidance from leading immigration employment and tax experts provides direct understanding of compliance rules. The latest information from the Federal government is fully explained – accompanied by charts and forms that assist decision making and compliance.

The book’s comprehensive, authoritative yet easy-to-read topical approach to current worksite enforcement and compliance issues is the most current on the market. Immigration Law in the Workplace is the one immigration employment book professionals will keep on their desks for daily reference.

For More Information

Immigration Law in the Workplace is available in loose-leaf format from Aspen Publishers. Visit www.aspenpublishers.com or call 1-800-638-8437. It is also available online from CCH, also part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Call a CCH sales representative at 1-888-224-7377. To read co-author Charles M. Miller’s Immigration Employment Blog, click here.

About Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include health care organizations, law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

Aspen Publishers Offers Comprehensive Text on Practice, Procedure in State Class Actions

MediRegs Releases Expanded Compliance and Risk Libraries for ComplyTrack

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., November 10, 2009) – MediRegs, a leading provider of compliance and risk management research products and workflow tools for healthcare and highly regulated industries, has released expanded ComplyTrack Risk Assessment Manager Question Sets and Survey templates. MediRegs is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.

This release, combined with enhancements to the Document and Policy Manager module, includes more than 86 new question sets and survey templates. The more than 2,000 questions include source citations and are written in easily understood language that promotes employees’ ability to complete the Grass Roots Risk Assessment™. Each question set also contains customizable remediation plans. The question sets and surveys can be tailored to reflect the uniqueness, scope and multiple structures of any organization that uses ComplyTrack’s Risk Assessment and Survey Manager.

Expanded and new topical areas include: Red Flag Rules; HITECH Act and ARRA; the RAC program; Conditions of Participation; Compliance Program Guidance; human resources; conflicts-of-interest management; risk control; sponsored research; SOX; the new 990 form; and the 2010 OIG Work Plan.

“ComplyTrack, which is now in use at nearly 1,000 U.S. hospitals, has earned the confidence of hundreds of thousands of users. Its turnkey compliance and risk platform is intuitive, rapidly deployable and infused with expert-generated, transparent and actionable content,” said Steven Lefar, General Manager of MediRegs. “We are dedicated to increasing our customers’ effectiveness by providing them tools with embedded content that frees them to focus on improving organizational performance.”

About the ComplyTrack Suite

The ComplyTrack Suite is a complete solution for governance, risk and compliance program management. It delivers a comprehensive, cost-effective and practical set of compliance and risk management solutions for the health care industry.

For More Information

For more information on the ComplyTrack Suite or for information on the Risk Assessment Manager (RAM) module, visit mediregs.com or call 1-800-808-6800.

About Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include health care organizations, law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

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CCH and Navigant Consulting Partner to Provide Government Contracts Training to U.S. Government Agencies and Government Contractors

(BETHESDA, MD. November 4, 2009) – CCH, a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions, and Navigant Consulting, Inc., a global management and litigation consulting firm have formed a strategic alliance to establish the Federal Contracts Training Center (“FCTC”). FCTC will offer a wide range of audio seminars and classroom instruction for professionals within the U.S. government and industry, drawing upon CCH’s respected published materials on government contracting and experts from Navigant Consulting’s Government Contractor Services practice.

“Over the next decade, there will be a significant demand for government contract training for both entry level and mid-level government acquisition professionals, prime contractors and subcontractors,” said Gregory A. Garrett, Managing Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc. “FCTC seminars will provide valuable, timely and cost-effective professional continuing education in the areas of government contract management, government contract cost accounting, cost estimating, contract administration and subcontract management. These skills are critical to ensure on-budget and on-time delivery of quality products and services to the U.S. Government.”

FCTC will offer two Master’s Certificate programs. The Masters Certificate Program in U.S. Government Contracting is designed for government and industry professionals, covering the federal acquisition regulatory process and the government contracting life-cycle. Topics will include requirements determination, solicitation planning, proposal preparation, pricing, contract negotiations, contract formation, contract administration, contract termination, and/or contract close-out.

“The Master’s Certificate in Cost Estimating, Cost Accounting and Compliance is an industry first and meets an urgent need,” Garrett said. “Today more than ever, expert knowledge in and application of cost estimating, government contract cost accounting and contract compliance are vital to the continued functioning of the U.S. government contracting environment.”

“We’re excited to be working with Navigant,” said Paul Gibson, CCH Vice President. “Gregory Garrett is one of the most respected figures in the field of government contracting and training and has successfully managed more than $30 billion worth of complex contracts and projects in both the U.S. government and industry. He has authored 14 books and published more than 80 articles on government contracting and taught or consulted with business professionals in more than forty countries. There’s absolutely no one better qualified than Gregg to take the lead in this exciting new initiative.”

The Federal Contracts Training Center will offer training programs across a variety of formats and forums including audio and web-based instruction, public open enrollment and on-site seminars. FCTC will offer one-day and two-day seminars covering hot topics such as: Time and Materials Contracts and Pricing; Cost Realism; Internal Controls Audit Planning Summary (ICAPS); Preparing for Contractor Purchasing System Reviews; Cost Estimating and Contract Pricing; and Managing Subcontracts. FCTC is an Educational Partner of the National Contract Management Association. FCTC will offer Continuing Legal Education, Continuing Professional Education and Professional Development Unit credits.

