July 2008 - December 2008

CCH ISSUES NEW BRIEFING: SEC ADOPTS CREDIT RATING REFORMS ADDRESSING CONFLICTS; OTHER ASPECTS DEFERRED

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., December 18, 2008) – Commenting on the role of credit rating agencies in the current financial crisis, SEC Commissioner Kathleen Casey noted that the largest rating agencies awarded their highest ratings to complex debt instruments that were undeserving of investment grade status. Now, CCH Principal Securities Law Analyst Jim Hamilton, JD, LLM has examined the issues surrounding the rating agencies and the SEC’s response to date in a new Briefing titled SEC Adopts Credit Rating Reforms Addressing Conflicts; Other Aspects Deferred. CCH is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research information and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals (business.cch.com).

In the Briefing, Hamilton lays out the role of credit rating agencies in the issuing of securities and the parts that regulation and non-regulation have played in defining the agencies’ status. His analysis illuminates a number of areas for possible future regulation and details the regulatory steps taken by the SEC to address conflicts of interest on the part of the agencies and their employees.

Hamilton is a prolific blogger on current issues in the securities field. Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities Regulation can be found at http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/.

Hamilton has written and spoken extensively on federal securities law and has been cited as an authority by a federal court. His analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Manual: A Handbook for the Act and SEC Rules, is considered a definitive explanation of the Act. In addition to his many books and articles, Hamilton serves as a leading contributor to the industry-standard publication, the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter.

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 WHITE PAPER ON OBSTACLES TO SECURITIES FRAUD LITIGATION

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., December 12, 2008) – CCH, part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, has published a white paper: Fraud Litigation after Dura, Stoneridge and Tellabs: Swimming Upstream? by CCH Securities Law Analyst N. Peter Rasmussen, JD. 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).

Rasmussen notes that investors may attempt to recover their losses from the tumbling stock market through class action litigation, but that “significant obstacles” now stand in their way.

Rasmussen examines three issues in detail: establishing fraudulent intent (scienter); pleading loss causation, especially in light of the recent Supreme Court Dura decision; and collectibility, where the Supreme Court “significantly narrowed the scope of actions against third-party defendants” in Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

About the Author

N. Peter Rasmussen is a principal contributor to the industry-standard publication, CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter and is also co-author of several books on federal securities law, including: Responsibilities of Corporate Officers and Directors under Federal Securities Law, Guide to Internal Controls and Guide to Section 16: Insider Reporting and Short-Swing Trading Liability. In addition, he contributes regularly to the popular blog, Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities Regulation, at http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.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 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.

ASPEN PUBLISHERS OFFERS EMANUEL BAR REVIEW BAR-IN-A-BOX

NEW YORK, N.Y., December 8, 2008) – Emanuel Bar Review, a new Bar preparation program from Aspen Publishers, is now offering an innovative and convenient way to study for the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) from anywhere. With up-to-date materials from Steve Emanuel, Bar-in-a-Box takes the core information and practice materials from the Emanuel live preparation courses and packages them in a self-study format. Aspen Publishers is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading information provider for legal and business professionals and law students (www.emanuelbarprep.com).

“With Steve Emanuel’s live courses, we set out to reinvent Bar Exam preparation,” said Aspen Publisher’s Managing Director, Steve Errick. “Now we’re taking all the great features from the live program and literally putting them in a box, so people can study at their own pace. Some people simply learn best when they can set their own pace. We’re giving them the tools needed to succeed.”

Comprehensive Materials

Bar-in-a-Box provides a comprehensive set of materials for the MBE. It consists of substantive MBE lectures on DVD complete with accompanying PowerPoint presentations, six complete MBE subject outline books, a 200-question self-assessment test, an “Emanuel Confidential” mini-outline for last-minute study, plus two bonus discs of material from Steve Emanuel. All Bar-in-a-Box materials were newly drafted in 2008, providing the most up-to-date coverage of what is currently tested on the MBE itself.

For More Information

For more information, to purchase Bar-in-a-Box (ISBN 9780735582880), or to work with Aspen Publishers to utilize the Emanuel Bar Review course at your school or as part of your associate training program, visit www.emanuelbarprep.com, send e-mail to info@emanuelbarprep.com or call 1-888-MBE-PREP. Price of Bar-in-a-Box is $395.

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: For members of the press, a review copy of Bar-in-a-Box is available. Please contact Neil Allen at 847-267-2179, neil.allen@wolterskluwer.com or Brenda Au at 847-267-2046, brenda.au@wolterskluwer.com.

