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(RIVERWOODS, ILL., August 31, 2007) – To help plan sponsors, administrators and human resources professionals understand the significance of new IRS regulations, CCH is presenting an audio seminar entitled Understanding the New Cafeteria Plan and Dependent Care Regs with Ashley Gillihan, Esq., of Alston & Bird, LLP Thursday, September 20, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Central. CCH is a leading provider of business compliance information and software and a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (hr.cch.com).
In a flurry of late summer activity, the Internal Revenue Service issued a new set of proposed cafeteria plan regulations, incorporating much of the formal and informal guidance related to cafeteria plans and flexible spending accounts issued over the last 30 years. A week later, IRS released final regulations regarding employment-related expenses under the dependent care credit and dependent care flexible spending accounts. Gillihan, author of the Flexible Benefits Answer Book published by Aspen Publishers, also part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business group, will review both these new sets of regulations.
Understanding the New Cafeteria Plan and Dependent Care Regs will answer the following questions:
- What do the new cafeteria plan and dependent care regulations say generally?
- What has changed under the new regulations?
- What important clarifications did the IRS make?
- What steps are required to implement the requirements of the new regulations?
The seminar includes a live question-and-answer session. To register, visit hr.cch.com/audio or call 1-800-775-7654.
Ashley Gillihan is a partner in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird, LLP, and a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits and ERISA Litigation Groups. Gillihan focuses his practice exclusively on health and welfare employee benefit compliance and litigation issues for employers, health plan administrators and other health and welfare benefit plan service providers. Gillihan is the author of the Flexible Benefits Answer Book published by Aspen Publishers, as well as a member of the Employer’s Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC) Technical Advisory Council and a faculty member for the Institute for Applied Management and Law (IAML).
CCH’s live audio seminars require only a telephone connection. For the $249 per-site fee, an unlimited number of listeners at a site can participate and get up to speed and in-the-know on this important topic. Early bird registration before September 13 is available at a reduced per-site fee of $199.
This audio seminar is designed to meet the CE requirements of the ASPPA CE program and qualifies for two CE credits. ASPPA members should report this audio seminar to ASPPA using the non-ASPPA-sponsored CE guidelines and tools located at www.asppa.org. In addition, ASPPA members should print out and keep in their files (1) a copy of the site registration confirmation and (2) a hard copy of the presentation materials. For more information, please contact the ASPPA membership department at 703-516-9300.
This program has been designed to meet the CE requirements of the NIPA CE program and qualifies for two CE credits. NIPA CE credit is earned only by attending the live audio conference. CD-only purchases do not qualify for NIPA CE credits. NIPA members should report this audio seminar to NIPA using the NIPA Continuing Education Policy found at www.nipa.org.
To register online using a credit card, go to hr.cch.com/audio. To register by phone, call CCH Customer Service at 1-800-775-7654
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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(NEW YORK, N.Y., August 28, 2007) – Professionals can now uncover hidden retirement errors and avoid fines with Aspen Publishers’ Qualified Plans Self-Audit Guide. The all-new loose-leaf Guide can help facilitate a thorough and successful self-audit of qualified retirement plans, providing easy-to-follow guidance and enabling professionals to determine how their plans stack up against the applicable legal and regulatory requirements quickly and easily. 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).
"No matter how well a plan is established and operated, there are almost always hidden errors arising, even where qualified third party administrators are involved,” said Michael B. Snyder, author of Qualified Plans Self-Audit Guide. “This manual walks you step-by-step through a review of the plan’s provisions, highlighting what the approved best practices are, how to recognize errors and how to know which errors you can correct on your own and which require professional assistance."
Qualified Plans Self-Audit Guide contains expert analysis of key legal and regulatory requirements impacting compliance – all supported by dozens of sample checklists and forms. This single volume guide allows professionals to:
- Understand and successfully implement the objectives of a self-audit;
- Determine whether the plan design remains appropriate and in compliance on an ongoing basis;
- Identify and correct problems properly and legally;
- Work with outside vendors and service products to maximize the value of their services;
- Reduce significant risk of exposure to the IRS and DOL penalties and participant claims;
- Improve overall plan operations, including cost reductions and much more.
