SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                   Washington, D.C.

     LITIGATION Release No.  15801 / July 7, 1998

     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. ANDREW S. LANE, JACK LANE, JACK O.
     SCHER, DEBORAH S. GAMES, CRAIG L. SAMPSON, BRUCE SAMPSON, and TRACY ANN
     STODDART, 97 Civ. 8144.       

          On June 12, 1998, the United States District Court for the Southern
     District of New York entered a Final Judgment as to Tracy Ann Stoddart, the
     last of seven defendants in this case involving insider trading in advance
     of The Thomson Corporation s ( Thomson s ) November 16, 1994 tender offer
     for The MEDSTAT Group, Inc. ("Medstat").  On November 4, 1997, the six
     other defendants consented to the entry of permanent injunctions against
     them and agreed to pay a total of $888,665.67 in disgorgement of illegal
     profits, prejudgment interest and penalties, without admitting or denying
     the allegations in the Commission's complaint.  

          According to the Commission's Complaint, Stoddart, 36, a certified
     public accountant residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was tipped by Andrew S.
     Lane, 34, with whom she had worked at the Stamford, Connecticut office of a
     major accounting firm.  The Complaint alleged that Lane learned of
     Thomson's plans to acquire Medstat while working as Director of Finance at
     a Thomson subsidiary.  According to the Complaint Stoddart bought a total
     of 1906 shares of Medstat for herself, 700 of which she sold before the
     tender offer announcement, and also recommended Medstat to a family member
     who bought 235 shares.

          Stoddart consented to the entry of the final judgment against her
     without admitting or denying the allegations in the Complaint. Stoddart
     consented to an injunction against future violations of Sections 10(b) and
     14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 10b-5 and 14e-3
     thereunder, and agreed to disgorge $14,600.98, representing her and her
     family member s gains from the conduct alleged in the Complaint, plus pre-
     judgment interest thereon in the amount of $4,897.58.  However, payment of
     that amount was waived in light of her demonstrated inability to pay based
     on her sworn representations in a statement of financial condition.  

          The Commission's investigation in this matter is continuing.













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