NEW RESOURCE FROM CCH COVERS LATEST CHANGES TO FMLA REGULATIONS

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., December 3, 2008) – CCH has released its new Family and Medical Leave Act, Military Family Leave Final Regulations, covering the recent and significant changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) due to take effect January 16, 2009. CCH is a leading provider of labor and employment law information and services and part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (hr.cch.com).

“The FMLA regulations have not been revised since 1995 and many individuals will be affected by these new changes,” said Kristen Kaplan, CCH product manager. “Leaves happen all the time. HR and legal professionals need to take the time to understand these changes. Our experienced editorial team of employment law attorneys spent countless hours analyzing and interpreting these complex changes to create one concise reference. CCH's Law and Explanation book, Family and Medical Leave Act, Military Family Leave Final Regulations, is an invaluable resource for anyone who manages family and medical leaves.”

Providing helpful and practical guidance on the latest Family and Medical Leave laws, this authoritative reference delivers important background information concerning the rule changes, along with succinct explanations of the new rules and how they have changed from prior regulations. Major stakeholder comments received by the Department of Labor (DOL) are fully incorporated into the full text of the revised regulations.

CCH’s Family and Medical Leave Act, Military Family Leave Final Regulations includes complete explanations and expert analysis of the revised and reorganized final rule, which the DOL indicates will:

Help employees and their employers better understand their rights and obligations under the FMLA;
Modify the definition of “continuing treatment” of a serious health condition;
Overhaul the FMLA’s notice provisions and make significant changes to the Act's certification requirements; and
Speed up the implementation of the important, new military family leave entitlements.

In addition, Family and Medical Leave Act, Military Family Leave Final Regulations thoroughly reviews the changes to military family protections. The final regulations implement the new military family leave provisions that were signed into law by President Bush in January 2008. The provisions provide job-protected leave rights to employees who are the spouse, child, parent or next of kin of a "covered service member" to take a total of up to 26 workweeks of leave during a 12-month period to care for the servicemember. The expanded FMLA also permits employees to take up to 12 workweeks of FMLA leave due to qualifying exigencies.

For More Information

For more information or to order Family and Medical Leave Act, Military Family Leave Final Regulations, call 1-800-449-9525 or visit hr.cch.com. Price is $79.95 (400 pages).

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 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.

NEW WORLDWIDE MERGER NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS NOW AVAILABLE FROM ASPEN PUBLISHERS

(NEW YORK, N.Y., December 2, 2008) – Now, professionals have a practical, single source to keep them up to date and in compliance with international merger requirements. Worldwide Merger Notification Requirements from Aspen Publishers is a convenient reference providing reliable reports evaluating the merger requirements of 217 international jurisdictions. Aspen Publishers is part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business group, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals (www.aspenpublishers.com).

“Merger control regimes are incredibly diverse with numerous competition laws differing in scope and approach,” said Sharon Kube, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business product manager. “Timing is critical to most acquisitions and Worldwide Merger Notification Requirements helps alert professionals to the inconsistent regulations that can affect the planning, timing and ultimate success of a deal.”

Worldwide Merger Notification Requirements provides a roadmap for parties contemplating a multinational transaction by highlighting the disparate ways in which competition authorities treat mergers, including differences in notification timing; filing fees; turnover, size and post-merger market share thresholds; potential penalties; and volume and type of required filing information. The authors explain the standards of review the competition authority will use in analyzing a transaction and highlight sectoral regulations, non-merger-control statutes or international agreements that may affect approval.
This reliable resource allows professionals to determine:

Whether parties must notify the competition authorities and, if so, whether they must request approval before or after closing;
Where to seek regulatory approval and how the agency is organized;
Which countries do not require regulatory approval;
How long the approval process takes;
What key substantive issues the agency will examine;
How much filing a notification and completing the review process may cost; and more.

About the Contributors and Editors

The contributors and editors of Worldwide Merger Notification Requirements are all attorneys at White & Case, a worldwide law firm with an extensive global presence. The White & Case network of more than 140 competition lawyers worldwide has provided the expertise and experience necessary to create this reference.

J. Mark Gidley chairs the White & Case Global Antitrust Group. Recently, Gidley was chosen in a survey of in-house counsel and antitrust practitioners as the leading competition lawyer under 45, and one of the top-ten in the world by Global Competition’s Review’s “45 under 45” survey of leading antitrust lawyers.