For More Information

For more information about the Federal Contracts Training Center, please visit FCTCenter.com or call 1-888-300-8201.

About Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:NCI) is a specialized independent consulting firm providing dispute, financial, regulatory and operational advisory services to government agencies, legal counsel and large companies facing the challenges of uncertainty, risk, distress and significant change. The Company focuses on industries undergoing substantial regulatory or structural change including healthcare, energy and financial and insurance services, and on the issues driving these transformations. “Navigant” is a service mark of Navigant International, Inc. Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI) is not affiliated, associated, or in any way connected with Navigant International, Inc. and NCI’s use of “Navigant” is made under license from Navigant International, Inc. More information about Navigant Consulting can be found at www.navigantconsulting.com.

About Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

New Blog from Kluwer Law International Aims to Spark Debate in International Construction Law

(AMSTERDAM, November 3, 2009) – Kluwer Law International has launched a new international construction blog, www.KluwerConstructionBlog.com, which aims to become the leading discussion forum for construction lawyers, barristers and in-house counsel across the world. Kluwer Law International is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key legal and compliance specialty areas (www.kluwerlaw.com).

The blog tackles topical issues relevant to construction lawyers across multiple jurisdictions, including FIDIC and other standard forms, public procurement, PPP/PFI and construction arbitration. It will also provide opinions on recent judgments and legal developments around the world.

“The aim of the blog is to offer fresh, insightful and timely examination of all of the most important developments in the international construction arena,” said Beverley Marshall, Kluwer Law International Product Manager.

Managing Editor of the blog, Sarah Thomas, partner and international projects expert at Pinsent Masons, will draw contributions from a panel of pre-eminent construction lawyers and barristers covering Europe, the United States, Canada, Africa, South America, Asia Pacific, India and the Gulf. The blog will have a discussion forum and an “Ask the Expert” feature that will give readers the chance to add their comments and raise questions.

“The global construction industry is facing numerous challenges, not least the continued recession and its impact on the completion of projects,” said Thomas. “Now, more than ever, it’s essential that the law profession engages in healthy debate on developments in the law. With contributors who have substantial experience in construction law, we are bringing together some of the best commentators from across the globe.”

Contributors to the blog include: Martin Harman, Pinsent Masons; Stuart Catchpole, 39 Essex Street; Professor Nael Bunni, 39 Essex Street; Xavier Poulet-Mathis, Salans; Andrew Ness, Howrey; Joel Heard, McCarthy Tétrault; Awi Sinha, McCarthy Trétault; Junaid Banoobhai, Webber Wentzel; Jύlio César Bueno, Pinheiro Neto Advogados; John Bishop, Pinsent Masons; Hew Kian Heong, Pinsent Masons; Sujjain Talwar, Economic Law Practice; Sachin Kerur, Pinsent Masons.

“We are extremely proud to bring together such a great and varied team of contributors covering such a wide range of jurisdictions”, said Kluwer Law International Publishing
Director Gwen de Vries. “The result is a serious, high-quality and professional blog.”

For More Information

For more information on the Kluwer Construction Blog, go to ww.KluwerConstructionBlog.com or contact Beverley Marshall at +44 20 7981 0630 or
beverley.marshall@kluwerlaw.com.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen
Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms,
law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance
information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The
company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., October 22, 2009) – A brand new course book from Aspen Publishers breathes life into nearly 1,000 years of Anglo-American legal history with vivid writing, engaging source materials and lavish illustrations. History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions, by John H. Langbein, Renee Lettow Lerner and Bruce P. Smith explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to distinguish it from European legal systems (1,184 pages, $159). Aspen Publishers is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals (www.aspenpublishers.com).

Two great themes dominate History of the Common Law. The first is the origins, development and pervasive influence of the jury system and judge/jury relations across eight centuries of Anglo-American civil and criminal justice. The second is the law/equity division, from the emergence of the Court of Chancery in the 14th century down through equity’s conquest of common law in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

“The opportunity to publish such a dynamic and significant text to teach students the history of common law and extend the field of legal history required a serious commitment of craft from Aspen Publisher’s editorial and production teams that was matched only by the authors’ passion for the subject. We took this challenge and applied Aspen’s expertise in publishing legal publications of importance. We’re proud to be a part of this visionary project,” notes Steve Errick, General Manager of the Legal Education Division.

Concise summaries, manageable extracts, clear organization make the book an ideal teaching tool and an ideal reference. The chapters on criminal justice explore the history of pretrial investigation, policing, trial and sentencing, as well as the movement in modern times to non-jury resolution through plea bargaining. Considerable attention is devoted to distinctively American developments, such as the elective bench, and the influence of race relations on the law of criminal procedure.

Other major subjects of History of the Common Law include the development of the legal profession, from the serjeants, barristers and attorneys of medieval times down to the transnational megafirms of 21st century practice; the literature of the law, especially law reports and treatises, from the Year Books and Bracton down to the American state reports and today's electronic services; and legal education, from the founding of the Inns of Court to the emergence and growth of university law schools in the United States.