In addition, Qualified Plans Self-Audit Guide includes coverage of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), which was codified by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) and is updated on a consistent, almost annual basis by IRS. The Guide will keep professionals up to date as these changes arise. The Guide helps professionals understand the history and application of the EPCRS, allowing them to identify and correct mistakes, with fines paid according to a pre-determined schedule.
Michael B. Snyder, Esq., is an attorney practicing in Rochester, NY. He focuses primarily in the area of employee benefits issues, including ERISA compliance, qualified and nonqualified plans, and investments. Mr. Snyder is also the author of Aspen Publishers’ ERISA Fiduciary Compliance: A Practical Guide to Participant-Directed Investments, as well as 13 other treatises. Mr. Snyder previously served as Eastman Kodak Company’s Director of Benefits Strategy, developing and implementing long-term retirement, savings, bonus and health care plans. He was also the first president and chief operating officer of ESL Investment Services, Inc., which offers securities, mutual fund and annuity investment services to ESL Federal Credit Union members.
For more information or to order Qualified Plans Self-Audit Guide, call 800-638-8437 or visit www.aspenpublishers.com. Price is $259; loose-leaf; supplemented annually.
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, IL.
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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(NEW YORK, N.Y., August 22, 2007) – Aspen Publishers has just announced the publication of Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System by John A. Humbach. Providing an accessible and appealing orientation to the American legal system, Whose Monet? presents readers with the basic concepts of civil litigation by focusing on a lengthy dispute over the ownership of a painting. 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).
"Whose Monet? is an ideal book for anyone interested in learning about the U.S. legal system," said Jennifer Armstrong, Aspen Publishers’ marketing director. "Humbach eases readers into this complex area with his logical and straightforward organization along with his lucid, descriptive and conversational writing style."
Whose Monet? tells the story of the real lawsuit, DeWeerth v. Baldinger, drawing readers into the legal process – from client intake through the trial and various appeals – by means of an engaging narrative. The book explores:
- The major events in a lawsuit;
- How the law is applied in a civil dispute;
- An introduction to common law and statutory law;
- The various courts and their interrelationships (trial/appellate, state/federal); and
- An examination of the lawyer’s role in both its functional and moral dimensions, addressing questions such as: What do lawyers do? What does society legitimately expect lawyers to do?
In addition, Whose Monet? is suitable as primary course material for a variety of undergraduate and graduate level courses or seminars. This engaging book introduces readers to the basic law school tasks of reading analytically, understanding legal materials and working with the common law. It also includes a separate Teacher’s Manual that suggests learning objectives for each chapter; offers different teaching approaches; provides answers to questions in the book; and suggests sample syllabi.
John A. Humbach is Professor of Law at Pace Law School, where he teaches Property, Professional Responsibility and Criminal Law Analysis and Writing. Prior to joining Pace in 1977, Humbach practiced corporate/securities law for five years on Wall Street before entering law teaching in 1971. He taught at Fordham Law School, Brooklyn Law School and was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois and the University of Hawaii.
Humbach has authored a number of articles in the areas of property law and professional responsibility, as well as computer-assisted instruction programs for first-year property students. He serves as chairman of his community Architectural Review Board, and was active in the preservation of the 22,000 acre Sterling Forest, at the edge of the New York City metropolitan area.
For more information or to order Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System, call 800-638-8437, click here or visit www.aspenpublishers.com. Price is $32 (260 pages; paperback).
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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(RIVERWOODS, ILL., August 20, 2007) – Attorneys now have a one-stop electronic resource from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business that will provide them with expert guidance on evidentiary issues and exclusive insights into members of the federal judiciary. The Trial Attorneys Integrated Library brings together judicial reference material and evidence treatises from Aspen Publishers with an extensive primary source database on the CCH Internet Research NetWork ™. Aspen Publishers (www.aspenpublishers.com) and CCH (business.cch.com) are part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business group.
