Law360 Continues Rapid Expansion With Addition of New Sections for Transactional Attorneys

NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Law360 (www.law360.com), a publisher of litigation news and intelligence, is pleased to announce the expansion of its existing  news service with a suite of new sections designed specifically for transactional attorneys.

The new sections will provide up-to-the-minute news and analysis of interest to attorneys with a focus on real estate, M&A and private equity transactions and related financing. The new sections are available exclusively to Law360 subscribers, who consist of each of the top 100 law firms, hundreds of U.S. and international corporations, and major federal and state agencies.

"This is the next step in the continuing expansion of Law360, providing business attorneys across multiple specialties the news and analysis they need to keep abreast of major issues and cases," Magnus Hoglund, co-founder of Law360.

The expansion comes on the heels of Law360's successful launch of Law360 Data, a powerful platform that provides real-time updates on case activity for nearly every federal district court in the U.S.

The new sections include:

• Mergers & Acquisitions, a rebranding and significant expansion of the Corporate Finance section, which will include news from a legal perspective on M&A, regulatory merger reviews, poison-pill disputes, proxy contests and related litigation.
• Private Equity, a new section launching in October, which will provide more detailed coverage of control and noncontrol acquisitions, growth capital, distressed asset buys, leveraged buy-outs and other alternative asset transactions.
• Real Estate, a new section launching in November, which will cover legal disputes between buyers and sellers and developers and contractors as well as issues involving real estate financing, securitized assets and land use.
• Project Finance, a new section also launching in November, which will cover financing issues, environmental reviews, permit applications and issuances, early-stage notices and international arbitration related to projects.

Separately, the Contract section will be rebranded as Commercial Contracts, while the Financial Services section will be rebranded as Banking to reflect an expanded coverage of regulatory issues in the banking industry, including the fallout of the Dodd-Frank Act.

About Law360

Founded in 2003, Law360 (www.law360.com) is a publisher of news and data for litigators, and one of the fastest-growing media companies in the U.S. The company covers late-breaking news on high-stakes litigation across every spectrum of business law. With daily news and litigation reports in 27 major practice areas, the news and data platform keep well over 100,000 attorneys at more than 1,400 organizations abreast of key developments from courtrooms around the country. In addition to the company's team of reporters and editors in New York City, Law360 correspondents also cover developments from courtrooms in Washington, D.C.; Wilmington, Delaware; Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

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