The book contains both text and extracts from historical sources and literature. It’s printed in color and contains over 250 illustrations, ranging from medieval illuminated manuscripts to paintings, caricatures and photographs.

History of the Common Law offers dynamic teaching materials that include primary sources, scholarship, summaries, notes and questions, judiciously selected and edited sources, Living Law units that connect legal-historical developments to modern law, an illustrated timeline that highlights key dates and a comprehensive Teacher's Manual, with suggestions for using the book in a two- or three-credit course.

About the Authors

John H. Langbein is Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. Renee Lettow Lerner is Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. Bruce P. Smith is the Guy Raymond Jones Faculty Scholar and Dean of the University of Illinois College of Law.

For More Information

For more information or to purchase the 1,183-page History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions, visit www.aspenpublishers.com or call 1-800-638-8437. Single copy price is $159. Professors can request copies of the book and teacher’s manual at 1-800-950-5259 or by e-mailingl legaledu@wolterskluwer.com.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

CCH Says the Good News Is No Cut in Social Security Benefits

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., October 15, 2009) – If it’s any consolation, Social Security old age and disability benefits will not be reduced next year despite a drop in the cost of living since the third quarter of 2008, according to CCH, a leading provider of tax, benefits and payroll law information and software and a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (hr.cch.com).

“Social Security law provides for a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, based on changes in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers from the third quarter of one year to the next, but the adjustment can only be positive,” said Avram Sacks, JD, CCH Social Security law analyst. “The decrease in the index means that benefits will not rise in 2010 – the first time there’s been no increase since the COLA was introduced in 1975.”

The Social Security COLA is applied to several types of benefits: retirement, disability, and survivors – such as children and widow(er)s. Another type of benefit, the “maximum family benefit” is actually a threshold that is increased based on the rise in national average wages and is not impacted by the drop in the consumer price index.

An increase for 2011 is also not likely to occur, since it would be based on the price index from the third quarter of 2008.

“To produce an increase next year, we’d have to see a rise in the cost of living that first wiped out this year’s decline and then increased from last year’s level,” Sacks noted.

“If it’s any consolation, for 2009, beneficiaries saw a significant increase in their monthly checks over 2008. Last year at this time, inflation mandated a 5.8 percent increase – the largest percentage increase since 1982. What’s more, for most beneficiaries, the Medicare Part B premium did not rise for 2009,” Sacks said.

Help from a Second Stimulus?

President Obama has proposed that Social Security beneficiaries receive a $250 check next year, similar to the one provided in 2009 as part of economic stimulus legislation.

“This lump sum would work out to be the equivalent of about a 1.8 percent increase in the monthly check for the average retired worker,” Sacks said.

Significantly, the administration is not proposing that Congress mandate a COLA for actual benefits, Sacks observed.

“A COLA permanently increases the obligations of the Social Security trust fund, which is under considerable stress already,” Sacks said.

Most Spared Medicare Part B Increase

There will be no increase in the Part B premium for most beneficiaries this year, as well, thanks to a “hold harmless” provision that blocks premium increases when benefits do not rise. However, a relatively small number of Medicare Part B enrollees with higher incomes will pay a higher premium based on their income and new enrollees or beneficiaries who have not yet started paying Part B premiums can see an increase from the current premium level when they start Part B coverage.

“The increase in Medicare Part B Premiums for those affected might be significant, because, in effect, the law requires them to make up for the lack of increase for the large majority of beneficiaries,” Sacks said. “There’s legislation offering some relief to this group that has passed the House and is pending in the Senate.”

Earnings Limits Also the Same

The amounts that certain Social Security beneficiaries can earn without having their benefits reduced – “Retirement Test Exempt Amounts” in Social Security terminology – also will stay the same next year.

Workers under full retirement age of 66 who are receiving benefits can earn up to $14,160 in 2009, or $1,180 per month, without having their benefits reduced. A modified test applies to workers who reach the full retirement age of 66 in 2010. In each month before they reach full retirement age, these individuals may earn up to $3,140 without having their benefits reduced. Once they reach full retirement age, benefits are no longer subject to any retirement test.

An “earnings test” for beneficiaries at full retirement age through age 69 was abolished by legislation in 2000.

“Beneficiaries age 70 and older have not been subject to benefit reductions based on earnings since 1983,” Sacks said.

No FICA Increase Now, But Just Wait

Highly-paid wage earners will see no increase in the current wage base of $106,800 on which Social Security taxes are due for 2010. The amount of FICA (Federal Insurance Contribution Act) tax deducted from paychecks next year will be no higher than those on identical earnings in 2009.

The law states that there can be no increase in the FICA wage base if there is no COLA. But Sacks calculates that absent the prohibition, the wage base would have risen to $109,200 for 2010.

“Although there is no wage base increase for 2010, and there likely will not be one for 2011, either, based on projections by the Social Security Administration, the first year that we will likely see a benefit increase – 2012 – will also be a year in which we will see a huge increase in the wage base,” Sacks said. “This is because the wage base formula for that year will take into account the cumulative increase in national average wages during the period wage base increases were barred due to the lack of a benefit increase.”

