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 February 2026!

Book Update: Derivatives Deskbook: Close-Out Netting, Risk Mitigation, Litigation (Second Edition) 

Derivatives Deskbook: Close-Out Netting, Risk Mitigation, Litigation (Second Edition) serves as the definitive guide to navigating OTC derivative contracts. Offering actionable insights and practice-tested legal forms, this comprehensive practice guide provides readers with clarity on key terminology, a deeper understanding of the roles of major global regulators, and best practices for legal risk management in derivatives. It also provides an extensive analysis of close-out netting combined with rare litigation cases from foreign jurisdictions.  

Highlights of this release include: 

  • An expanded section titled “Credit Default Swaps” explaining how “naked” CDSs have generated intense controversy and are generally no longer allowed by global regulators (Section 1:2.5) 
  • A revised section expanding upon cross-default in relation to default under specified transactions (Section 2:2.6) 
  • A new section examining the 2022 Amendments to the UCC, including the newly introduced Article 12 governing the establishment and maintenance of a security interest in digital assets (Section 3:9) 
  • A new section covering collateral transfers made through distributed ledger technology (DLT) (Section 3:10) 

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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.

February’s free form:

Information Security Agreement Template Provisions

More information about Legal Forms & Checklists:

  • Forms & Checklists Flyer – This flyer provides an overview of the forms & checklists on PLI PLUS and highlights a handful of popular examples.

Most Popular Books on PLI PLUS in 2025

The tallies are in! Here are the most accessed books on PLI PLUS in 2025.

Popular Banking Titles 

  1. Asset-Based Lending: A Practical Guide to Secured Financing
  2. Advanced Issues in Private Funds
  3. Consumer Financial Services Answer Book
  4. Hillman on Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation
  5. Investment Management: Current Issues & Trends

Popular Corporate & Securities Titles 

  1. Private Equity Funds: Formation and Operation
  2. Investment Adviser Regulation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Compliance and the Law
  3. Broker-Dealer Regulation
  4. Initial Public Offerings: A Practical Guide to Going Public
  5. Drafting and Negotiating Corporate Agreements

Popular Employment Titles 

  1. Fragomen on Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice
  2. Employment Law Institute
  3. Fundamentals of Noncompetes
  4. ERISA 2025: The Evolving World
  5. California Employment Law

Popular Estates & Trusts Titles 

  1. Stocker on Drawing Wills and Trusts
  2. Private Clients Legal & Tax Planning Answer Book
  3. Blattmachr on Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts
  4. Art Law: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers & Artists
  5. Manning on Estate Planning

Popular Intellectual Property Titles 

  1. Faber & Kowalski on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting
  2. How to Write a Patent Application
  3. IP Issues in Business Transactions
  4. Patent Law: A Practitioner’s Guide
  5. Advanced Trade Secrets: New Challenges, New Solutions, and New Imperatives

Popular Litigation Titles 

  1. Stepping It Up: A Guide for Mid-Level Law Firm Associates
  2. Fundamentals of Taking and Defending Depositions
  3. Electronic Discovery Deskbook
  4. Depositions Answer Book
  5. Attorney-Client Privilege Answer Book

Popular Real Estate Titles 

  1. Friedman and Smith on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property
  2. Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings: A Step-by-Step Guide to Buying and Selling Real Estate
  3. Commercial Ground Leases
  4. Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute
  5. Negotiating Real Estate Deals 2025

Popular Tax Titles 

  1. The Corporate Tax Practice Series: Strategies for Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings
  2. The Partnership Tax Practice Series: Planning for Domestic and Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances
  3. Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances
  4. Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings
  5. Business Taxation Deskbook: Corporations, Partnerships, Subchapter S, and International

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Closing the Deal: A Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate Transactions 

Closing the Deal: A Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate Transactions serves as both a textbook for students and a practice guide for attorneys by providing a step-by-step roadmap through the lifecycle of commercial real estate transactions. Balancing doctrinal foundations with applied skills training, the book enables students to think like practicing attorneys and provides practicing attorneys with the necessary tools to navigate complex deals.  

This publication includes chapters on: 

  • Leasing Transactions with a chronology of the lease transaction, types, common issues in commercial leasing, and lease administration, including coverage of COVID’s effect on the force majeure clause (Section 9:2, 9:7, 9:12, and 9:12.1[A])  

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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 January 2026!

New CPE Enhanced Practice Guide: Transfer Pricing Answer Book 

Transfer Pricing Answer Book (Eleventh Edition) cuts through the complexity, delivering straightforward answers on every aspect of transfer pricing—including the latest OECD digital commerce reforms and IRS approaches to controlled transactions.  

This updated practice guide now has a new enhanced digital version which allows accounting professionals to access a convenient self-study module and earn CPE credit upon completion of the exam.  

This feature is available on PLUS at no additional cost as a benefit for PLUS subscribers. The digital version of the answer book can also be purchased here to access the CPE exam.  

Book Update: Investment Adviser Regulation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Compliance and the Law (Third Edition) 

Investment Adviser Regulation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Compliance and the Law (Third Edition) leads practitioners through statutory, SEC, and state standards impacting investment advisers, while giving advice on the practical aspects of building a practice. This regularly updated treatise is an essential resource for investment advisers, securities attorneys, compliance personnel, and federal and state regulators, and a useful reference for today’s investors. 

Highlights of the recent update include:  

  • Chapter 63, Regulation of Digital Advisers, covers Investment Advisers Act Rule 203A-2(e), which includes an exemption allowing advisers which provide advisory services via the internet, or any other mobile application or platform, to register with the SEC (“Internet Adviser Exemption”) eve if they do not have enough assets qualify for federal registration (Section 63:4.1) 
  • Chapter 66, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence: Legal and Compliance Considerations for Investment Managers, examines the developing regulatory views on AI, such as the current administration’s AI action plan, the SEC’s guidance, the EU AI Act, state AI laws, and voluntary guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the International Organization for Standardization to help organizations manage the risks associated with AI Usage. This chapter also provides a new discussion reviewing the ways in which investment managers can leverage the advantages of AI use while minimizing the risks (Section 66:5.5 and 66:6.8) 

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