BERNAN PRESS COLLABORATES WITH BRYAN CAVE LLP TO ENHANCE WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DECISIONS WITH EXPERT ANALYSIS AND MARKET IMPACT COMMENTARY

    Washington, DC - Bernan Press is collaborating with international trade experts from Bryan Cave LLP to produce enhanced editions of the WTO Dispute Settlement Decisions: Bernan's Annotated Reporter.

Since 1998, Bernan Press has been publishing dispute settlement decisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that include detailed annotations and comprehensive summaries of WTO decisions. The extensive index in each volume enables access to particular titles. Legal precedents and conclusions are detailed in the legal annotations and conclusions sections. Case and treaty citations, along with current information on the overall status of all disputes before the WTO, are presented in tables.

"The one area we felt could be enhanced to make this a more valuable resource was adding in-depth analysis that includes market implications for the various industries and nations affected," said David Williams, Managing Director for Bernan. "The expertise that Bryan Cave brings to this series makes it truly invaluable for all companies that do business internationally, law firms with a trade practice, government agencies with a focus on trade, and academic institutions with related courses of study."

Curt Dombek, Managing Partner of Bryan Cave's International Trade Practice adds, "We are pleased to provide more practical insight to Bernan's publications on how WTO decisions might affect multinational companies and other parties, given our work with clients who operate at the global level." A law firm of 800 lawyers worldwide, Bryan Cave has a leading International Trade Practice with more than 50 trade lawyers and advisors. More details are available at: www.bryancave.com.

Two new editors for this series are Mark D. Nguyen and Felipe Berer. Messrs. Nguyen and Berer are Senior Trade Policy Advisors working out of the Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles offices of Bryan Cave LLP. They assist clients in the analysis of cross-border trade rules and trade agreements, including the implications of U.S. bilateral and regional trade agreements and WTO rules. Mr. Berer has also assisted in trade remedy investigations, WTO proceedings and trade policy developments in the United States and Latin America.

The first volume being produced under this new collaboration is Volume 78, covering decisions settled between April 4, 2006 and August 14, 2006. Volume 78 covers WTO disputes concerning the "zeroing" practice used by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce in trade remedy investigations, the dispute over Canadian lumber and a dispute regarding European customs practices. It is being published on February 23, 2007. Volumes 79 and 80 will be published in March 2007. Individual volumes may be purchased, and this series can also be placed on Standing Order so that the customer automatically receives and is invoiced for each edition as soon as it is published. Orders may be placed at www.bernan.com or by calling 1-800-865-3457.

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