New York, NY (January 10, 2012) - Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, announced today the introduction of a unique daily-updated online research productivity tool for securities law practitioners, Wolters Kluwer’s RBsource.
Powered by the leading industry-standard resource, The Securities Act Handbook, also known as the “Redbook”, Wolters Kluwer’s RBsource follows the attorney’s workflow and integrates related pieces of the regulatory puzzle, including laws, rules, regulations, and forms, together with relevant SEC guidance materials, including SEC releases, staff bulletins, C&DI, and interpretations. Critical for today’s needs, Wolters Kluwer’s RBsource can be accessed on laptops, smart phones, and iPads. Offering an all-in-one tool to support rule-checking, legal decision-making, and client-advisement, Wolters Kluwer’s RBsource enables users to personalize content with comment notes, highlighting and bookmarks.
“With Wolters Kluwer’s RBsource, we’ve taken the industry’s leading and most trusted securities laws resource off the shelf to offer an easily accessible, intuitive resource that provides more targeted information and insights for law partners, associates, law librarians and in-house counsel. As firms manage their clients’ increased regulatory burdens in today’s challenging financial environment, the efficient access to valuable information that Wolters Kluwer’s RBsource provides will help benefit productivity and overall success,” said Robert M. Lemmond, Vice President, Legal Markets Group, Wolters Kluwer.
Currently firms typically consult various sources when conducting securities law research, and securities attorneys spend over 50% of their time with disclosure matters and advising clients, according to ABA Journal. The challenges of inefficient workflow are likely to be compounded by the anticipated boost in securities regulations in 2012. In fact, less than 25% of the rules in the Dodd-Frank legislation have been finalized, and there are 30 federal agencies tasked with writing approximately 400 new rules under this Act alone.
“Wolters Kluwer’s RBsource is a radically better way to conduct securities law research and one that will bring much needed confidence to the research process. When all relevant content is connected online and updated daily, one can easily see how much more effective the work will be,” adds Jim Hamilton, Principal Analyst, 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 health care organizations, law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, IL.
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