George L. Paul is a member of the White & Case antitrust and litigation groups. He has significant experience in antitrust counseling and litigation arising from U.S. and cross-border merger and acquisitions. Paul regularly advises clients on merger control filings for cross-border transactions and coordinates their HSR and international filing efforts. In 2003, he was asked by the American Bar Association to serve on its International Merger Task Force, which has commented extensively on revisions to EU Merger Regulations.

For More Information

For more information or to order Worldwide Merger Notification Requirements, call 800-638-8437, click here or visit www.aspenpublishers.com. This loose-leaf set is priced at $395.

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: Editorial review copies of Worldwide Merger Notification Requirements are available upon request for members of the press. Contact Neil Allen, 847-267-2179 or neil.allen@wolterskluwer.com or Brenda Au, 847-267-2046 or brenda.au@wolterskluwer.com.

Aspen Publishers, Modality, Release Law in a Flash Law School Flashcard Series for the Apple iPhone® and iPod touch®

Digital, customizable flash card series now available exclusively at the Apple App Store

(NEW YORK, N.Y., November 25, 2008) – Aspen Publishers, part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business and the leader in legal education study supplements, has partnered with Modality, the premier developer of learning and reference content for the Apple iPhone® and iPod touch®, to transform the popular Law in a Flash study series into digital study resources for course and bar review.

“Law students are very busy and are constantly looking for ways to fit content review into their workloads,” said Jen Armstrong, Director of Marketing for Aspen Publishers Legal Education. “The new Law in a Flash mobile applications make it incredibly convenient for students to carry one of their favorite study aids with them for anywhere, anytime review.”
Each Law in a Flash subject series includes hundreds of cards designed for efficient review of numerous legal topics. Using the intuitive iPhone interface, the traditional flash card model has been reinvented to allow users to review questions or hypothetical situations on the front of each card then tap the screen to flip the card over, revealing additional details. Personal study notes may be entered for each card via the touch-screen keyboard. A “study set” feature enables students to bookmark and save cards requiring further review.
“Our iPhone and iPod touch applications give time-starved students an edge,” said S. Mark Williams, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Modality. “We have heard from students in a variety of fields that the ability to carry trusted learning content on their favorite personal media devices has streamlined their study habits tremendously. We are excited to bring these same benefits to the legal education arena in partnership with Aspen Publishers.”
Law in a Flash iPhone and iPod touch applications are now available for:

• Corporations;
• Criminal Law;
• Criminal Procedure;
• Federal Income Tax;
• Professional Responsibility;
• Torts; and
• Wills & Trusts.

Additional titles in the series will be available by early 2009. Each Law in a Flash application retails from $39.99 to $59.99 in the Apple App Store. All of Modality’s educational and professional reference products can be found on iTunes or by selecting the App Store button on an iPhone or iPod touch and searching for "Modality, Inc.”

About Modality

Modality, Inc. makes small screens smarter, putting high-quality learning and lifestyle content in the palm of your hand. Its patent-pending process transforms and distributes premium content for handheld devices, allowing consumers mobile access to trusted content relevant to their education, professional training, and lifestyles. This unique Modality Platform enables content owners to enter new markets rapidly without sacrificing security, usability and valuable brand characteristics. Modality’s content partners include McGraw-Hill, Elsevier, FA Davis, Houghton-Mifflin, John Wiley & Sons, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, and Workman Publishing Co. Modality is actively developing partnerships with publishers and other content owners for future iPhone application titles.

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 Briefing: Financial Regulation Reform: What to Expect in the 111th Congress

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., November 20, 2008) – With the election results in, it is possible to identify the principal actors who will drive the reform of financial regulation in the next Congress and the proposals that will dramatically reshape the financial regulatory landscape. CCH Principal Securities Law Analyst Jim Hamilton, JD has authored a new Briefing on these regulatory events: Financial Regulation Reform: What to Expect in the 111th Congress. CCH is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research information and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals (business.cch.com).

Hamilton lists a number of reforms likely to happen next year, including reform of the securitization process, regulation of credit rating agencies, creation of a market stability or risk management regulator, regulation of hedge funds, mandated shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation, reform of fair value accounting, consolidation of federal financial regulatory agencies and a half-dozen other measures.

Hamilton also identifies the concerns and proposals of participants who will shape these reforms, including President-elect Barack Obama; Paul Volcker, a key Obama advisor; Senator Christopher Dodd, Chair of the Senate Banking Committee; Fed Chair Ben Bernanke; Representative Barney Frank, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee; and Senator Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee.

Hamilton is a prolific blogger on current issues in the securities field. Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities Regulation can be found at http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/.

