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October 2009

Westlaw databases: recent releases, name changes, and removals

Westlaw Database Releases

09/18/09
Carbonneau's Arbitration in a Nutshell (ARBITRAT-NS)

09/22/09
Bankruptcy Forms Guide (BKR-BFG)

Forms from West's Bankruptcy Desk Guide.

Social Security Disability Law and Procedure in Federal Court (SSFEDCT)
West guide to trying Social Security disability claims in federal court.

09/23/09
ABIX-ALL (ABIX-ALL)

Multibase of ABIX databases containing newspapers and business publications in Australia.

Consumer Law: Sales Practices and Credit Regulation (CLSPCR)
West handbook covering protection of consumer rights in the marketplace.

09/24/09
82 NewsRoom databases, including

  • Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Ariz.) (ARIZREPUB)
  • Emerging Markets Economic Outlook (EMERGNGMECO)
  • Irish Daily Mail (IRISHDLYMAIL)
  • Power Today (POWERTODAY)
  • Tennessean (Nashville, Tenn.) (TNNHVL)

09/25/09
BNA TM US Income Portfolios: First-Year Expensing and Additional Depreciation (TMFEDPORT-532)

Tax Management portfolio covering first-year expensing and additional depreciation deductions available for selected properties.

09/29/09
Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs (CHINYILA)

Papers in contemporary Asian studies published by the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law.

CCH
Nine CCH databases

  • CCH ABA Compliance Audit Manual (CCH-ABACAM)
  • CCH Bank Compliance Guide (CCH-BCGD)
  • CCH Civil False Claims and Qui Tam Actions (CCH-CFCQTA)
  • CCH Credit Consumer Guide (CCH-CCGD)
  • CCH Financial Privacy Law Guide (CCH-FPLGD)
  • CCH In Search of Open Skies (CCH-ISOS)
  • CCH Insurance Law Reports: Personal and Commercial Liability (CCH-INSLRPCL)
  • CCH Mortgage Compliance Guide (CCH-MCGD)
  • CCH Pensions and Deferred Compensation Guide (CCH-PDCOMP)

Survey Checklists–Banking (SURV-CHECK-BANK)
Survey Checklists–Health Care (SURV-CHECK-HLTH)
Survey Checklists–Insurance (SURV-CHECK-INS)

Checklists that provide instructions on how to complete specified tasks based on statutory or regulatory requirements.

09/30/09
Dockets–Illinois–Sangamon County (DOCK-IL-SANGAMON)

Docket information for cases filed in the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court, Sangamon County, Ill.

10/01/09
Criminal Law Forum (CLFORUM)
Journal of Housing Law (JHL)
International Journal of Law in the Built Environment (LITBE)

10/05/09
Comparative Law of International Arbitration, 2d (CLINTARB)

Sweet & Maxwell treatise that compares procedural rules of arbitration in several European countries.

Expert Determination, 4th (EXPERTDET)
Sweet & Maxwell guide to qualifications, appointment, and duties of experts in legal proceedings.

Handbook of ICC Arbitration, 2d (HBICCARB)
Guide to practice before the International Court of Arbitration.

International Agency, Distribution, and Licensing Agreements, 5th (IADALA)
Sweet & Maxwell guide to negotiating and drafting agency, distribution, and licensing agreements in international settings (the European Union, Australia, Brazil, Dubai, India, Japan, Russia, and the United States).

Russell on Arbitration, 23d (RUSSELLARB)
Step-by-step guide to the arbitration process in England from Sweet & Maxwell.

World Copyright Law (WCOPYLAW)
Sweet & Maxwell treatise providing analytical commentary on copyright law in the European Community and other nations around the world.

10/02/09
Dobbs' Hornbook on Remedies (REMEDIES-HB)

Review of remedies principles.

10/06/09
Dockets–Florida–Walton County (DOCK-FL-WALTON)

Docket information for civil cases, including probate, family law, and small claims cases filed in the First Judicial Circuit Court, Walton County, Fla.

Stanford Journal of Animal Law and Policy (STNJALP)
Online journal from Stanford Law School.

Texas Practice Series: West's Texas Elements of an Action (TXPRAC-EA)
Basic steps in drafting petitions and answers, including county-specific requirements.

10/07/09
Maryland FormFinder (MD-FORMFINDER)

Maryland-specific transactional and litigation forms, checklists, and clauses from secondary sources and statutes on Westlaw.

Business Laws of Colombia (BLCOLOMBIA)
Text from West explaining the basic parameters of foreign investment in Colombia.

10/08/09
Dockets–Florida–Santa Rosa County (DOCK-FL-SANTROSA)

Docket information for civil and criminal cases filed in the First Judicial Circuit Court, Santa Rosa County, Fla.

10/12/09
Problem Loan Workouts (PROBLOAN)

West treatise covering the law of bankruptcy and lender liability, including satisfactory workout strategies for debtors and creditors.

10/15/09
Stratton: Annotated Patent Act (STRATTON-PATENT)

Annotated text of the Canadian Patent Act.

Missouri Boat Registrations (BOATS-MO)
Motor Vehicle Records-Missouri (DMV-MO)

(Release of these databases was delayed to October 15, 2009.)

10/16/09
Nine CCH databases

  • CCH Bankruptcy Law Reporter (CCH-BKLR)
  • CCH Business and the Environment (CCH-BUSENV)
  • CCH Computer and Internet News Alert (CCH-CINA)
  • CCH Federal Telecommunications Law (CCH-TELECOML)
  • CCH International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Cyber Law (CCH-IELCYL)
  • CCH Law of Electronic Commerce (CCH-LAWEC)
  • CCH Practitioner's Perspective Column (CCH-PRACPC)
  • CCH Scott on Multimedia Law (CCH-SCOTML)
  • CCH Scott on Outsourcing Law and Practice (CCH-SCOTOL)

10/26/09
Uniform Commercial Code-Article 2-Sales (UCC-SALES)

Text of, and official commentary from, Article 2 (Sales) of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Westlaw Database Name and Identifier Changes

10/16/09
Old: Profiler-Profiles of All Professionals (PROFILER-PROF)
New: Profiler-Profiles of All Professionals (PROFILER-ALLPLUS)

10/20/09
Old: NeXus: A Journal of Opinion (NEXJOP)
New: NeXus: Chapman's Journal of Law and Policy (NEXCJLP)


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