Publications
West Legalworks Periodicals are designed to keep your knowledge up-to-date in
cutting-edge practice areas, including securities law, mergers &
acquisitions, e-commerce, ERISA, legal research, and electronic banking. In
every issue, leading experts provide legal professionals with news and analysis
of the latest legislative and regulatory developments, as well as discussion of
the important court decisions having an impact on your particular specialty.
Whether you are in-house counsel or an attorney in private practice, a corporate
officer or Wall Street specialist, or a law librarian or government
professional, we offer a specialty legal newsletter that will make you an
expert in your field and keep you ahead of the pack. Our newsletter titles include:
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Featured Periodicals:
- Securities Litigation Report
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Articles and regular columns in this newsletter analyze the latest developments in private actions and government enforcement, focusing on five topics, each directed by an editor with years of relevant experience and expertise. These areas are corporate governance, risk management and professional responsibility, Delaware and state law and litigation, regulation, the SEC, and the Department of Justice, the courts, electronic discovery, and plaintiffs' issues, and accounting. Additional regular columns will highlight derivative suits and class actions, mutual fund litigation, Department of Justice actions, plaintiffs' issues, settlements and mediation, professional responsibility and ethics, and international legal and accounting issues.
Managing Editor: Gregg Wirth
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Other Periodicals:
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The M & A Lawyer
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The M&A Lawyer gives you the insights to make it happen.
Read the thinking of today's generation of high profile advisors who present
their views on the newest developments, the latest permutations in the deals,
and the smartest tactics.
Each month you'll will receive highly practical articles written by leading
counsel-inside and outside-who are shaping the new look of the deals for the
2000's. This is the only publication by lawyers for lawyers. It gives you the
insights that could make a difference in your next transaction.
Editorial Board Chairman: Paul T Schnell of Skadden Arps , with a board a 28
members from major firms and companies in the US and abroad.
Managing Editor: Gregg Wirth
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Wall Street Lawyer
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Since 1997, Wall Street Lawyer has featured timely insight,
analysis, commentary, and practical advice on the issues securities lawyers and
their clients are confronting every day. Our experts regularly cover topics
that include the rulemaking activity of the SEC and the SROs, precedent-setting
court cases, state and federal legislative trends, international securities law
developments, emerging best practices, and disclosure and investor relations
issues.
Chairman: John F Olson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Managing Editor: Gregg Wirth
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ERISA Litigation Reporter
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The highly regarded ERISA Litigation Reporter is the best place to find expert's
insights about the implications of recent decisions.
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Class Actions
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Preemption
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Taxation
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Cash balance plans
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Definitions, practice and procedure
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Fiduciary responsibility
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Multi-employer plans
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Benefit and disability claims
- Cutting Edge Analysis
- Current Thinking
- Emerging Theories
Editor: Robert N Eccles And David E Gordon, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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Internet Connection
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The only newsletter exclusively devoted to finding free or low-cost US.
Government information on the Internet. Each issue includes timely articles
that point readers directly to a wide breadth of information available on the
Web. Regular features include news notes, state watch, Washington watch, legal
links and business buzz.
Editor: Don MacLeod
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Internet Law
Researcher
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The leading resource about the online world, Internet Law Researcher makes the
Net accessible and profitable for law firms and companies. It's written by
attorneys and librarians who need to find practical solutions to real-world
research problems every day. "Legal Information Alert" said, "It's excellent
written material is chock full of good tips to help legal researchers navigate
the nebulous world called the Internet."
Editor: Don MacLeod
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Cyberspace Lawyer
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Our flagship publication, the award-winning leading monthly on legal
developments affecting the Internet. Many of the brightest and most creative
people in the field share their ideas and approaches. Big payback in each issue
with helpful materials, trend-spotting articles, and on the point analysis of
recent developments. Regular coverage of the many topics impacting online
commerce including intellectual property, contract law, business arrangements,
multimedia/entertainment , privacy law, security/encryption, state and federal
regulation, marketing and advertising, criminal law, international changes.
Editor: Michael D. Scott, Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of
Law, Los Angeles, CA
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Futures & Derivatives Law Report
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At a time of dramatic change when old fashioned commodities and derivatives
markets are being transformed by new electronic forums, FDLR offers you a
unique window into the developments and their meaning.
Let FDLR anticipate, interpret, and explain the laws and regulations that shape
the meaning of doing business in the world of commodities, futures and
derivatives.
The coverage in each issue is authoritative, thorough, and forward-thinking.
Under the direction of Editor-in-Chief Richard A Miller and editor Donald L
Horowitz, each in with more than 25 years of experience in the field, renowned
experts share their insights on the developments
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Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report
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Devoted to the rapidly emerging law Internet banking including online payment
systems, and band card innovations. Let us help you navigate the legal and
regulatory changes affecting the entire business. Each issue brings you
articles and ideas from top legal authorities who are working at the frontiers
of new developments in electronic payment systems, web sites, privacy,
contracting, joint ventures, software licensing, security and encryption,
consumer protection, regulatory issues, and intellectual property developments.
Editor-in-chief David E Brown Editorial Board Chair, John L Douglas, both of
Alston & Bird
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E-Filing Report
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This new newsletter bas complete coverage of the exploding new world of
electronics access and filing for official documents in federal, state, and
local courts and agencies.
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News
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Surveys
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Legislative reports
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Case Studies
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How to articles
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Commentaries
By key players in the e-filing world. For the first time there's regular way to
keep up with all the developments, the current projects, the emerging
techniques and new applications.
E-Filing Report covers the latest court activity and how law firms are taking
advantage of the new opportunities and what providers are doing to build this
market.
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E-Commerce Law Report
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Comprehensive coverage of the legal and regulatory issues for doing business
online. Discover insights by leading advertisers on the new legal expertise and
innovative solutions e-commerce practice demands. In one place you can follow
legislation, regulation and court decisions including coverage of all major
areas from advertising and promotion to jurisdiction, contracting to joint
ventures and licensing. The Report pays particular attention to solution for
troublesome areas including security, privacy, and liability.
Editor: Michael D. Scott, Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of
Law, Los Angeles, CA
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Privacy and Information
Law Report
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A new journal with analysis, insights, practice, tips from top professionals:
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Reports on federal, state and international legislation.
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Interpretation of federal and state court cases
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Explanations of voluntary business initiatives
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Practical advice on best compliance strategies
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Enforcement and litigation tactics
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Covers all major areas-from consumer financial transactions to employment to
healthcare to customer information in surveillance and security issues.
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Alerts you to the rapid changes tells you how they affect current practices and
suggests practical ways to ensure compliance.
Editors: L Richard Fischer, Morrison & Foerster
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