CCH Will Publish Authoritative Look At New Financial Services Modernization Law

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., November 8,1999) – CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), a leading provider of business, banking and securities law information and software will publish Financial Services Modernization – Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act – Law and Explanation, a comprehensive explanatory treatment of the legislation that is about to reshape the banking, insurance and securities industries. Publisher of Federal Banking Law Reports, CCH has been providing definitive explanation and analysis of federal banking law for 80 years.

The valuable softcover book will contain the complete final text of the reform Act as signed by President Clinton. In addition, as an aid to the attorneys and other professionals in the banking, securities and insurance fields who will have to access and interpret the Act’s provisions on a daily basis, the guide also will include explanations by CCH’s expert legal editors and analysts.

Useful tools planned for the book will provide effective dates, statutes added or amended and a topical index. Professionals may order the single-volume reference of approximately 275 pages for delivery in early December 1999.

Electronic Access to Full-Text, New Stories

As a leading provider of banking and business law information on the Internet, CCH provides electronic access to the full text of the Financial Services Modernization Act, and related documents, as well as ongoing coverage of new banking law developments, on its Banking and Finance Internet site: http://business.cch.com/banking. Visitors can retrieve news stories quickly and then link to the text of the bill as agreed to by the Conference Committee, as well as access the Conference Committee report. In addition, subscribers to the CCH Internet Research™ NetWork can link to earlier Committee Reports to obtain additional background information on the Act.

While at the site, visitors can request immediate notification as soon as the Law and Explanation book is available.

Pricing and Availability

To order or for more information on Financial Services Modernization – Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act – Law and Explanation, call 800-248-3248. Single copy price is $45, plus additional tax, shipping and handling.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH has been tracking, reporting and analyzing banking law since 1914 and is the publisher of industry-standard reference works such as Federal Banking Law Reports, the Bank Compliance Guide and the Consumer Credit Guide. CCH also owns Bankers Systems, Inc., a leading provider of solutions for training, operations and regulatory compliance for the financial industry. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer U.S. The CCH web site can be accessed at www.cch.com.

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EDITORS NOTE: Media interested in speaking with CCH banking law analysts or obtaining copies of the book can contact Leslie Bonacum at 847-267-7153 or bonacuml@cch.com.

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