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New 'HRHero.com' Web Site Launched by M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC

"Employers' Forum," "Top of the News," "HR Q & A" and Other Key Features Designed to Make Site Uniquely Valuable to Human Resources Professionals

BRENTWOOD, TN, November 20, 2000 - M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC-one of America's leading publishers of employment law newsletters and other information products for human resources professionals, attorneys, and other business professionals-has launched a new web site for HR professionals, www.HRhero.com.

"Our new HRhero.com web site allows us to further cultivate our relationship with the nationwide community of HR professionals," said M. Lee Smith, Chairman and Publisher of M. Lee Smith Publishers. "By visiting our web site, HR professionals can save time, money, and headaches when confronted with personnel problems; cope more effectively with changes in their company; and avoid sticky situations in the first place."

Christy Reeder, Web Site Managing Editor at M. Lee Smith Publishers, points to the special new feature called "Employers' Forum" as a particularly beneficial feature of the web site.

"By clicking on 'Employers' Forum' on the home page, HR professionals can post questions about tough situations they're facing in the workplace-or about what employment law says about a given situation," Reeder says. "They then get answers to these questions from their peers, attorneys affiliated with our company's 50 state-specific newsletters, and/or from HRHero.com staff members. In this way, they feel supported by an online community, and are able to operate even more effectively and confidently as human resources professionals."

Among the other features visitors will find on the home page are "HR Tip of the Week," "HR Q & A," "HR Quiz," "Employers in the Courtroom," and the weekly poll.

Editorial content for HRHero.com is derived from the 50 state-specific employment law newsletters published by M. Lee Smith Publishers, as well as from other workplace-related newsletters published by the company. Each week, Reeder updates the content to ensure a continual flow of fresh, timely information to web site visitors.

"And our free e-mail newsletter, HR Hero Line, is another way HR professionals can use the enhanced web site to constantly receive fresh information," Reeder said. "Simply by going to the site, you can sign up to receive this weekly employment law e-mail newsletter. Each week, you receive excellent information on one particular topic of interest, and also are alerted to helpful new pieces of information posted on HRHero.com.

"For members of our 50 state-specific Employment Law Centers, the service is even more valuable," says Reeder, "because we alert them to important, updated information 'behind their password' on the web site."

About M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC

Founded in 1975 by Tennessee attorney M. Lee Smith, M. Lee Smith Publishers today is one of America's most influential publishers of newsletters and other information products and services for human resources professionals, business executives, and attorneys. The company produces 130 publications, including 50 state-specific employment law newsletters, as well as guidebooks, videos, software, and Internet-based research services.