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visitwww.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

Derivatives: Legal Practice and Strategies from Aspen Publishers Is Single-source Guide to Economic, Legal Regimes

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., October 7, 2009) – Now there’s a practical new loose-leaf guide to managing the major legal issues connected with both over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives from Aspen Publishers (www.aspenpublishers.com). Derivatives: Legal Practice and Strategies brings professionals up-to-date with current regulations and helps them stay in compliance with all the legal requirements related to derivatives. Aspen Publishers is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students.

This brand-new guide gives readers an informative understanding of the bewildering number of complicated financial products in this $531 trillion market and guides them through the patchwork of regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and contractual standards established by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.

“It is rare in the world of equity and fixed-income derivatives, where practitioners in this space can find a comprehensive, single-source treatise that offers both a practical approach to understanding the economics and legal regime behind derivatives,” said Nicholas Gao, Director & Counsel, BNP Paribas.

Derivatives: Legal Practice and Strategies is edited by Robert D. Aicher of Sidley Austin LLP, with contributions from 20 other professionals at the firm, and from practitioners in
leading South American jurisdictions.

“Derivatives have evolved into a day-to-day financing tool and have become a huge segment of available financial products,” said Aspen Publishers Product Manager Steven Santel. “Recent market events have heightened the need for a greater understanding of the legal aspects of these exotic, and, as we have recently learned, often problematic financial instruments.”

Derivatives: Legal Practice and Strategies covers all common forms of derivatives and related legal issues, including:

• Over-the-Counter and Exchange-Traded Securities Derivatives;
• Commodities Regulation and Derivatives;
• The ISDA Master Agreement;
• Collateral;
• Disaster Planning;
• Use of Derivatives in Finance and Structured Finance Transactions;
• Interest Rate Derivatives;
• Cross-Currency Swaps;
• Credit Derivatives;
• Equity Derivatives;
• Total Return Swaps;
• Weather Derivatives;
• Catastrophe Derivatives; and
• Other emerging instruments.

About the Editor

Robert D. Aicher is a partner in the New York office of Sidley Austin LLP. Aicher has practiced for over 30 years in banking, insurance, bankruptcy and derivatives law. Aicher is a frequent lecturer and the author of numerous articles. Since 1998, he has concentrated on the convergence of the insurance, banking and investment banking industries with particular emphasis on the finance components. Aicher has extensive experience in structuring transactions as counsel to banks and insurers who provide credit and liquidity support for both publicly offered and privately placed debt in asset backed securitization and project financing.

For More Information

For more information, including the table of contents of the 1,592-page Derivatives: Legal
Practice and Strategies, visit www.aspenpublishers.com or call 1-800-638-8437. Single copy price is $385.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

Joint Commission Resources and MediRegs® Introduce E-dition Compliance Monitor

RIVERWOODS, ILL. AND OAK BROOK, ILL., October 6, 2009) – Hospital risk managers, accreditation specialists and compliance officers spend precious time cross-referencing, validating and keeping up to date on federal and state regulations and Joint Commission requirements. Not keeping current can have serious patient safety and financial consequences. The E-dition Compliance Monitor, powered by Joint Commission Resources (JCR) and MediRegs®, part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, offers a one-of-a-kind, Web-based alternative – a daily updated, pre-selected library of industry regulations. With the E-dition Compliance Monitor, hospital leaders and staff can stay on top of requirements from The Joint Commission and regulatory bodies such as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and state regulators.

JCR is a non-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission. MediRegs® provides integrated health care compliance content and software solutions for professionals in health care, higher education and life sciences.

E-dition Compliance Monitor is designed to improve performance, better manage risk and save time by providing hospitals with a single viewpoint to essential information necessary to maintain continuous compliance with standards and regulations.

“Many factors go into providing safe patient care, and the E-dition Compliance Monitor is powerful one-stop shopping across many sources of compliance, can streamline the compliance process, and greatly enhance how that is accomplished,” says Karen H. Timmons, president and CEO, JCR. “The combined efforts of JCR and MediRegs have produced a tool that holds the potential to save valuable resources in the patient care setting.”

Specifically, the E-dition Compliance Monitor allows users to:

• Eliminate the time and effort spent searching manuals or Internet sites.
• Link to relevant regulatory content from within The Joint Commission E-dition tools - the electronic manual with full search capability and filter features.
• See requirements by applicable federal and state oversight bodies organized by Joint Commission chapter.
• Receive automated e-mail alerts regarding changes from the regulatory bodies selected by the user

“We are pleased to be collaborating with JCR to offer the innovative E-dition Compliance Monitor,” says Steve Lefar, MediRegs General Manager. “Quality of care, risk management and compliance are becoming increasingly intertwined via regulation, enforcement and patient safety initiatives. Providing this resource for hospitals, vendors and other industry participants to ease the burden out of piecing it all together is one way we are working to improve hospital performance and allow our customers to focus on taking care of patients.”

E-dition Compliance Monitor is available through JCR or MediRegs. To contact JCR for more information, please call JCR Customer Service at 1-877-223-6866 or visit ww.jcrinc.com. To contact MediRegs, please call 1-800-808-6800 or visit www.mediregs.com.

