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May 2011 Course Handbook Update

Here are the PLI Course Handbooks that were published during the month of May 2011.

Corporate Law & Practice Series

  • Delaware Law Developments 2011
  • Enforcement 2011
  • Green Technology Law and Business 2011
  • Leveraged Financing 2011
  • The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2011

Intellectual Property Series

  • Advanced Seminar on Copyright Law 2011
  • Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law 2011
  • Information Technology Law Institute 2011
  • IP Monetization 2011

Litigation & Administrative Practice Series

  • Illinois MCLE Marathon 2011
  • Pretrial Practice 2011

New York Practice Skills Series

  • New Jersey Basic CLE Marathon 2011

Tax Law & Estate Planning Series

  • The Evolving World of ERISA 2011

Please write libraryrelations@pli.edu if you have any questions or would like to order a title.

PLI Treatise Listing

Here is a handy pdf for our PLI Discover subscribers.  On page 3, there is a list of the treatise titles and each one  is hyperlinked to the book page view.  If you are a PLI Discover subscriber (after you login initially) these links will take you to the Table of Contents view where you can view the full-text chapters (pdf or html format).

If you have any questions, please contact PLI Library Relations at libraryrelations@pli.edu.

PLI Reception at AALL

Practising Law Institute cordially invites you to join us during the AALL Conference for a Cocktail Reception to celebrate our continuing commitment and ongoing collaboration with the library community. 

The reception will be held on Sunday, July 24th 2011 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM.

 Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Philadelphia skyline along with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as you reconnect with old friends, network, and plan your conference schedule.

Space is limited so please RSVP by July 11th to libraryrelations@pli.edu.

Consumer Financial Services Answer Book 2011 (New Title)

The “Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010” (CFPA), Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, made major changes in how consumer financial services are regulated, and many of these important changes go into effect on July 21, 2011.  The Consumer Financial Services Answer Book describes in concise detail the regulatory structure and requirements after these revisions take place.  This new publication describes:

  • Updated requirements under such federal statutes as the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and many others
  • The regulatory authority, and the limits on that authority, of the newly created federal Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, as well as the changed authority of existing financial services regulators
  • The current federal requirements for mortgage loan servicing, foreclosure and eviction
  • The changes, effective this summer, to the federal preemption, which require specific findings before preemption may be invoked
  • The Consumer Financial Services Answer Book helps the practitioner, through an easy question and answer format, understand the revised regulations in such areas as:
  • The secondary loan market, including securitization and assignee liability
  • Mortgage loan servicing
  • Automotive financing
  • Privacy and identity theft

In addition, the Consumer Financial Services Answer Book provides practical insight on litigation practices in this area, including special coverage on e-filing and document retention requirements as well as expert, practical insights into consumer financial class actions and other issues of emerging concern.

Book Information:

Title: Consumer Financial Services Answer Book 2011

ISBN #:  978-1-4024-1570-8

Item #: 32643

Price: $235.00

To order the book click here, or write us at libraryrelations@pli.edu.

Check out the PRESS RELEASE.

Insurance Regulation Answer Book 2011 (New title)

The Insurance Regulation Answer Book provides a general overview of the significant legal and regulatory guidelines that govern the insurance business in the United States. While it is deliberately high level, providing an introduction to a complex and constantly changing area of the law, it regularly offers readers practical guidance designed to assist them to effectively uncover the legal implications of proposed actions so they can help maximize opportunities, minimize liabilities and reduce compliance costs.

The Insurance Regulation Answer Book covers such areas as:

  • The complete definitions of–and distinctions between–the different kinds of insurance
  • The federal regulatory requirements, including recent amendments, on insurance company policies, investments and financial condition
  • The role of reinsurance in spreading financial risk

The Insurance Regulation Answer Book is completely current, seamlessly integrating coverage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank and other recent legislative developments of critical importance. It also provides the context and analysis to help navigate an increasingly complex international regulatory landscape.

Book Information:

Title: Insurance Regulation Answer Book 2011

ISBN #:  978-1-4024-1571-5

Item #: 32644

Price: $195.00

To order the book click here, or write us at libraryrelations@pli.edu.

View a sample chapter here.

Researching High Yield Offerings – Tools and Resources to Help You Keep Pace

PLI and LLAGNY teamed up to offer a free one-hour audio briefing to librarians, researchers, attorneys, and allied professionals: Researching High Yield Offerings – Tools and Resources to Help You Keep Pace.  Thank you to everyone who attended.

Researching High Yield Offerings – Tools and Resources to Help You Keep Pace is the 3rd in a series of library one-hour briefing that PLI and LLAGNY have created.