The Trial Attorneys Library consists of two components: a Judicial Research component and an Evidence component. The components are available separately or together.
"Litigators have two challenges as they prepare for trial: know the evidence and know the judge," said Kristin Colquhoun, product manager. "In the Trial Attorneys Integrated Library we’ve brought together sources that make it easy to research the judge – his or her demeanor, decisions and background – and to evaluate why evidence might be admitted or excluded."
The Directory of Federal Judges, combining Aspen’s print titles Almanac of the Federal Judiciary and Directory of Federal Court Guidelines, is the most comprehensive, one-stop site for information on the federal judiciary. It contains biographical information on 2000 judges in the federal court system, with financial disclosure statements and Senate questionnaires, in their entirety, available at the click of a mouse. Candid, anonymous lawyers’ evaluations of federal court judges provide insight into how to present a case before the assigned judge, as do noteworthy rulings, summaries of media coverage and listings of publications by the judge. Moreover the noteworthy rulings listed are linked to the full text of the case decisions.
Also in the Judicial Research component are courtroom guidelines that provide courtroom staff contact information and procedural requirements of federal district judges, including the procedures they mandate on such essential matters as discovery, scheduling conferences, alternative dispute resolution, voir dire, marking of exhibits and jury participation.
The Evidence component of the Trial Attorneys Integrated Library contains three treatises: Wigmore on Evidence, New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence and Evidence: Practice Under the Rules. Case citations in these treatises will link to the full text of the case providing access to over 20,000 decisions.
Wigmore on Evidence is the preeminent treatise on the American law of evidence, providing exhaustive and authoritative guidance on the admissibility of evidence at trials, with coverage of the common law, the history and development of evidence rules, the Federal Rules of Evidence and state evidence rules and codes. Matchless in scope and depth of coverage, Wigmore provides clear explanations of the settled law and comprehensive analysis of more complicated evidentiary problems. Relied on by state and federal courts as the ultimate authority for important evidence questions, Wigmore is an invaluable aid in determining the admissibility of evidence in federal and state courts.
The New Wigmore is a contemporary rethinking of evidence law that brings to the subject the same depth of analysis that characterizes Wigmore. It provides the deep, analytical insight and expertise you need to persuade the court on today’s most difficult evidentiary issues and includes helpful charts comparing state and federal approaches. New Wigmore also provides the historical and policy underpinnings you need to make the fullest and most persuasive arguments in an environment of ever-changing evidentiary issues. New Wigmore lets you make your strongest arguments by delivering in-depth insights into Selected Rules of Admissibility, Evidentiary Privileges and Expert Evidence.
Evidence: Practice Under the Rules is an a ccessible yet comprehensive guide to the admissibility of evidence in federal courts. This valuable tool offers clear practical explanations; logical organizations; and extensively researched citations and parenthetical explanations focused on the Federal Rules of Evidence. Evidence: Practice Under the Rulesprovides practical, expert guidance on such crucial issues as new standards governing the admissibility of scientific evidence; the Confrontation Clause and the admissibility of hearsay; testimony on social frameworks and syndromes; admissibility of prior offenses; refreshing witnesses’ memories; repair and rehabilitation of impeached witnesses; nonconviction misconduct; and privileges and waiver.
For more information or to subscribe to the Trial Attorneys Integrated Library , call 1-888-224-7377 to speak with a Sales Representative. More information about the new Trial Attorneys Integrated Library can also be found at onlinestore.cch.com.
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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(NEW YORK, N.Y., August 15, 2007) – Aspen Publishers has released the updated third edition of Goldstein on Copyright, the definitive practice tool for today’s intellectual property practitioner. Goldstein on Copyright delivers unparalleled analysis and practical guidance to help tackle complex copyright practice issues and preserve clients’ intellectual property rights. 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).
