Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Delivers Complete Text, Analysis of Dodd-Frank Act

Definitive Resource Offers Immediate Insight into New Financial Reform Law

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 21, 2010) – With the President’s signing of historic financial regulatory reform legislation, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is delivering the definitive resource for immediate insight into the impact of the new law: the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Law, Explanation and Analysis. This 1,600-plus page authoritative new reference from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business banking and securities law experts provides the most timely, comprehensive and detailed analysis of the sweeping new law. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research information and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, with products under the CCH and Aspen names (wolterskluwerlb.com).

“These are historic reforms that will transform the way banks, hedge funds, credit rating agencies, broker-dealers, investment advisers, accountants, public companies and other financial institutions – and the attorneys who advise these entities – operate,” said Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Principal Federal Securities Law Analyst Jim Hamilton, JD, LLM.

“A comprehensive understanding of these changes is essential to all participants in the U.S. financial system, and this resource provides immediate insight into the impact of the new law,” said Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Senior Financial Institutions Law Analyst John Pachkowski, JD.

The book includes more than 600 pages of thorough analysis of every provision of the complex legislation including detailed explanations on:

• Systemic Risk Oversight;
• Federal Depository Institutions;
• Securitization;
• Dissolution Authority;
• Executive Compensation and Governance;
• Derivatives Markets;
• Consumer Financial Protection;
• Hedge Funds;
• Credit Rating Agencies;
• Financial Intermediaries;
• Enforcement and Litigation;
• SEC Funding, Organization and Reforms;
• Other Securities Reforms;
• Federal Insurance Office; and
• Mortgage Reform and Anti-predatory Lending.

Additional commentary includes discussion of the relevant legislative history, including committee reports and floor remarks, detailed citations to new and amended law sections and editorial comments and caution notes to help readers understand the impact of the legislation.

The book also features the full text of the legislation and committee reports, tables of effective dates and statutes amended, and a topical index.

For More Information and to Order

To order the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Law, Explanation and Analysis, click here, visit the CCH online store at http://onlinestore.cch.com or call 1-800-248-3248. The single print copy price is $129; quantity discounts are available. 

The publication is also available for purchase in an online version and those customers, along with subscribers to the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter and/or the CCH Federal Banking Law Reporter on IntelliConnect already have online access to this material. IntelliConnect is the award-winning, intuitive research system from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.

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, health care organizations, 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 market-leading global information services company.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: For a complimentary copy of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Law, Explanation and Analysis, members of the news media should contact Leslie Bonacum, 847-267-7153 or mediahelp@cch.com.

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