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ALM OverviewPresented to

October 17, 2006

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Overview

ALM is the leading integrated media company serving the legal profession.

With a broad range of products and services, ALM provides efficient, targeted channels for reaching decision-makers in the legal market.

ALM products and services include: Magazines Newspapers Web and Online properties Events, conferences and tradeshows BooksNewslettersJury Verdict ReportersExpert Witness DirectoriesAttorney DirectoriesMarket Research & Competitive Intelligence Custom media

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New Acquisitions

Acquisition of Strategic Research Institute (SRI) and formation of new ALM Events & Trade Show division

These acquisitions combined with Real Estate Media and Insight Information allow us to offer legal and business professionals additional means of addressing their multi-discipline information needs.

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New in 2006

Reader Panels: Pre-qualified panels for conducting surveys and research for our publications

Intelliquest 2006 Law Firm Technology Leadership Study: Market survey on law firm IT purchasing patterns

• Corporate Counsel Fortune 1000 Readership Study: Examining top in-house legal officers’ readership and decision-making patterns

• Survey On How U.S. In-House Counsel Hire International Law Firms

• The National Law Journal Website Relaunch: Redesigned

• IDS (Intelligent Data Service): Lead Generation Program

Readership studies for The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel

Digital editions of The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and Law Technology News

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ALM’s Powerful Family of Brands

MagazinesNewsletters

BooksNewspapersDirectoriesResearch

Events

The American Lawyer

New York Law Journal

The National Law Journal

Daily Business Review

Texas Lawyer

New Jersey Law Journal

The Recorder

Legal Intelligencer

Legal Times Connecticut Law TribuneVerdictSearch

IP Law and Business

Law.com

Legal Tech

Corporate Counsel

Law Technology News

Fulton County Daily ReportReal Estate Media

ALM Experts

ALM Research Online

Insight Information

SRI

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Business Overview

Print Events On-line

• The American Lawyer• Corporate Counsel• I P Law & Business• Law Technology News• Real Estate Forum• The National Law Journal• New York Law Journal• The Legal Intelligencer• The San Francisco

Recorder• Legal Times• Books - currently publish

over 150 books on a variety of legal topics

• Directories - contains critical information about expert witnesses, consultants and attorneys

• Newsletters - publish over 30 newsletters for 9,000 subscribers

• LegalTech• ALM Events• ALM Events, Canada• Real Estate Conference

group• Strategic Research Institute

(SRI)• The American Lawyer

Awards Dinner• LTN Awards Dinner

• Law.com - the leading legal news and information network

• Newspaper and Magazine sites, including NYLJ.com, NLJ.com, CalLaw.com

• GlobeSt.com• VerdictSearch.com• ALMResearchOnline.com• LawCatalog.com• GlobeStRetail.com• MA3000

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ALM’s Unique Market Positioning

• ALM’s products are legal professionals’ primary and comprehensive sources of legal news and journalism.

• The Company’s array of “must-have” legal products and services, constructed over 140 years, are an integral part of the practice of law in the U.S.

• ALM’s publications enjoy extremely loyal readers and high levels of brand awareness.

• ALM owns the premier brand in nearly every market in which it competes.

• ALM offers marketers a unique platform of national and regional newspapers, magazines, trade shows, conferences, books and newsletters, and a variety of other specialty editorial and information products with which to reach our highly specialized audiences.

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National Magazines

The American LawyerSubscribers: 17,000 Pass-along: 6.5 Total Readership: 127,050 Readers spend 42 Minutes with a typical issue 47% of subscribers are chairpersons, managing partners or partners in law firms

Corporate CounselSubscribers: 43,000 Pass-along: 1.5 Total Readership: 107,500 Readers spend 30.4 Minutes with a typical issue 42% of subscribers are general counsel 87% of subscribers are in-house counsel

IP Law & BusinessSubscribers: 17,500 Pass-along: 3.7 Total Readership: 82,250 Readers spend 36.3 minutes with a typical issue

Law Technology NewsSubscribers: 40,000 Pass-along: 2 Total Readership: 120,000 Readers spend 37.4 Minutes with a typical issue

Law Firm Inc.Subscribers: 20,000 Pass-along: 3.1 Total Readership: 82,000 Readers spend 34 Minutes with a typical issue 87% of subscribers are involved in their firm’s purchasing decisions

Minority Law JournalDistributed to:Fortune 1000Law firms nationwideOver 150 accredited law schoolsAsian Pacific National Bar AssociationMembers of the Hispanic National Bar Association Members of the National Black Law Students Association

Focus EuropeDistributed to over 60,000 readersFocus Europe is circulated to all subscribers ofThe American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel

The American Lawyer Student EditionCirculation: 37,800Distributed to select readers of The American Lawyer, Law Firm Inc. and students at all accredited law schools