Hamilton has written and spoken extensively on federal securities law and has been cited as an authority by a federal court. His analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Manual: A Handbook for the Act and SEC Rules, is considered a definitive explanation of the Act. In addition to his many books and articles, Hamilton serves as a leading contributor to the industry-standard publication, the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter.

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 SECURITIES ANALYST ISSUES WHITE PAPER ON NEW REGULATORY REGIME FOR FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 29, 2008) – CCH Principal Securities Analyst James Hamilton, JD, LLM has issued a new white paper: Congress Overhauls Regulatory Regime for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. CCH, a leading provider of securities law information, is part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business group.

In the white paper, Hamilton thoroughly and clearly examines the many provisions of the recently enacted Housing and Economic Recovery Act affecting Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks. These include the creation of a new independent unified federal regulator and oversight board. The government-sponsored enterprises will be SEC reporting companies; and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be subject to SEC proxy and insider reporting rules. The Federal Home Loan Banks will have to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley independent audit committee mandates.

Hamilton is a prolific blogger on current issues in the securities field. Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities Regulation can be found at http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/.

His analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Manual: A Handbook for the Act and SEC Rules, is considered a definitive explanation of the Act. In addition to his many books and articles, Hamilton serves as a leading contributor to the industry-standard publication, the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter.

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 19,544 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.

MARC21 RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR HOLDINGS ON CCH RESEARCH NETWORK

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 10, 2008) – Subscribers to the CCH Internet Research NetWork^TM and CCH Tax Research NetWork^TM can now obtain top-quality MARC21 records (MAchine Readable Cataloguing records) for their library holdings, thanks to a partnership between Wolters Kluwer Law & Business and Cassidy Cataloguing Services. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals.

The MARC21 records format is the standard for storage and portability of library (bibliographical) data introduced by the Library of Congress in 1968. The makers of Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) software write their products to load data in MARC21 format. In the case of electronic publications, the MARC21 record includes an embedded link to take users directly from their online search to the online resource in one click.

“Our goal in this partnership is to provide our customers, particularly academic institutions and other law libraries, with a reliable and accurate source of MARC21 records,” said Linda Dunton, Director of Market Segment Management for the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Legal Professional Group.

“The Cassidy staff is especially excited to be working with the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business staff on the CCH Research NetWork project. We believe these MARC21 records will not just serve as an inventory of the library’s holdings, but will also help researchers to identify more quickly and efficiently the resources that complement each other and represent the full measure of available information on their topic,” said Joni Cassidy, President of Cassidy Cataloguing.

For More Information

For more information on the CCH Internet Research NetWork and the CCH Tax Research NetWork, visit CCH.com. For more information or to purchase MARC21 records for CCH products, visit www.cassidycataloguing.com.

About Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc.

Cassidy Cataloguing has been providing high-quality contract cataloguing to the law and corporate community since 1985. For the past three years, they have been chosen to catalog electronic resources for an informal consortium of law schools that is growing every day. In addition, they provide Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) to hundreds of small and large publishers nationwide.

Cassidy Cataloguing professional staff has taught “Cataloguing” at three New York area library and information science schools, and have lectured extensively on the successful application of national bibliographic standards for the private and special library setting.

About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

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 19,544 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.

ASPEN PUBLISHERS OFFERS INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE EXPLORING LEGAL ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATION IN THE UNITED STATES

(NEW YORK, N.Y., July 9, 2008) – Aspen Publishers has released a new, comprehensive resource to help international lawyers prepare for practice in the U.S. legal system. The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States uses a global perspective to put the basic principles of legal reasoning and communication into context. Aspen Publishers, part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business group, is a leading information provider for legal and business professionals and law students (www.aspenpublishers.com).

“This is an ideal resource for teaching international legal professionals about the U.S. study of law,” said Jennifer Armstrong, Aspen Publishers’ marketing director. “It employs basic coverage, solid pedagogy, and a multicultural perspective that can’t be found elsewhere.”

The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States provides readers with:

A concise introduction to the U.S. legal system, the common law as U.S. precedent and the anatomy of a U.S. lawsuit;
Practical guidance for law study in the United States, including how to brief a case for class and other suggestions about the law school classroom;
A special chapter on the U.S. concept of plagiarism and proper attribution to authority;
Instruction on drafting client letters and demand letters, including effective word, phrasing and structural choices for emphasis;
An overview of statutory interpretation theories;
Coverage of drafting both fact-based and law-based analyses;
An overview of basic citation rules, including citing to international and online materials;
Chapters on the U.S. approach to drafting contracts, emphasizing international transactions; and
Techniques for taking law school examinations.

