Book Update: Climate Change, Sustainable Investments, and Social Governance

Climate Change, Sustainable Investments, and Social Governance offers a thorough analysis of the regulatory environment surrounding financial products and institutions that incorporate sustainability and social responsibility. The book highlights how these considerations are increasingly central to financial regulation both in the U.S. and globally.

Highlights of this release (Release #1) include the following:

Chapter 2, Climate Risk and Disclosures and Related Issues for Financial Institutions: An Overview of the Framework, updated to track the transition of climate action from the Biden to the Trump Ad­ministration (Section 2:3.4).

Chapter 8, ERISA and ESG Investing, includes updated guidance on ERISA’s fiduciary duty in the context of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing. It discusses the Department of Labor’s Advisory Opinion 2023-01A, (Section 8:3.3[G], and provides new case law updates related to ESG investing under ERISA, (Section 8:5).

To aid in your research, the Table of Authoritiesand Indexhave also been updated.

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Free Form of the Month

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August’s free form:

Memorandum to Employees Advising Them of Investigation

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PLI Press Call for Student Papers

Practising Law Institute (PLI) is pleased to announce our first call for law student papers.

The PLI Chronicle is an open-access periodical available exclusively on PLI PLUS, the award-winning legal research platform of PLI Press. The Chronicle delivers timely and relevant discussions on hot topics — from laws, regulations, and policies, to industry developments and cutting-edge issues, to commentary on working in the legal and accounting industries. Check out the latest edition of the PLI Chronicle here.

Writing for the PLI Chronicle gives law students a direct line to PLI’s extensive userbase of 450,000 legal professionals — including 95% of Am Law 100 members, educators, government regulators, and thought leaders. This is a great opportunity for students looking to amplify their voices and connect with the minds that shape today’s legal landscape.

Topic: Emerging Discussions Around Artificial Intelligence

For this call for papers, the PLI Chronicle is seeking submissions that explore student perspectives on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the law. PLI invites submissions from students currently enrolled in law school.

Potential topics include — but are by no means limited to —

  • How and when to use AI as a law student
  • Being in law school while AI tools are rapidly developing
  • AI and plagiarism concerns
  • Entering the legal market as AI continues to reshape the practice of law
  • What excites you about AI? What are you nervous about?

DATES

The submission deadline is September 19, 2025. If selected for publication, you must be available for a brief editorial review process in late September/early October. The chosen publication(s) will be published in the October edition of the journal.

APPLY

We seek submissions that are no more than 2,500 words. Please submit your article as a Word file.Please do not include footnotes. Hyperlinks to outside sources are welcome.

Please email your article and a brief CV/resume by September 19, 2025, to Victoria Bonacasa, Publishing Coordinator, at vbonacasa@pli.edu. Please also state your law school and your graduation year.

Selected publications will be published in the PLI Chronicle and made available to public readership. Authors will retain copyright of their submissions but grant PLI a two-week exclusive license to publication. Contributors to the PLI Chronicle will have the ability to link directly to the article on PLI PLUS. If you have any questions, please contact Victoria Bonacasa at vbonacasa@pli.edu.

New Book! Sanctions and Export Controls Practice Guide

PLI Press is thrilled to announce the publication Sanctions and Export Controls Practice Guide. This clear and concise guide covers current key domestic and global regimes governing international trade restrictions and, importantly, also provides foundational knowledge of the field so that practitioners can effectively research existing requirements and develop compliance strategies as laws change. The book focuses on explaining relevant legal frameworks, compliance strategies, enforcement mechanisms, and recent trends, and there are numerous practice tips throughout. While the book primarily focuses on U.S. sanctions and export controls programs, it also covers multilateral regimes of the United Nations and the European Union, autonomous regimes of individual foreign nations, and coordinated regimes among nations. This book will serve as a useful guide for both specialists in international trade law and general practitioners representing companies and other entities that engage in cross-border transactions.

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What’s New in PLI PLUS

We add content to PLI PLUS every month to ensure our subscribers have access to the most up-to-date and relevant secondary source legal documents. Renowned legal experts regularly update our acclaimed Treatises, Skills Books, Practice Guides, Course Handbooks, Case Summaries, Transcripts, and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.

Click here to see what we added in July 2025!

AALL 2025: Visit Us at Booth #701 in the Exhibit Hall!

In a few days, we will make our way to Portland to attend the 2025 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference, where we will show you how to power up your practice with bold coffee and bold insights from PLI! If you plan to attend, be sure to visit our booth!

You’ll find us at booth 701 in the exhibit hall, where you can learn about the exciting projects we have been working on in the past year, including new content from PLI Press.  Be sure to enter our raffle for a chance to win a Coffee Gift Set featuring beans from Stumptown Coffee Roasters.

Book Update: Friedman on Leases (Sixth Edition)

Friedman on Leases is a leading resource on commercial real estate leasing, offering comprehensive coverage of tenant and landlord issues. This twenty-third release continues to deliver not only the foundational knowledge required by novice practitioners, but also analysis of and insight into the most current and relevant developments facing seasoned practitioners in the commercial real estate field.

The new release (Release #23) includes the following updates:

  • Chapter 2, The Parties, updated discussion covers a recent Fourth Circuit decision involving the federal anti-harboring statute (Section 2:4).
  • Chapter 4, The Term—Possession, updated with the latest cases holding that although New York’s statute provides that a tenant may expressly waive the protections set forth in a lease, such waivers are unenforceable if the tenant is able to show that the landlord intentionally caused the delay (Section 4:2.1).
  • To aid in your research, the Table of Cases has also been updated.

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Free Form of the Month

PLI PLUS offers unlimited electronic access to more than 4,500 downloadable, searchable, and editable legal forms ready for use in your practice. In an effort to highlight this unique content type, we’ve selected one form per month and made it available for anyone to download for free – no subscription required.

July’s free form:

Best Practices for Pre-Breach Cyber Risk Management

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