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.
Flights cancellations and inclement weather couldn’t keep the PLI team away from this year’s AALL Annual Meeting! In July our team of librarians and membership reps ventured to Cleveland to engage with the law librarian community and share exciting new updates to PLI PLUS, including new publications, podcast updates, and more.
Each year, AALL’s Annual Meeting and Conference brings together information professionals across the field of law and legal research, providing interactive learning experiences and allowing participants to connect and engage in a collaborative environment.
Inspired by the city’s ties to rock & roll, PLI leaned into the rhythm with the theme “don’t miss a beat,” emphasizing PLI PLUS’s ability to support every stage of legal learning and practice, from the classroom to the real world. In an homage to the Cleveland Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, we created a visual PLI Author Hall of Fame, honoring authors who have been with us for 25 years or more. We also helped attendees “Pump up the volume” on legal research with our raffle, giving away a Bose Bluetooth speaker.
At our Lunch & Learn, we hosted over 100 librarians for lunch and to showcase some upcoming changes involving the redesign of our research platform launching in 2027. We also highlighted some new publications, such as
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.
Fintech, Regtech, and the Financial Services Industry examines technological innovation and its effect on regulated financial markets focusing on the opportunities which they bring to the marketplace, as well as the emerging regulatory framework.
Chapter 8B, Blockchain and Digital Assets, has been extensively updated to reflect recent regulatory developments regarding digital asset securities, including statements from the SEC and CFTC and Digital Asset-related case law
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.
Sports law is a fast-growing field, spanning everything from intellectual property and labor issues to NIL, marketing agreements, esports, gaming, and gambling. For faculty teaching in this evolving space, current, practice-oriented materials can help students connect classroom concepts with the real-world legal questions facing athletes, teams, leagues, schools, sponsors, and counsel.
In just a few short days, our team will head to Cleveland for the 2026 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. We’ll be showing attendees how to Pump Up the Volume on legal research with PLI PLUS—be sure to stop by if you’re attending!
You can find us at Booth #501 near the entrance of the exhibit hall (see arrow on the map below), where we will be sharing updates on platform enhancements, new content added, and hosting a raffle to win a Bose Wireless Speaker—so you don’t miss a beat in your legal research endeavors!
We’re very excited to share that Vice President of PLI Press, Alexa Robertson, was recently interviewed by the AALL Committee on Relations with Information Vendors in advance of this year’s AALL Annual Meeting. From swag selection to success metrics, the interview covers all aspects of conference planning and participation.
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law (2026) provides the necessary legal, scientific, and technical information to allow practitioners to help clients obtain, defend, and challenge patents in these important areas of business. Packed with detailed checklists and regularly updated to reflect emerging changes in the field, this treatise helps readers navigate complex and thorny patent problems in the complex pharmaceutical and biotech fields.
Highlights of this new edition include:
An expanded discussion of the concept of inventorship, with further analysis of “factual uncertainty” and “general uncertainty surrounding experimental science” in relation to the Federal Circuit’s 2025 decision in Regents of the University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc. (Section 4:1.2)
Updates to Chapter nine, including notes on the Federal Circuit’s lesson regarding the binding nature of statements made during the prosecution of Azurity Pharmaceutical v. Alkem Laboratories which disavow claim scope (Section 9:2.3) and a discussion of the relevance of separately claimed elements (Section 9:3.4)
Broader coverage of cell and gene therapy disputes, including an update in the Regenxbio Inc. v. Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. Litigation and a synopsis of Restem, LLC v. Jadi Cell, LLC. (Section 14:3.3)
Breaking Ground: How Successful Women Lawyers Build Thriving Practices has been selected as a finalist for two categories of the International Book Awards: Best Cover Design: Nonfiction and Business: Careers. Deborah Farone’s newest book features insights from more than 60 in-depth interviews with leading women rainmakers, including lawyers, business development experts, academics, and law firm chairs, spanning the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Steeped in personal stories, candid advice, and actionable strategies, “Breaking Ground” provides an easily navigable roadmap for any lawyers seeking to grow their practices and deepen their relationships with clients.