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A comprehensive resource covering the federal laws and rules that regulate the issuance of securities, corporate disclosure, insider reporting, broker-dealer requirements and duties, self-regulatory organizations, investment companies, investment advisers, and accountants and attorneys practicing before the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Reporter provides the full text of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, Investment Company Act of 1940, Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and other federal securities laws, as well as the regulations and forms of the SEC. It includes explanations that discuss, summarize and coordinate law, rule interpretations and court decisions. It also includes the full text of court opinions deciding issues of federal securities law, SEC regulatory releases, and SEC no-action letters. The Reporter is organized by act, with SEC rules, CCH explanations, and other materials located among the act sections to which they relate. (Report Letters--available via email delivery, Finding Devices)

Features & Benefits

Ensure you have the most accurate information with current CCH reporting ・As a Federal Securities Law Reporter subscriber, you will receive a weekly Report Letter packed with the latest developments. The Report Letter provides the news of the week, in summary form, with full-text coverage in the Reporter. The Report Letter keeps customers up-to-date on new developments and other happenings including speeches and legislation. These can be delivered to you via e-mail.

See why the Federal Securities Law Reporter is the standard among securities professionals ・Special features in the Federal Securities Law Reporter are designed to make your research easier and help you pinpoint the exact information you need quickly. They include:

• Expert CCH explanations that discuss, summarize and coordinate law, rule interpretations and court decisions
• Annotations of archived materials from 1941 forward that provide digests of court decisions and agency releases
• Time-saving Finding Lists that help you locate what you need quickly. Use the Topical Index, Case Table* or Cumulative Index*, or search by subject or keyword, by regulation or case number or by case name in the electronic products.
• Full-text reporting of court decisions and no-action letters
• Contains all the latest info on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This is the most important securities and accounting reform legislation since the passage of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. There will be rulemaking, No-Action Letters, interpretative releases, concept releases, and court decisions under this Act in the next year or two ll covered in the Federal Securities Law Reporter.

The 2004 edition includes discussion of the recently-revised NIRI standards of practice, which reflect updated guidance on many disclosure practices, including those governed by Regulation G. The new edition also discusses amendments to the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange, and to the NASD rules for Nasdaq-traded companies. In addition, the work discusses: recent enforcement actions under Regulation FD; litigation involving materiality of accounting violations; and SEC staff guidance on the use of non-GAAP financial measures. Finally, the new edition features a sample corporate disclosure policy, reprinted with permission from NIRI.

Contents Includes

Volume 1

• Topical Index
• General Guide
• Securities Act: Law Text; Compilations of law and related regs, CCH explanations, annotations: Definitions, Exemption, Registration

Volume 2

• Securities Act: Prospectuses, Liabilities, Schedule A, Regulations, Forms, How to Answer Form S-1 Exchange ACT: Law Text, Compilations of law and related regs, CCH explanations, annotations: Definitions; Exchanges, Margin-Borrowing Restrictions

Volume 3

• Exchange Act: Manipulations; National Market System, Registration; Reports, Proxies

Volume 4

• Exchange Act: Broker-Dealer Regulation, Securities Associations; Municipal Training; Government Securities; Insiders, Recordkeeping; Clearance and Transfer Reports; Records,Liabilities, Forms
• Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970

Volume 5

• Exchange Act: Regulations; Forms
• Holding Companies: Law Text, Definitions; Exemptions, Registration; Acquisitions, Simplification of Systems, Prohibitions; Reports; Records, Liabilities, Forms
• Trust Indenture Act: Compilations: Law and related regulations, CCH explanations, annotations; Forms
• Investment Company Act: Law Text; Compilations; Definitions

Volume 6

• Investment Company Act: Exemptions; Registration; Affiliates; Functions; Directors; Capital; Proxies, Securities; Reports; Records; Liabilities; Forms
• Investment Advisers Act: Compilations: Law and related regulations; CCH explanations; Annotations; Forms
• Staff Legal Bulletins
• Related Securities Law and Regulations; Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Rules of Practice and Conduct; Regulation S-T; Accounting Rules; Regulation S-X

Volume 7

• Regulation S-B
• Regulation S-K
• Financial Reporting Releases; Codification
• Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases
• Staff Accounting Bulletins
• Finding Lists
• Release Lists
• Main Case Table

Volume 8

• Cumulative Index
• New Developments: Case Table*; Topical Index*; No-Action and Interpretive Letters; SEC Releases; Other Materials, New Court Decisions