In addition, this authoritative guide includes engaging examples and exercises as well as an informative glossary of terms.

The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States also serves as an effective classroom teaching tool with materials that can be easily adapted to a one-semester or two-semester writing course, using a one chapter/one idea concept. The authors take a building-block approach to legal analysis based on the common law. Each chapter focuses on a key concept that builds on what was covered in the previous chapter.

About the Authors

Deborah B. McGregor is Assistant Director of Legal Analysis, Research and Communication and Clinical Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, where she teaches legal analysis, research and communication; integrated legal analysis and torts; advanced persuasive writing and oral advocacy; torts; and legal process. Previously, McGregor engaged in private practice focusing in the area of probate law and estate planning. Thereafter, she taught legal writing at the Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington before joining the law school faculty in Indianapolis. McGregor was appointed assistant director of the legal writing program in 1991. McGregor is the only legal writing professor to receive the student bar association’s Best New Teacher’s Award. She received Indiana University’s Trustee’s Teaching Award and has twice received both the Teaching Excellence Recognition Award and the Black Law Student Association’s John Morton-Finney/Brenda Elise Bowles Award. McGregor has been an active member of the Legal Writing Institute. Since 1987 she has given over 30 presentations at regional, national and international conferences and has conducted training workshops for law professors in Ukraine and taught LLM students in Egypt.

Cynthia M. Adams is Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Latin American Law Program at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, where she teaches contract drafting; legal analysis and communication; integrated contracts; civil procedure; trusts and estates; and legal process. Adams is an active member of the Indiana Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association. She also is a member of the Legal Writing Institute and serves as the Chair-Elect for the American Association of Law Schools Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers. She was one of the first faculty members to receive Indiana University’s Trustee’s Teaching Award in recognition of teaching excellence and is a three-time recipient of the law school’s Teaching Excellence Recognition Award. Adams has made many presentations at regional, national and international conferences. Previously, Adams practiced law with Stark Doninger Mernitz and Smith, focusing on general business, acquisitions and mergers, commercial loans, and trusts and estates. She also served as an adjunct professor of English at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and Butler University.

For More Information

For more information or to order The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States, call 800-638-8437, click here or visit www.aspenpublishers.com. Price is $72 (paperback).

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, Illinois.

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 19,544 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.

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MEDIREGS ADDS COMPLYRAC AUDIT DETAIL MANAGER TO COMPLYTRACK SUITE

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 1, 2008) – MediRegs, a leading provider of specialized health care compliance and reimbursement research products and workflow tools, has released ComplyRAC Audit Detail Manager (ADM), a new module in the MediRegs ComplyTrack^TM suite. ComplyRAC ADM was developed in response to the growing need of health care providers to manage their responses to Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) national audits. MediRegs is part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.

“ComplyRAC ADM is specifically designed to handle the high-volume, time-sensitive, complex workflow needed to satisfy RAC record requests, process determination letters and navigate the multi-tiered rebuttal and appeal process,” said Maria Bounos, ComplyRAC product manager.

ComplyRAC’s robust report writer, together with its sophisticated SQL database gives the provider community the necessary tools to manage the RAC process efficiently and effectively. ComplyRAC offers tools to detect, analyze, report and predict trends. ComplyRAC maintains audit trails for all correspondences, detailing claim-level tracking from initial request through the multiple levels of appeal. It delivers standard and customized reports at every level throughout the entire process. ComplyRAC enables RAC response teams to focus their efforts on the RAC process, eliminates redundant manual processes and documents, qualitatively and quantitatively, the RAC impact to facility management and board members alike.

MediRegs has partnered with Strategic Management, a leader in the health care industry providing regulatory and corporate compliance risk management services with a focus on ethics and corporate integrity, to assist with facilities’ RAC Preparedness Programs.

“Hospitals should start preparing now to manage the RACs, including the development of internal procedures for handling RAC correspondence and determining who will be responsible for managing such activities. This preparation process will take several months, so the time to begin is today,” said David Butler, President of Strategic Management.

About the ComplyTrack Suite

The ComplyTrack Suite is a web-based solution for total compliance program management. Already in daily use in hundreds of hospitals throughout the United States, ComplyTrack is the most comprehensive, cost-effective and practical set of compliance management solutions for the health care industry.

For More Information

For more information on the ComplyTrack Suite, visit mediregs.com or call 800-808-6800.

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 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.