Written by noted copyright expert Paul Goldstein, Goldstein on Copyright provides accessible and authoritative answers to the most pressing copyright questions with analysis of the current state of the law as well as Goldstein’s view of where the law is heading. This comprehensive resource addresses important copyright issues such as misuse and secondary liability; the intersection of copyright law with bankruptcy and antitrust law; and international copyright law.
"Goldstein’s 40 years of experience in teaching and writing on copyright law combined with his meticulous legal analysis, which is frequently used in court decisions, make him the foremost expert in the area of copyright law," said Susan Gruesser, Aspen Publishers’ Executive Editorial Director.
"Every cited case in Goldstein on Copyright has been read and summarized by the author in the clearest, most concise language," added Gruesser. "No other resource on the market gives such authoritative, reliable access to expert legal guidance to keep professionals on the cutting edge of copyright law."
Presented in four convenient loose-leaf volumes, Goldstein on Copyright includes:
- Expert interpretation of key copyright cases;
- In-depth analysis of the application of copyright to emerging technologies, including evolving questions of third party liability in a digital world;
- Clear explanations of copyright ability in law to the music, publishing, motion picture and commercial art industries;
- Exhaustive coverage of new court decisions on copyright infringement of computer software;
- Detailed discussion of Lanham Act Section 43(a)’s revolutionary development, filling in the gaps in traditional copyright protection;
- Extensive coverage of secondary liability – contributory infringement and vicarious liability – and other critically important issues in both traditional and online marketing environments; and more.
Aspen Publishers also offers supplementation to Goldstein on Copyright to ensure that readers remain up to date on the very latest legal developments. The 2007 Supplement to Goldstein on Copyright is now available, providing important analysis of such recent decisions as the Perfect 10, Inc. v. Google Inc. case, where the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the defendant’s storage of thumbnail versions of the plaintiff’s copyrighted images on its servers, and serving of these images to users, came within the scope of the public display right; ultimately, however, the court excused the conduct as fair use.
The 2007 Supplement contains analysis of other key developments, including:
- The Supreme Court in Grokster closely identified the doctrine with the alleged infringer’s mental state. Grokster sharply reduced the opportunity for trial courts to dispose of these cases on summary judgment, particularly when the defendant has obscured his actions with good, or at least indifferent, motives.
- Transaction costs, social benefit and abuse of right each set principled boundaries for fair use, and judicial failure to observe them presents the risk of rationally unbounded decisions. Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. is an example of such a failure.
- After close to a century of virtual silence on the subject, the Supreme Court in eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., a patent case, reaffirmed that copyright injunctions are subject to the equitable discretion of the trial court and that where the threat of an injunction is employed simply for undue leverage in negotiations, legal damages may well be sufficient to compensate for the infringement and an injunction may not serve the public interest.
- Do assignees have standing to sue on accrued causes of action? A new discussion on this issue supports the majority view that an assignee who holds an accrued claim for copyright infringement has standing to institute an action for infringement.
Paul Goldstein has been Professor of Law at Stanford University since 1975, and was appointed Lillick Professor of Law in 1985. He is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading authorities on copyright law. He is the author of several other books on copyright law including the widely-reviewed Copyright’s Highway: From Gutenberg to the Celestial Jukebox.
He is Of Counsel to the law firm of Morrison & Foerster where he is actively involved in the firm’s intellectual property practice. Professor Goldstein has frequently testified before congressional committees dealing with intellectual property issues and has been an invited expert at international governmental meetings on copyright issues. He has served as Chairman of the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel on Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information, and has been a visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law in Munich, Germany.
For more information or to order Goldstein on Copyright or the 2007 Supplement to Goldstein on Copyright, call 800-638-8437, click here or visit www.aspenpublishers.com.
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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(RIVERWOODS, ILL., August 13, 2007) – CCH, a leading provider of business compliance information and a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, has published the 2007 U.S. Master Wage-Hour Guide, an essential desktop reference to federal wage and hour law (hr.cch.com; 528 pages, $89.95).