About JCR 

Joint Commission Resources (JCR), a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, is the official publisher and educator of The Joint Commission. JCR is an expert resource for health care organizations, providing consulting services, educational services and  publications to assist in improving quality and safety and to help in meeting the accreditation standards of The Joint Commission. JCR provides consulting services independently from The Joint Commission and in a fully confidential manner. Please visit our web site at www.jcrinc.com

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

MediRegs, a provider of specialized healthcare compliance and reimbursement research products and workflow tools, is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal, business and healthcare professionals. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

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New from Aspen Publishers: Termination of Construction and Design Contracts

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., September 23, 2009) – Aspen Publishers has just released Termination of Construction and Design Contracts, a comprehensive resource that helps professionals protect their client’s interest before, during and after contract termination. Aspen Publishers is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals (www.aspenpublishers.com).

“Construction work stoppages and suspensions are becoming more prevalent in these
tough economic times,” said Kristin M. Colquhoun, product manager. “Termination of
Construction and Design Contracts provides the insight and information needed to interpret contracts and enforce key clauses to a client’s advantage. With this new and timely resource, professionals can handle even the most complicated terminations and suspensions.”

The newest addition to Aspen Publishers’ popular Construction Red Book Series, Termination of Construction and Design Contracts answers important questions,
including:

• Who can suspend work and when?
• When is the right to terminate waived?
• What clauses or termination language should be put in the contract?
• How can costs of termination be determined?
• What acts justify default termination?

This reliable resource also enables professionals to:

• Negotiate and draft appropriate termination clauses in project contracts;
• Benefit from expert analysis of current case law;
• Master the subtle differences between different types of termination – and know
• when each applies;
• Identify all the potential remedies for the terminated contractor, whether justified or
• wrongful;
• Understand and enforce the duty to mitigate;
• Identify and apply the different immunities;
• Accurately value the costs involved in termination;
• Determine what constitutes default and the grounds for a default termination; and
• Define the contractor’s, owner’s and designer’s right to suspend work.

About the Authors

Michael T. Callahan is the president of CCL Construction Consultants, Inc. He maintains
an active consulting practice in the measurement of and responsibility for delay, along with the quantification of additional performance costs and other construction and designrelated matter. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and a JD and LLM from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Callahan is admitted to the bar in Kansas, New Jersey and Missouri. He is the author or co-author of numerous construction titles including Construction Change Order Claims and Construction Delay Claims and writes and publishes a monthly newsletter summarizing current design and construction literature, CCL Summaries. Callahan is also a frequent lecturer, arbitrator and mediator and is a regional adviser to the American Arbitration Association.

For More Information

For more information or to order Termination of Construction and Design Contracts hardcover, 500 pages, $235) call 1-800-638-8437 or visit www.aspenpublishers.com.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms,
law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New
York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting,
corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008
annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific,
and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

Lawline.com and Wolters Kluwer’s CCH and Aspen Publishers to Tackle Financial Reform

One-year Anniversary of Lehman’s Fall, and President’s Call for Reform, Shine Spotlight on Need for Current, Comprehensive Information

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., September 14, 2009) − Lawline.com, a leading provider of Online Continuing Legal Education along with CCH and Aspen Publishers, part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key legal specialty areas, have come together with a shared vision to provide timely high quality education to professionals in a rapidly fluctuating economic environment.

Since the fall of Lehman Brothers one year ago today, Lawline.com has seen a tremendous increase in the demand for its courses in both banking and securities law. As a response, it supplemented its programs in these practice areas to better serve the legal and financial community. Through the CCH Financial Crisis News Center, Lawline.com customers will be able to read about the most recent news and happenings affecting the financial community.

“The fallout from the financial crisis has been sweeping, and we realize now just how close the system came to collapse last year,” says David Schnurman, President of Lawline.com. “With President Obama addressing Wall Street and the nation today about the need for reform and strengthening oversight, we know it’s more important than ever to ensure we offer the best, most timely information. It just made sense for us to team with CCH and Aspen Publishers as they are the leaders in legal and financial information.”

Lawyers and other professionals will be able to link with special promotion codes to Lawline.com banking and securities courses through the CCH Financial Crisis News Center.

“Teaming with Lawline.com, a leading provider of online CLE course delivery, is another example of how CCH and Aspen customers can count on us to deliver the most valuable and specific tools and services to help in their day-to-day practice and career training,” said Steve Errick, Legal Education Managing Director, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.

The courses will be available through the CCH Financial Crisis News Center web site starting this week. Topics include securities fraud, bankruptcy, SEC, lending regulations, foreclosures, among many others.

For More Information

For more information on the courses visit: http://www.lawline.com/cch.
For more information on the Financial Crisis News Center visit: http://www.financialcrisisupdate.com/.

About Lawline.com

Established in 1999, Lawline.com has rapidly become a leading provider of Online Continuing Legal Education courses for attorneys across the country. Focusing on its customers, technology, and content has always been its primary mission. In 2009, Lawline.com was nominated as a finalist for Best Practices in Customer Service by the New York Enterprise Report. In addition to producing its own high quality programming, Lawline.com has partnered with bar associations, law schools, and CLE providers across the country to bring the best possible course catalog to its diverse customer base of attorneys. To learn more about Lawline.com’s goals and philosophy please visit www.lawline.com/information/about.html.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill. Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company (www.wolterskluwer.com).