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Newspaper GroupThe National Law JournalReadership: 63,500Frequency: WeeklyMarkets Served: National

Connecticut Law TribuneReadership: 13,000Frequency: WeeklyMarkets Served: Connecticut &WesternMassachusetts

The Daily Business Review(Miami-Dade, Broward & Palm Beach counties)Readership: 34,000Frequency: DailyMarkets Served: Southeast Florida

Daily ReportReadership: 23,000Frequency: DailyMarkets Served: Atlanta and Georgia

Delaware Law WeeklyReadership: 1,200Frequency: WeeklyMarkets Served: Delaware

The Legal IntelligencerReadership: 14,280Frequency: DailyMarkets Served: Greater Philadelphia

Legal TimesReadership: 45,400Frequency: WeeklyMarkets Served: Washington, D.C. and National

New Jersey Law JournalReadership: 28,700Frequency: WeeklyMarkets Served: New Jersey

New York Law JournalReadership: 35,000Frequency: DailyMarkets Served: New York

Pennsylvania Law WeeklyReadership: 9,000Frequency: WeeklyMarkets Served: Pennsylvania

The RecorderReadership: 19,500Frequency: DailyMarkets Served: San Francisco and Northern California

Texas LawyerReadership: 30,000Frequency: WeeklyMarkets Served: Texas

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Law.com

Source: Site data via HBX 2006, User date via Survey.com Research August 2006

SITE PROFILE:

8,000,000 monthly page views500,000 unique monthly visitors52% visit Law.com dailyAverage session time: 30 minutes

USER PROFILE:

93% use Law.com for legal news93% use Law.com to learn more about case decisionsOver 58% are practicing attorneys49% of law firm users sit on management committees at their firmOver 33% are litigatorsOver 12% are in-house attorneys

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Up-To-The-Minute News & Information

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Law.com

CUSTOM MARKETING PROGRAMS THAT REACH YOUR TARGET

IN-HOUSE / CORP. COUNSEL LITIGATION TECHNOLOGY

SITES Corporate Counsel… Litigation Practice Center… Legal Technology…

EMAILS In-House Weekly… VerdictSearch Litigation Alert… Technology Newsletter…

BLOGS Law Department Mgr… May It Please the Court… Prism Legal…

SURVEYS Corp. Scorecard… Top Litigators… In-House Technology…

CUSTOM Microsites, Co-Branded Emails, RSS Feeds, and more…

SAMPLE TARGET PACKAGE COMPONENTS

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Law.com

24/7 Open AdStream

Ad serving measurement

Traffic Tools/Metrics

HBX Analytics from WebSideStory

New email management tool

Responsys rolling out this FALL

IMPROVED LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION / TOOLS

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ALM Events & Tradeshow Division

A global integrated conference and events company reaching over

40,000 delegates per year, with over 20,000 in legal and finance

Topics alone.

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ALM Events & Tradeshow Division

bringing the editorial content of ALM’s esteemed publications to life by

producing tradeshows, conferences and custom events for the legal community and providing a

synergistic approach to executive learning and networking designed specifically for high-level

decision makers.

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ALM Events & Tradeshow Division

creates, produces and manages conferences covering

industry specific business-to-business topics including: Aerospace & Defense,

Banking & Insurance, Finance & Investment, Technology & Telecom, Life Science

& Healthcare, Management, Marketing and Natural Resources. These globally

recognized events provide powerful business research, education and

information.

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ALM Events & Tradeshow Division

is a leading provider of continuing education for senior executives and professionals

throughout Canada and the United States focused on cutting edge business, legal and regulatory issues in the

following areas: Corporate Finance, Law, Health Care, Insurance, Human Resources, Taxation, Oil and Gas,

Environment, Energy, Construction, Aboriginal, Government and more.

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ALM Events

"leading the conversation of real estate" with innovative networking

conference series — where critical information is shared, an open dialogue is fostered, and new

business partnerships are forged.

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Custom Media

• Custom Publishing including books, whitepapers, advertorials, inserts, imprints– Personalized logo imprinting– Private label and special orders– Reprint compilations for marketers and management

• Custom Events– Live events, web casts, networking and roundtable events, CLE

• Custom Research– Custom surveys and reports

• Directories– B2B & Consumer Lawyer Directories

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ALM Research Is A Leading Provider Of Online Information For And About The Legal Market

• ALM Research Online– ALM’s online subscription database for law firm business

professionals– Composed primarily of ALM’s current and archived leading-industry

surveys and rankings but expanding to include original and third party content

– Firms subscribe to track trends and benchmark themselves, their peers and competitors

• ALM Research offers original published research and survey reports– The annual Law Firm Business Development Survey and – The 2006 Global Knowledge Management Survey

• Custom research for law firms and vendors