PLI and LLAGNY will continue to produce this series of Library Programs in the One-Hour Audio Briefing format.  The response has been positive, both from an attendance and feedback perspective.  Are you interested in speaking at a future briefing?  Or do you have a specific topic you’d like to see covered?  If so, please send your suggestions to libraryrelations@pli.edu.

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Please note this program has expired.  If you are interested in current PLI Library Programs, please visit www.pli.edu/libraryaudiobriefings.

May 2011 Treatise Update

In May 2011 PLI published two new titles.

  1. Insurance Regulation Answer Book
  2. Consumer Financial Services Answer Book

In addition, the following titles were updated. If you are on standing order, you should receive these releases soon. If you would like to place an order, please write libraryrelations@pli.edu.

  1. Advertising & Commercial Speech Rel. #7
  2. Bankruptcy Deskbook Rel. #8
  3. Broker-Dealer Regulation Rel. #10
  4. Corporate Legal Departments Rel. #24
  5. Friedman on Contracts Rel. #11
  6. International Corporate Practice Rel. #4
  7. IRS Practice and Procedure Deskbook Rel. #2
  8. Public Company Deskbook Rel. #3
  9. Sack on Defamation Rel. #1
  10. Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law Rel. #8
  11. Tax and Estate Planning Rel. #8

Librarian Advisory Notes

PLI met with ten legal librarians on May 20th to discuss PLI Discover, which is our ebook library.  We also discussed Discover Plus, which is our research portal currently in development.  The research portal is being created at the suggestion of librarians, and therefore we want to involve them every step of the way. 

To provide a brief overview, PLI has been offering electronic access to publications for about three years on a very basic platform.  In 2011, we updated the platform and created PLI Discover.  Discover is a great improvement over the first iteration and provides many enhancements including: advanced search, guided search navigation, keyword-in-context display on the search results page, as well as improved relevancy ranking.

Throughout the creation of Discover, we were asked by librarians to add additional features, things to make this into a true research portal.  The Discover platform is tied to PLI’s program content and that posed some constraints.  To get around this, we realized we needed to create a true research database and create a platform tailored to the publication content.  That research portal is being created and will be called Discover Plus.  We expect to have it ready later this year.   

The librarians who attended the lunch provided valuable and candid feedback.  We put together a list of their specific requests and plan to report back to them on each item.  The list of action items is below:

Showing the “add to cart” option Discover

  • The text “add to cart” can be misleading.  Perhaps the text could be changed to “purchase this book” or something that indicates that the cart is for buying the hard copy of the book.
    • PLI will take this to the developers.

 Archive of Course Handbooks

  • We have received requests to provide more than a three year archive, which is what we currently offer on Discover.  A minimum of five years is preferred, but more is better.  In fact, even to provide the metadata of older content would be useful.
    • PLI will consider these options and be sure to increase the archive on Discover Plus.

 “Back” to edit a search

  • If a search is misspelled, can clicking “back” on the internet browser take you back to the search page with the search string in the search box so fixing the spelling error is easier? 
    • PLI has implemented this.

 IPhone App

  • We created a free IPhone application for our customers.  Anyone who subscribes to Discover can access the publication content through their device (as well as MP3 program content).  We were asked to confirm the file type of book chapters in the iPhone application and if chapters could be printed from the device.
    • The files are delivered via the application as PDFs rendered as images, which means that text cannot be copied.  AirPrint was released after our app and we are not currently supporting it. 
    • We were asked if we would create a similar app for other mobile devices.
      • Yes, PLI would like to create an app for other devices.  We are taking suggestions to our developers.

 Folders

  • Having a folder feature is important.  Also, librarians would like to have the ability to add notes and highlighting to items in folder.
    • PLI will add a folder feature to Discover Plus.  We will determine if we can support notes and highlighting in the first phase or if this will be something that is added in a future iteration.

 MARC Records

  • These are very important to have for all titles.  They provide easy access.
    • PLI is hoping to provide MARC records to Discover Plus.  We are looking at the best way to do this.

KM

  • Currently PLI offers organizations the option to obtain a direct feed of PLI publication content to integrate with their firm’s knowledge management or document management system.  In addition to this, it was suggested that PLI consider creating a SharePoint widget.  Many of the represented firms were using SharePoint.
    • PLI will look into creating this and report back.

Price

  • We were asked to continue providing a flat annual rate. 
    • PLI is happy to accommodate this request.
    • We were asked to provide an additional discount on print titles if a library is subscribing to Discover Plus. 
      • PLI feels that this request can be met.  We are looking into what discount structure we would use, and what the discount would be.

 Usage Stats

  • We were asked to provide robust usage statistics (add time on site per user, add the cost of the print material, indicate the individual if possible—even if the site is IP authenticated).
    • PLI will take all the suggestions to the development team and follow-up.