CCH Corporate Governance Guide Provides Comprehensive, Current Coverage

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 14, 2009) – Corporate secretaries and other professionals in corporate governance now have a fresh online and loose-leaf resource. The CCH Corporate Governance Guide from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business provides comprehensive coverage of crucial subjects for this multifaceted function, containing everything needed to stay current on ever-changing regulations and requirements to get the job done better and faster. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research information and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals (business.cch.com).

“We have fine-tuned and refocused our popular and authoritative CCH Corporate Secretary’s Guide to create the Corporate Governance Guide,” said CCH Product Manager Peggy Hayner. “We’ve kept core information on vital subjects from state business law summaries to periodic reports, while shaping the Guide to more accurately reflect the current role of the corporate governance professional.”

More than 4,000 text pages of explanations, forms, examples and recommendations provide guidance on state corporation laws, proxies, annual meetings and more.

“Although the Corporate Governance Guide is now only two loose-leaf volumes in print, we’ve actually expanded the coverage of many vital subjects. Among other things, we’ve added three new chapters: Executive Compensation, including TARP requirements; Board of Directors, including coverage of committees; and Fiduciary Duties/Business Judgment Rule,” said Hayner.

Update Newsletter Supplements Monthly Reporting

Included in subscriptions to the Guide is the semi-monthly Corporate Governance Guide Update newsletter, which supplements regular monthly reporting with succinct updates covering a broad range of topics such as recent SEC developments, proposals before Congress and more.

Topics of particular focus are:

• Delaware case law;
• Executive compensation;
• Financial reporting;
• Enforcement;
• State legislation; and
• International developments.

If they wish, subscribers to the Internet version of the newsletter can receive a PDF copy delivered immediately upon publication via e-mail.

For More Information

For more information or to subscribe to the CCH Corporate Governance Guide, contact a CCH sales representative at 1-800-344-3734. The Guide is available in two loose-leaf print volumes or in electronic form over the CCH Internet Research NetWork™ and CCH IntelliConnect™. A subscription to the Corporate Governance Guide Update is included with each subscription to the Guide; separate subscriptions to the Update are also available.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers,CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2007) of €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), maintains operations in over 33 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific and employs approximately 19,500 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Newsletters Now Available Through Ozmosys, Inc.

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 7, 2009) – Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is pleased to announce that several of its authoritative newsletters covering securities, corporate governance and banking are now available via Ozmosys, Inc. These newsletters contain fast-breaking news and expert analysis of new regulations and corporate actions. Ozmosys is a leading provider of linked information, alerting and content delivery solutions. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals.

Ozmosys will monitor subscriptions and deliver to newsletter subscribers a consolidated e-mail message with links to all newly-posted content, thereby streamlining the e-mail process and reducing the total number of e-mails received.

“Our newsletters delivered via Ozmosys will provide professionals with the timely information and insight they need delivered the way they want it – with added convenience and enhanced efficiency,” said Susan Chazin, Associate Publisher, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.

“We are thrilled to work with Wolters Kluwer Law & Business to deliver this critical information to professionals who need to stay on top of the latest regulatory changes and agency actions,” said Eric Gross, CEO and Co-founder of Ozmosys, Inc.

The Wolters Kluwer Law & Business newsletters currently available through Ozmosys include:

