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19 Law Lines 1 (1994)

handle is hein.lbr/lalins0019 and id is 1 raw text is: LAW LINES September/October 1994 SEC FILINGS THROUGH THE INTERNET By Patricia Barbone Hughes Hubbard & Reed The biggest impact the Internet has made in our library has been the ability to retrieve SEC filings cheaply and quickly. SEC filings are available over the Internet through the EDGAR Dissemination Project. In fact, the desire to obtain these filings was the catalyst which got us on the 'net' in the first place. Until EDGAR began, SEC documents had always been available to the public at the Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. With the implementation of DGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering and nalysis Resource, many companies were filing IN THIS ISSUE SEC Filings through the Internet ...............1 President's Letter .......................3 Editor's Corner ..........4.........4 Henry Haywood Obituary ........ .........5 Volunteers Committee............................6 Proposed By-Law Change ..... ...........12 Bookshelf ....................... ..... 14 Spotlight on You .................... 14 Highlights of the June 1994 Dinner Meeting at The Supper Club........... ........ 16 How to Publish Successfully: Practical Tips......... 18 LLAGNY/Legal Information Services to the Public... 19 Technology Committee................... 19 LLAGNY Union List Suggestion Form.............20 CLE Committee.......................22 Membership News... ..................22 Membership Directory ......... ..........24 Continuing Education Calendar 1994 .............24 LA GNY Job Hotline....................26 'argesse ..................................27 LLAGNY Annual Report............ .....30 Volume 19, No. 1 electronically and paper copies of their filings were not made available in the Public Reference Room. There was some concern that the distribution of SEC filings would be dominated by the commercial providers which operate the EDGAR Dissemination Service under contract, and the public might be shut out of a system that was initially designed to protect them. Thanks to the efforts of Ralph Nader, TAP (Taxpayer Assets Project), and several Congressional representatives, electronic access to the EDGAR filings is available via the Internet. EDGAR Internet access began in January 1994. It is still considered a pilot program with many changes expected. Already this year, access began with e-mail and anonymous FTP and now extends to Gopher and World Wide Web. Filings are only available for those companies that have been phased into the EDGAR program. By 1996 all companies will be filing electronically. If you want to begin retrieving filings over the Internet, the first thing to do is determine if your company is an EDGAR filer. To do this, you can consult the phase-in list which was originally published in the Federal Register on March 18, 1993, 58 FR 14628. A list of revisions was published on May 27, 1994, 59 FR 27590. We have this list photocopied and kept by the Reference Desk right by the Directory of Companies Required to File Annual Reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It tells when a company will be making its mandatory filings electronically through EDGAR. It also gives the CIK code for the company. Each company has its own unique numerical identifier called a CIK code (Central Index Key.) IPOs and foreign filers will not be available through Edgar until 1995. Once you have determined that your company is an EDGAR filer, you need to decide how you are going to access the filings. The EDGAR Dissemination project currently supports the following types of access 1) Electronic Mail; Continued on Page 8 Digitized from Best Copy Available

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