ALM's Law Technology News to Debut Updated Design in January Issue.

NEW YORK -- ALM's Law Technology News(R), the legal profession's leading technology publication, will launch a new design in its upcoming January 2006 issue, introducing the magazine's enhanced front page layout with a dramatic new "LTN" logo. The redesign will provide increased usability and added organizational tools to assist readers.

The cover page will offer a more versatile format, featuring articles as well as the magazine's signature new product and service write-ups. The popular "President's Corner" cover feature, which highlights an important new product each month, will also have a fresh look.

A new "Upfront" section will open each issue, with the monthly editor's note, as well as news briefs on the latest legal technology developments, surveys and trends. An expanded table of contents has been designed to assist readers in quickly locating pertinent information inside the magazine. LTN's products and services section will have a crisp new design, with added graphics that expand the magazine's "tradeshow in print" service to readers.

In response to feedback from subscribers, LTN will expand its reporting and feature stories, with several scheduled showcases on key developments that affect all legal professionals, according to Monica Bay, LTN editor in chief. Among the showcases planned for 2006 will be two on electronic data discovery (EDD), and a special spring report on how law firms, lawyers and legal services in New Orleans are re-building their practices and their lives.

A new "Connections" section will include three components: "Done Deals" (vendor sales to law firms and legal organizations); "Partnerships & Alliances" (B-to-B news), and "People." The four current monthly columns will now be grouped together. These include "Technology on Trial," examining real-life trials to show how technology is used in courtrooms; "IT@," case studies demonstrating how law firms and law departments choose and install products or services; "Ball in Your Court," on EDD; and "Web Watch," featuring Web sites of interest to legal professionals.

Finally, the popular profile that closes each issue has been renamed "Up Close." The January issue will feature a Q&A with Jolene Overbeck, chief marketing officer of Shearman & Sterling, LLC.

"Our new design is one more step in an ongoing effort to increase LTN's value for readers and marketers," said Kevin Vermeulen, publisher of the magazine. "Many of these improvements help readers quickly pinpoint information, products and services that have immediate relevance to the integration of technology into their law practices and management of their law firms."

In 2005, LTN was selected as a Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award finalist for best subject-related series for its articles on electronic data discovery. In addition, the magazine was recognized as an award winner in competitions conducted by Trade, Association and Business Publications International and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. LTN was named "Favorite Legal Technology Print Publication" by Technolawyer.

Law Technology News provides timely information and insight into the latest technologies, products and services available for the legal marketplace. Each month, LTN features new product announcements, as well as monthly articles and columns written by industry experts and senior law firm decisionmakers. LTN is distributed to more than 40,000 selected subscribers and is also available on the Web at www.lawtechnologynews.com. The magazine is published by ALM.

Headquartered in New York City, ALM is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal and business communities. ALM currently owns and publishes 39 national and regional magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer(R), Corporate Counsel(R), The National Law Journal(R) and Real Estate Forum(R). ALM's Law.com(R) is the Web's leading legal news and information network, while ALM's GlobeSt.com(R) is the Web's leading information source for commercial real estate professionals. Other ALM businesses include book and newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of professional trade shows, conferences and educational seminars, market research and content distribution. ALM was formed by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP. More information on ALM's businesses and services is available on the Web at www.alm.com.