• SEC Today– covers the latest SEC news and policymaking, including: a cover story detailing an issue or event of interest to the securities industry; a list of all no-action letters released by the SEC; and a daily guide of SEC activity. In addition, each issue of SEC Today provides a full listing of the previous day’s filing activity in each of these areas: Securities Act Registrations; Williams Act Filings; and Forms 8-K and 6-K. Published daily.
• Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, by Amy Goodman – provides a direct pipeline to the latest developments in corporate and securities law on the state, national and international levels. This newsletter scours the globe – from Congress to the SEC, the IRS, the courts, the securities market and the international legal community – to report on critical developments in the field and analyze their implications. Published monthly.
• Corporate Governance Advisor, Broc Romanek, Editor – offers timely analysis and practical guidance and insight on issues, such as: Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Corporate Governance Reform; Stock Exchange Requirements; Executive Compensation Plans; D&O Insurance; Shareholder Activism ; and Business Judgment Rule. Published bi-monthly.
• Investment Lawyer: Covering Legal and Regulatory Issues of Asset Management, by Stephanie A. Djinis – provides timely and practical coverage of the entire spectrum of problems investment professionals must confront and solve. The Investment Lawyer monitors all of the key regulators – the SEC, CFTC, DOL and IRS, as well as state regulators and the Congress – to keep its readers abreast of the latest regulatory developments and concerns.
• Bank Digest– an essential tool for tracking the latest banking activity, regulatory changes and trends in federal banking policy. Bank Digest provides both a concise abstract and the full text of that day’s releases from the federal agencies that impact the banking industry. In addition, Bank Digest includes relevant information that impacts the banking industry from the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Published daily.
• Hedge Funds and Private Equity: Regulatory & Risk Management Update – reports on the latest regulatory and legislative developments affecting hedge funds and other private pools of capital. The newsletter keeps readers informed of breaking developments in the fast-changing world of hedge funds and other alternative investment vehicles. Each issue reports on the key domestic and international regulators and standard setters that impact hedge funds and other private pools of capital. Published monthly.
• International Securities and Financial Reporting Update– reports on the latest developments in international regulations affecting cross-border transactions such as securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and the sales of mutual funds with a “multi-country passport.” The newsletter keeps readers informed of the regulations and developments that affect doing business abroad. Each issue reports on the key international standard-setters. It also provides coverage of international regulators and advisory organizations where tomorrow’s standards are being actively formulated. Published semi-monthly.
• CCH Corporate Governance Guide Update – this publication is an exceptional source for staying current. Topics of particular focus are: Delaware case law; executive compensation; financial reporting; enforcement; state legislation; and international developments. Other timely issues covered include SEC activities, proposals before Congress, technological developments, international practices, case studies and more. Published semi-monthly.
• PCAOB Reporter – provides a comprehensive, detailed review of the latest news and events shaping the public company accounting profession. The PCAOB Reporter distills the vast volume of information, getting readers up-to-speed on the latest and most important developments. PCAOB Reporter provides succinct, expert coverage of meetings, board members’ and commissioners’ views on important policy matters and industry viewpoints expressed in comment letters. In addition, PCAOB Reporter brings together detailed reports on related SEC/industry initiatives including actions and policy pronouncements of the AICPA, FASB and others. Published semi-monthly.
• SEC Filings Insight – briefs readers on the latest disclosure practices and compliance strategies employed by the most respected securities law firms and corporate counsel. SEC Filings Insight will keep readers abreast of new regulatory and policy changes likely to impact the way a firm or its clients publicly report their financial and business conditions. Published semi-monthly.
• SEC No-Action Letter Weekly– provides an easy way to keep informed on SEC staff no-action letter positions and their implications. This newsletter offers a comprehensive overview of all letters released, providing a crucial looking glass into staff positions. It also provides a current account of all letters released the previous week and contains abstracts of every letter and in-depth feature articles. Published weekly.
• Financial Regulation and Reform Update – provides in-depth coverage and analysis on regulatory reform and the financial crisis as they have evolved from subprime lending issues. Capital raising, liquidity and bailout issues, foreclosures, mortgage fraud and abuses and securitization issues are all included within the product scope. Each issue includes a featured story, while the Current Developments provides daily updates to reflect the latest developments. Published monthly.

For More Information

For more information or to order, go to http://onlinestore.cch.com/ or call 1-800-344-3734.

About Ozmosys

Ozmosys, Inc. is a leading provider of linked information, alerting, and content delivery solutions used by large enterprises to control both information overload and overlook. Ozmosys consolidates high-value information from leading content providers and publishers and removes barriers found in typical distribution methods by linking to the content sources. Customers world-wide rely on Ozmosys to keep them up-to-date and competitive.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

NEW RESOURCE FROM KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL DETAILS U.S. RULES FOR FOREIGN REAL ESTATE INVESTORS

(NEW YORK, N.Y. AND AMSTERDAM, February 16, 2009) – Since it was first published 25 years ago,Structuring Foreign Investment in US Real Estate has been widely recognized as the leading treatise on the tax and other legal issues involved with the acquisition, ownership and disposition of U.S. real estate by non-U.S. investors. The new edition of the book, thoroughly revised and updated, has now been published by Kluwer Law International, a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (www.kluwerlaw.com). Authored by W. Donald Knight, Jr., and Richard E. Andersen, this latest edition is the definitive one-stop looseleaf resource for legal and tax advisors of foreign investors making investments in U.S. real property or disposing of such investments.
 
Structuring Foreign Investment in US Real Estate provides thorough coverage of tax issues, including the impact of the tax treaty network for U.S. taxation of inbound investments; taxation of operating income and dispositions of U.S. real estate by non-U.S. persons; withholding obligations of purchasers of U.S. real estate from non-U.S. sellers; and estate and gift tax planning for foreign-owned U.S. real estate. Also included are extensive materials on non-tax issues such as asset protection, non-tax reporting and limits on foreign ownership of U.S. real estate. Detailed appendices provide both primary research material and relevant forms for reference.
 
Described as “a virtual necessity for the practitioner involved in advising non-U.S. clients on U.S. real estate investments” when it was first published, this industry-standard work has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest developments and tax planning solutions.
 
About the Authors

W. Donald Knight, Jr. is a retired partner in King & Spalding’s Atlanta office, where he was formerly head of the firm’s International Practice Group. He currently serves as a consultant for a major Kuwaiti bank. Knight’s law practice included advising non-U.S. investors (including non-U.S. sovereign wealth funds, banks, investment funds and companies and high net worth individuals) with respect to structuring, negotiating and effecting investments of various kinds throughout the United States. He served for many years as a member of the Advisory Board of Tax Management International Journal (Washington), a Contributing Editor of INTERTAX (International Tax Review) (The Netherlands) and a member of the Advisory Board of North American Free Trade & Investment Report (Boston). Knight is the author of numerous papers and articles on matters of international law and taxation and frequently speaks at professional seminars held in the United States and abroad.