"The 2007 U.S. Master Wage-Hour Guide distills nearly 70 years of statutes, regulations and rulings into a single, up-to-date volume that clearly answers the questions people ask most about this crucial area of employment law," said Kristen Kaplan, CCH product manager.
The Guide summarizes the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in its opening chapter. Succeeding chapters demonstrate how the rules apply to particular employment situations and explore practical aspects of employment arrangements in light of the federal wage and hour law. These include how minimum wages must be paid, overtime, equal pay, child labor, homework, garnishment, seasonal workers and family and medical leave.
The 2007 edition also encompasses the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which raises the federal rate in three steps, ending at $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009. Also covered is the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the application of the companionship services exemption to home-based caregivers who are employed by third-party agencies and recent developments under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Statutory, regulatory and case citations are included in the discussions throughout the Guide. References to CCH Labor Law Reports (Wages-Hours) are also provided so readers requiring an in-depth discussion of any point can easily find it.
For more information or to purchase the 528-page 2007 U.S. Master Wage-Hour Guide call 800-248-3248 or visit hr.cch.com. Single copy price is $89.95. Quantity discounts and school adoption pricing are available.
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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(RIVERWOODS, ILL., August 2, 2007) – Now, contracting professionals seeking to do business with the federal government and Department of Defense have two newly updated guides to help them pinpoint and understand critical government contracting policies and procedures. The Federal Acquisition Regulation and Department of Defense FAR Supplement, published by CCH, are essential references that include the latest additions to the regulations. 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.
"With the federal government likely to spend more than $400 billion this year on products and services to meet its agencies needs, it’s critical for those who want a share of the business to follow and stay current with the Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions,” said Sharon Kube, CCH product manager. “These invaluable resources help professionals both comply and keep up to date with the constantly evolving regulations."
CCH’s Federal Acquisition Regulation is a comprehensive reference and a leading source for the current Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which is issued and maintained by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This CCH resource reproduces the FAR and all amendments to the regulations issued through July 5, 2007. This essential resource provides all Title 48, Chapter 1 regulations for selling to the government; and a listing of sources of its materials, their dates of issuance and the effective date of each section change made since the initial text was published in the Federal Register in 1983. It also includes four new Federal Acquisition Circulars (including FAC 2005-18), two interim rules and six final rules.
This mid-year edition of Federal Acquisition Regulation covers a dozen major changes, including:
- Definitions for Classified Acquisitions;
- Simplified Procedures for Commercial Items;
- Noncompliance with Cost Accounting Standards;
- Revocation of Executive Order 13204;
- Final Contract Voucher Submissions;
- Labor Relations on Construction Projects;
- Management and Disposition of Government Property; and
- Small Business Size Regulations.
CCH’s Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) covers all current policies and procedures implementing and supplementing the FAR that apply to contracting with the Offices of the Secretary of Defense; the Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force; the Defense Logistics Agency; and other defense agencies. This comprehensive reference includes all Title 48, Chapter 2 regulations; all Procedures, Guidelines and Information (PGI) sections and the latest PGI changes issued through June 30, 2007; and all rules, interim rules and technical amendments.
This new edition covers 25 major changes, including:
- Emergency Acquisitions;
- Berry Amendment Restrictions;
- Protests, Disputes and Appeals;
- Free Trade Agreements;
- Electronic Payment Requests;
- Notification of Potential Security Issues; and
- Contracting Officer’s Authority.
Both the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Department of Defense FAR Supplement are updated and published every January and July to reflect the latest FAR and DFARS/PGI information. For ease of use, both contain detailed table of contents, topical indices and thumb marks to quickly locate subchapter headings.
For more information or to order Federal Acquisition Regulation as of July 2007 ($77) or Department of Defense FAR Supplement as of July 2007 ($72), call CCH at 800-248-3248, or visit onlinestore.cch.com. Quantity discounts are available.
