The 5th edition of Equipment Leasing-Leverage Leasing is available. Thank you for your feedback. We heard that the binder for the 4th edition was troublesome because it front loaded and you had to remove all the contents to update. Therefore the 5th edition will be in an upgraded binder. Filing will be easier. We sincerely appreciate your feedback and welcome any other suggestions you have. We are here to make your life easier.
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Release # 8 is now available for Hedge Fund Regulation.
With scores of enforcement actions over the past five years involving hedge funds, high-profile insider trader cases implicating hedge fund managers, and new and imminent SEC rules aimed at hedge funds, the legal and compliance pressures on the industry have hit an all-time high.
PLI’s Hedge Fund Regulation helps you steer a safe course through the turbulence. Clearly explaining the federal and state standards governing the organization and operation of hedge funds, this much-needed guide helps to ensure that you follow the rules when you structure hedge funds; register, disclose and retain information; solicit and advertise to potential investors; use the Internet for capital-raising purposes; engage in various trading and investment activities; and pursue investment opportunities in adjacent markets.
This title also shows you how to implement compliance policies and procedures that detect and prevent wrongdoing within the firm, as well as how to quality for statutory “safe harbors” that lessen your compliance load.
If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect Release #8 to arrive soon. If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.
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Release #23 is now available for Corporate Legal Departments.
This title helps you to deal effectively with these imposing challenges while meeting the many traditional and expanding responsibilities of your position as an attorney and manager. This treatise shows you how to implement a corporate compliance program that detects and prevent internal legal problems; play a greater role in developing corporate business pla
ns and pursuing new business opportunities; make your department more productive at less cost; maximize the value of digital technologies; use cost-effective litigation strategies; manage corporate crises with a firm hand; and minimize your own legal exposure as a corporate counselor.
This title features a unique In-House Counsel’s Handbook covering 20 areas important to your growing role, including laws dealing with antitrust, environmental issues, intellectual property, securities, anti-bribery, export control, immigration, the Internet, accounting, and data privacy and protection.
If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect Release #23 to arrive soon. If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.
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Release # 3 is now available for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law. This treatise was reviewed by the New York Law Journal.
Written by one of the country’s foremost patent law groups, this uniquely accessible reference provides you with the legal, scientific, and technical information you need to help clients obtain, defend, and challenge the validity of patents.
Readable enough for non-lawyers and non-scientists, Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law shows you how to craft rock-solid patent applications for these inventions; partner with the government to bring patented inventions quickly to the marketplace; invalidate competitors’ patents by proving they fail to meet key requirements; protect against various forms of patent infringement; and successfully rebut charges that your clients are infringers. Included are detailed checklists that help you resolve especially thorny patent problems.
If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect Release #3 to arrive soon. If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.
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Did you know Superman’s mom was a librarian? Me neither. Check out this article 20 Heroic Librarian Who Save the World if you’d like to learn more about librarians and pop culture.
Release #16 is now available for the Trial Handbook.
Distilling his years of experience as a practitioner, judge, law professor, and legal skills trainer into this powerful litigation tool, Kent Sinclair helps to enhance your abilities in every key area — from pretrial planning and opening statements, to the presentation of proof, to closing arguments and post-trial motions.
If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect Release #16 to arrive soon. If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.
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Release #2 is now available for the Public Company Deskbook: Sarbanes-Oxley and Federal Governance Requirements. It arrives just in time to reflect the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect Release #2 to arrive soon. If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.
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Covered Bonds are a financial tool popular in Europ
e and slowly crossing the Atlantic. The New York Times recently wrote about this and explained that while “there is no established market for the bonds in the United States, though they are a $3 trillion business overseas and lately have been attracting American institutional investors.”
Need a reliable resource for your library collection? The PLI Covered Bond Handbook is a comprehensive guide that explains how covered bond transactions are structured in Canada, in European jurisdictions and in the U.S.; provides a comparative analysis of the jurisdictional framework; discusses the rating agency view of covered bonds; describes the many benefits associated with covered bonds; and discusses proposed US legislation designed to codify the treatment of covered bonds and provide a statutory framework for their issuance.
For more information, or to order please contact libraryrelations@pli.edu. Or, to find out more about the book, click here.
Here’s an interesting post I stumbled upon thanks to my twitter feed. It is great when technology makes life easier.
Did you ever wonder about the price of ebooks, namely, why they are higher than perhaps you expected? Here’s a blog post from a publisher’s perspective that sheds some light on the pricing.
Release #9 is now available for Soderquist on the Securities Law.
This treatise is an essential tool for securities attorneys and a vital reference for all corporate attorneys at a time when securities standards are having an increasingly powerful impact on their work for the company.
Here, in one concise volume, is authoritative and accessible insight into the Securities Act, Securities Exchange Act, SEC rules, and seminal case law, as well as the major changes wrought by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the 2005 securities offering reforms.
Featuring step-by-step checklists that spotlight what you should and shouldn’t do as an adviser and actor in the securities arena, Sode
rquist on the Securities Laws enables you to help corporate entities comply with rules governing Securities Act registration; deal effectively with Securities Act registration procedures; establish due diligence defenses and exploit exemptive relief; handle registration and reporting under the Exchange Act; and minimize liability risk under the Exchange Act.
If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect Release #9 to arrive soon. If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.
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