Richard E. Andersen is a partner in the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP and is resident in its New York office. He has more than two decades of experience in domestic and international transactional tax matters. His knowledge of both tax and international law enable him to counsel U.S. and international clients on a wide variety of tax and finance issues. For clients with international operations, Andersen provides advice on U.S. and foreign tax aspects of real estate acquisitions and dispositions, “greenfield” business operations, corporate mergers and acquisitions and international infrastructure projects, including structuring development vehicles and financing arrangements, U.S. and foreign withholding tax issues relating to cross-border cash flows and tax-efficient investor exit mechanisms.
 
For More Information

For more information or to subscribe to Structuring Foreign Investment in US Real Estate, visit www.kluwerlaw.com or call 1-800-638-8437 in the United States and Latin America, 1-800-268-8437 in Canada or +31(0)172 64 1562 in Europe and the rest of the world. The initial one-year subscription is: U.S. $400; €303 or £242.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers,CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2007) of €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), maintains operations in over 33 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific and employs approximately 19,500 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.

CCH ISSUES NEW WHITE PAPER: STIMULUS ACT IMPOSES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPENSATION MANDATES

CCH OFFERS FREE ACCESS TO FEDERAL, STATE RULES ON LAYOFFS, PLANT CLOSINGS

CCH ISSUES WHITE PAPER ON FAIR PAY ACT LEGISLATIONCCH LEGISLATION

KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL ADDS SMART CHARTS, NEWS ALERT TO KLUWERMANUALIP.COM

KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES NEW ARBITRATION BLOG

CCH CREATES WEB NEWS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS

 
(RIVERWOODS, ILL., January 22, 2009) – CCH, a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (business.cch.com), has created a one-stop, online resource for tracking legal and financial developments related to the ongoing financial crisis. The CCH Financial Crisis News Center has been carefully developed by a staff of attorney-analysts to provide the legal community and others with a cohesive and robust selection of breaking news stories, analysis and links to the full text of source documents for regulatory actions. As such, the web site is a comprehensive central repository for vital and timely information that spans multiple practice areas. Updated throughout the day with the latest information, the site provides headlines from major news sources with links to the articles as well as tracks ongoing legal and financial developments on this wide-ranging crisis along with the multiple responses from lawmakers and regulatory agencies.

“We provide unparalleled, broad coverage of the crisis in all its dimensions, primarily from a banking and securities regulation vantage point, but with access to multiple information sources. The ability to track information over time by topic and by agency or other organization provides easy and logical access to the wide array of disparate information regarding the crisis,” said Susan Chazin, Associate Publisher. “We’re tying together all of our coverage with external news sources and across a multitude of agencies and regulators to organize this critical information into one central location.”

An additional retrieval feature allows visitors to browse developments on a month-to-month basis. A “CCH Subscriber Resources” page serves as a central entry point for CCH banking and securities law resources related to the crisis.

To access the CCH Financial Crisis News Center, visit financialcrisisupdate.com. Visitors may also subscribe to receive the site’s content via RSS feed or e-mail.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include  Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2007) of €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), maintains operations in over 33 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific and employs approximately 19,500 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com. 


EDITORS’ NOTE: CCH analysts are available to discuss tax, banking and securities aspects of the financial rescue plan. Please contact: Leslie Bonacum (847-267-7153 or mediahelp@cch.com); Neil Allen (847-267-2179 or neil.allen@wolterskluwer.com); or Brenda Au (847-267-2046 or brenda.au@wolterskluwer.com

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KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHES INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

(AMSTERDAM, January 16, 2009) – Kluwer Law International is pleased to announce the publication by Gary B. Born of International Commercial Arbitration, a new two-volume resource comprehensively addressing all aspects of the international arbitral process. Kluwer Law International is part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business group, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key legal and compliance specialty areas (www.kluwerlaw.com).

International Commercial Arbitration provides the most complete and authoritative commentary and analysis available on the international commercial arbitration process. Divided into three main parts, the 26 chapters of International Commercial Arbitration focus on International Arbitration Agreements, International Arbitral Procedures and International Arbitral Awards.

International Commercial Arbitration addresses all topics arising in international commercial arbitration, from the perspective of all developed international and national legal systems, including:
• The separability of the arbitration agreement;
• Choice of law governing the arbitration agreement;
• Formation and validity of the arbitration agreement;
• Effects and interpretation of international arbitration agreements, arbitral procedures, consolidation and joinder;
• Confidentiality;
• Selection of arbitrators and arbitral seats;
• Challenge of arbitrators;
• Choice of substantive and procedural laws;
• Rights and duties of arbitrators;
• Ethical issues and representation in arbitration;
• Form and content of arbitral awards, correction of awards,
• Annulment of awards;
• Recognition and non-recognition of awards; and
• Issues of preclusion and lis pendens.

“It is a tour de force by one of the giants of international arbitration, which must have a place in every lawyer’s library,” said leading practitioner L. Yves Fortier C.C Q.C., from Oglivy Renault LLP.

About the Author
The author, Gary B. Born, is the world’s leading authority on international arbitration and litigation. He is the author of International Litigation in United States Courts (4th ed. 2007), International Arbitration Agreements and Forum Selection Clauses: Drafting and Enforcing (2nd ed. 2006) and numerous other publications in the area. He has practiced extensively in Europe and the United States.

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