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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 30, 2007) – Professionals now have a comprehensive, one-stop electronic resource for quick, reliable answers and authoritative analysis of the regulatory, legislative and legal issues affecting commodities and derivatives. The CCH Commodities & Derivatives Law Integrated Library combines the expert resources of Aspen Publishers and CCH to provide a convenient, all-inclusive online resource that will help users navigate the complex legal issues that arise in this highly regulated area of the law and minimize risk for their clients. Aspen Publishers (www.aspenpublishers.com) and CCH (business.cch.com) are part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business group
"In today’s volatile financial markets, it’s more important than ever to keep pace with the ever changing regulatory environment and new commodities transactions and derivatives vehicles," said Steven Santel, product manager. " This Library is an authoritative research tool covering all aspects of commodities and derivatives that will save professionals hours of research time."
The CCH Commodities & Derivatives Law Integrated Library is a complete database of laws and regulations, pertinent Congressional Committee Report excerpts, annotations of court cases and administrative decisions together with expert-authored analytical materials. The Library includes:
- CCH Commodity Futures Law Reporter – A comprehensive resource for commodity futures laws, regulations, forms, interpretations, administrative rulings and court decisions together with expert explanations and annotations. The Reporter also includes: Commodity Futures Report Letters; Commodity Futures Laws and Regulations; Commodity Futures Releases, Decisions and Interpretations; Commodity Futures Archives; CF TC Tracker Daily; and CFTC Tracker Archive.
- CCH Derivatives Regulation Law Reporter – An in-depth reporter covering the legislative, regulatory and judicial developments surrounding the U.S. derivatives market together with expert analysis. The Reporter monitors the entire derivatives landscape, bringing together regulations from the SEC, CF TC, Federal Reserve Board, OCC, FDIC and OTS — in addition to initiatives of the FASB as well as international developments in derivatives regulation.
- Internal Revenue Code – Full text of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. Sections 1-9833, as well as related legislation and constitutional provisions.
- Federal Tax Regulations – Full text of final, temporary and proposed regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
- Hedge Funds and Private Equity: Regulation & Risk Management Update – This CCH newsletter will keep users informed on the latest regulatory and legislative developments affecting hedge funds and other private pools of capital. The newsletter reports on key domestic and international regulators and standard-setters that impact hedge funds and other private pools of capital including the SEC, FASB, Federal Reserve Board, the OCC, the Treasury, the IASB, the UKA FSA, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the European Commission.
- Derivatives Regulation by Philip McBride Johnson and Thomas Lee Hazen – An indispensable guide providing comprehensive coverage of the full range of emerging regulatory, reporting and legal issues surrounding derivatives and related instruments. The guide also covers the latest regulatory and congressional guidelines, as well as traditional registration, reporting and disclosure requirements, criteria for publicly traded futures and commodity options, the rules governing unprofessional conduct and practical insights into the SEC’s current thinking in this area, as reflected in no-action and interpretive letters.
- U.S. Regulation of the International Securities and Derivatives Markets by Edward F. Greene, Edward J. Rosen, Leslie N. Silverman, Daniel A. Braverman and Sebastion R. Sperber – The only comprehensive resource covering all the U.S. laws and regulations affecting international securities offerings and foreign participants in U.S. capital markets. It provides reliable guidance on the government’s handling of non-U.S banks, investment banks and other financial institutions that participate in these transactions and provides analysis of the U.S. regulations that apply to securities distributions in international markets, as well as foreign companies entering the U.S. capital and derivatives markets.
- Securitization of Financial Assets by Jason H.P. Kravitt – Provides expert, practical insights into the newest financing methods, including exhaustive coverage of the key legal, accounting, rating agency and related issues involved in securitized financing transactions. Included are real-world deal examples and dozens of schematic illustrations of paradigm deal structures.
- Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities by John Arnholz and Edward E. Gainor – An indispensable guide that provides practical know-how, taking a step-by-step approach to spotting issues and solving problems, with expert insight into specific issues that frequently arise in securitization. This practice manual covers critical issues that impact securitization in securities, tax, bankruptcy and accounting, including: registration requirements of asset-backed securities, REMIC taxation and disclosure compliance requirements.
- Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000: Law & Explanation by Charles W. Edwards, JD and James Hamilton, JD, LLM – Expert analysis of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which not only overhauled the regulatory scheme for commodities exchanges but also cut across regulatory boundaries.
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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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(NEW YORK, N.Y., July 26, 2007) – Literature and the Law by Thomas Morawetz, published by Aspen Publishers, explores the intersections of law and literature through engaging and entertaining short stories, book chapters, poems, plays and articles along with thought-provoking discussion topics (588 pages, $60). 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).
The book covers a comprehensive variety of topics in law and literature utilizing shorter, thought-provoking, works of fiction from such authors as Herman Melville, Harper Lee, Agatha Christie, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Philip Roth, Andre Dubus and more. This approach welcomes readers to develop fresh ideas through exposure to writers and stories primarily new to them.
The most important job, the essential job that law and literature courses play is to refocus legal education on the inescapable truth that law is about individuals…," Morawetz writes in his introduction to professors.
The book begins by looking at lawyers and lawyering through stories by James Salter, Ward Just, Cynthia Ozick and Karel Capek. Succeeding chapters explore the meanings of law; freedom and crime; criminal minds; trial and punishment; finding meaning; and, finally, the law of literature.
Engaging discussion questions following each story prompt both educators and readers to explore a wide range of topics: professional ethics, justice, the lives of lawyers, the role of lawyers, the legal system, the psychology of lawyering, philosophy and more. An extensive, annotated list of complementary readings at the end of each chapter offers teachers and students a rich and varied choice beyond the selected texts. For educators, a detailed Teacher’s Manual is available for the book and discusses various approaches to each chapter and includes the author’s reflections based on more than 20 years of classroom experience.
Thomas Morawetz is the Tapping Reeve Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Professor Morawetz’s courses include Criminal Law, Contemporary Legal Theory, Law and Literature, Jurisprudence and Theory of Criminal Law. After graduating from Harvard College in 1963, Professor Morawetz pursued interests in law, literature and philosophy at University College, Oxford, on a Fulbright fellowship. He then earned a Ph.D. (1969) and an M.Phil. (1968), both in philosophy, at Yale University, where he also received his J.D. in 1968. He taught in the Yale philosophy department between 1969 and 1977, first as assistant professor and then as associate professor of philosophy. Morawetz has written or edited nine books, ranging across criminal law, legal philosophy, philosophical epistemology, justice and law and language. He has also published more than forty articles in these areas as well as professional responsibility and law and literature. His writings also include reviews of modern literature, mystery fiction, movies and a forthcoming book on philosophy, psychology and film.
For more information on the 588-page Literature and the Law, call 1-800-638-8437 or visit www.aspenpublishers.com.
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, and legal and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 19, 2007) – Workers in most states will not be affected by the upcoming increase in the federal minimum wage to $5.85, according to CCH, a leading provider of human resources information and software and part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (hr.cch.com). CCH has been reporting on federal wage and hour law since the enactment of the first federal minimum wage in 1938. That’s because 32 states and the District of Columbia have minimum wages higher than the new federal level.
"Over the last ten years, while the federal minimum wage has been steady at $5.15 per hour, more and more states have set their minimum wages above that, and above the new minimum as well," said Barbara O’Dell, JD, CCH workplace analyst.
States began to pass minimum wage laws early in the last century, often as a way to protect women workers, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned them, and a federal attempt to fix wages, until the mid 1930s. In 1937, the Court upheld a Washington law mandating a minimum wage for women workers. Then, Congress passed a federal minimum wage of 25 cents an hour as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 1938, and it too was upheld as constitutional in 1941.
Where state and federal minimum wage rates differ, the higher rate prevails.
- Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee do not have state minimum wage laws, so employers must pay the federal rate to employees who are subject to the FLSA;
- In Georgia, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, the state minimum wage rates are lower than the revised federal rate, so employers must pay the federal rate to employees who are subject to the FLSA (however, the New Mexico rate will increase to $6.50 on January 1, 2008).
