COMPLISOURCE/MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD To Hold Annual Compliance Conference

(ACTON, Mass., August 5, 2002) – A regulatory compliance conference addressing topics of concern to mortgage lenders such as HOEPA and Predatory Lending, and motor vehicle lenders such as state licensing, and much more, will be held September 19-20, 2002 in New Orleans.

The seminar is co-hosted by CompliSource, which eases the burden of compliance law by providing regulatory information and analyses for the entire United States on the Internet, and McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, a full-service law firm with an established banking and consumer finance practice. CompliSource is a division of CCH INCORPORATED, a leading provide of business law information, software and services.

"Our seminars provide compliance personnel with highly focused insight from top regulatory professionals into the extraordinarily complex world of consumer finance regulations, " said Roger Gallo, CompliSource’s president and chief executive officer. " We believe that seminar participants will leave our two-day seminar better equipped to handle the regulatory issues they face in their operations."

Scheduled for September 19-20 in New Orleans the seminar will be held at the offices of McGlinchey Stafford and will focus on motor vehicle financing and mortgage lending issues. The cost is $495 per person.

The speakers for the seminar include McGlinchey Stafford’s David S. Willenzik, who is a nationally known speaker and author on bank regulatory and consumer financial services matters; Anthony Rollo, a trial lawyer specializing in consumer and lender issues who heads the firm’s automotive distribution and finance law practice group; and Bennet S. Koren, an expert in bank regulations and consumer credit law who has written and spoken widely on the issues for more than 20 years.

For more information and to register for the seminar, visit CompliSource’s Web site at www.CompliSource.com.

About CompliSource

CompliSource, a division of CCH INCORPORATED, is the nation’s number-one provider of information solutions for compliance professionals in the financial services industry. Its online guides to industry-specific regulations keep compliance officers up to date on pertinent laws and related legal interpretations concerning consumer finance and mortgage lending. To learn more about the company, visit www.CompliSource.com or call 978-795-2310.

CCH INCORPORATED, founded in 1913, has served four generations of business professionals and their clients. The company produces approximately 700 print and electronic products for securities, tax, legal, banking, securities, human resources, health care and small business markets. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer North America.  The CCH web site can be accessed at cch.com.  The CCH Business and Finance Group web site can be accessed at business.cch.com.

About McGlinchey Stafford

McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, was founded in 1974 and is now one of the largest law firms in the Southeastern United States. The firm’s main office is located in New Orleans, with regional offices in Houston, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio; Jackson, Mississippi; and Baton Rouge and Monroe, Louisiana. The newest office in Cleveland is entirely devoted to handling consumer financial service compliance and litigation work.

McGlinchey is a full-service commercial/defense firm with knowledge and experience in numerous areas of the law. The consumer finance practice is maintained by 16 nationally recognized attorneys in five states focusing on consumer finance regulatory and compliance matters. McGlinchey is also recognized as one of the premier consumer financial services class action defense firms in the country. Firm clients include national and international manufacturers, suppliers, service companies, banks, financial services providers, insurance companies and health care providers. For additional information, visit the firm’s Web site at www.mcglinchey.com.

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