- In Idaho, Indiana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia, the state rates are tied to the federal rate and will automatically increase (however, the New Hampshire rate will then increase to $6.50 on September 1, 2007).
The remaining states and the District of Columbia have minimum wage rates that will equal or exceed the federal rate on July 24, 2007. Employers in these states must continue to pay the state rate as long as it remains higher than the federal rate. In Minnesota, Montana and Nevada, some employers currently paying a state-authorized lower minimum wage based on their size or offering benefits will be affected by the federal increase.
If the federal rate increases above the state rate, the federal rate applies, and the federal hourly rate is scheduled to increase to $6.55 on July 24, 2008 and to $7.25 on July 24, 2009. For a timeline of federal minimum wage rates 1938-2009, click here.
"Employers – especially those who operate in several different states – will have to keep aware of a changing environment as federal and state rates criss-cross in the years ahead," O’Dell said.
A state-by-state list of hourly wage rates follows for states at or above the new federal level as of July 24, 2007.
| Alaska |
$7.15 |
| Arizona |
$6.75 |
| Arkansas |
$6.25 |
| California |
$7.50 |
| Colorado |
$6.85 |
| Connecticut |
$7.65 |
| Delaware |
$6.65 |
| District of Columbia |
$7.00 |
| Florida |
$6.67 |
| Hawaii |
$7.25 |
| Illinois |
$7.50 |
| Iowa |
$6.20 |
| Kentucky |
$5.85 |
| Maine |
$6.75 |
| Maryland |
$6.15 |
| Massachusetts |
$7.50 |
| Michigan |
$7.15 |
| Minnesota |
$6.15 ($5.25 for employers with less than $625,000 in gross annual sales) |
| Missouri |
$6.50 |
| Montana |
$6.15 ($4.00 for employers with $110,000 or less in gross annual sales) |
| Nebraska |
$5.85 |
| Nevada |
$6.33 ($5.15 if qualified health benefits are offered) |
| New Jersey |
$7.15 |
| New York |
$7.15 |
| North Carolina |
$6.15 |
| Ohio |
$6.85 |
| Oregon |
$7.80 |
| Pennsylvania |
$7.15 ($6.65 for employers with 10 or fewer employees) |
| Rhode Island |
$7.40 |
| Vermont |
$7.53 |
| Washington |
$7.93 |
| West Virginia |
$6.55 |
| Wisconsin |
$6.50 |
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 has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
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(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 18, 2007) – Wolters Kluwer Law & Business announced today that it has acquired the assets of Technical Answer Group, Inc., a provider of information and related expert analysis to third-party administrators, insurance companies, actuaries and other benefit plan professionals who design and administer qualified deferred compensation plans for employers. It will become part of the pension and benefits portfolio within the Business Compliance group in Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, with its CCH and Aspen Publishers brands, is a leading provider of pension, benefits and tax law information and services to professionals.
"Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is the content leader in the third-party administrator market. With this acquisition, we are now combining our market-leading CCH and Aspen content with a new type ofworkflow solution: the ability for professionals to ask specific questions to trusted experts and receive interactive, customized responses," said Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Vice President of Business Compliance, Paul Gibson.
Technical Answer Group, Inc., also known as TagData, is based in Marietta, Ga. TagData allows professionals to turn to a trusted single source for customized answers to their research questions, as well as primary compliance information and news. Su bscribers have the ability to ask authoritative TagData experts technical questions relating to retirement plans. They also have access to a proprietary database of questions and answers, with over 35,000 government documents for primary law research.
"We are pleased to join the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business family," said Richard Carpenter, TagData President. "Together, TagData and Wolters Kluwer Law & Business deliver a unique solution to the market with primary, analytical and practical information solutions for pension and benefits professionals in the benefit plan design and administration market."
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, and legal and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has 2006 annual revenues of €3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.