Author Archives: Alexa Robertson

Deskbook on Internal Investigations Corporate Compliance and White Collar Issues

Release #5 is now available for the Deskbook on Internal Investigations Corporate Compliance and White Collar Issues.

At a time when companies are under greater legal scrutiny than ever before, executives and their legal counsel need practical, plain-English guidance on how to avoid potentially disastrous mistakes.  PLI’s Deskbook on Internal Investigations, Corporate Compliance and White Collar Issues provides that necessary information. Stocked with easy-to-follow checklists, the Deskbook shows you how to carry out internal investigations that spot and stop legal problems, protect the rights of employees when they’re subject to investigation or prosecution, and cooperate with government investigators in ways that help reduce legal and financial damage if wrongdoing is proved.

The Deskbook also gives you step-by-step instruction on how to put together a comprehensive compliance program that can prevent legal missteps and help companies qualify for federal leniency programs if legal violations are committed.

 If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect the release to arrive soon.  If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.

Friedman on Contracts

Release #10 is now available of Friedman on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property.

For more than 50 years, PLI’s Friedman on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property has earned praise from real estate practitioners and publications because of its straightforward, no-nonsense ability to help attorneys implement rock-solid contracts of sale in less time, with less trouble, at lower cost.

Stocked with laborsaving sample forms and checklists, Friedman gives you a crystal-clear understanding of what you should do, must do, and should never do at every stage of a transaction, from inception to post-closing.

 If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect the release to arrive soon.  If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.

Commercial Ground Leases

Release #10 is now available for Commercial Ground Leases.  This PLI treatise is a definitive guide to drafting, negotiating, and finalizing equitable, error-free leasing documents that minimize the possibility of legal conflicts.

 If your library is on standing order, look for this release to arrive in the next week or two.  If you’d like to order the release you can email libraryrelations@pli.edu.

2010 Litigation Trends Survey

Fulbright & Jaworski released their 2010 Litigation Trends Survey. Litigation is up in the US and the UK and it is expected to continue its upward trend. You can download the report at Fulbright & Jaworski’s website.

Do you need titles on litigation for your library? PLI publishes a wide array of respected litigation course handbooks and treatises. Below are a handful of the many litigation titles we publish (and the full list is available at our website).

“Bet the Company” Litigation 2010: Best Practices for Complex Cases

Advanced Deposition Techniques 2010

Class Action Litigation Strategies 2010

False Claims Litigation 2010

International Litigation 2010

Product Liability Litigation: Current Law, Strategies and Best Practices

Securities Litigation: A Practitioner’s Guide

Trial Handbook

 

New “Frank” Legislation

Last month I wrote about the new Dodd-Frank Act and how PLI is providing timely information about what this legislation means to your organization.  In today’s Washington Post article After mortgage meltdown, Barney Frank gets another chance to remake housing finance we get to see how this champion for affordable housing might be changing government policy.  Barney Frank has a chance to play a critical role as the Obama administration determines the future of mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

And as a reminder, if you are looking for timely and up-to-date information about the Dodd-Frank Act, you should check out PLI’s one hour briefings on the subject.  Early next year we will be publishing a treatise dealing with the Dodd-Frank act.  Check back here; I will post information as it becomes available.

New Treatise Available – Sovereign Wealth Funds

PLI just published a new treatise entitled Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs).  Although they’ve existed for many years, the first decade of the 21st century saw a substantial surge in the assets of SWFs.  This, coupled with a more aggressive investment style, has resulted in a much greater awareness, by both governments and the public, of SWF activity.  In turn, this has generated an ongoing policy debate about the proper role of government regulation and taxation of these funds.

In Sovereign Wealth Funds, noted international tax lawyer Leonard Schneidman has assembled an array of essays, authored by a global collection of subject area experts, designed to explore three key aspects of SWFs: their regulation and governance, investment behavior, and taxation.  If your library or organization is interested in the SWF phenomenon and its practical legal, tax and financial implications—this is a valuable resource.

Book Information:

1st Edition
ISBN Number: 978-1-4024-1481-7
Number of Volumes: 1
Page Count: 378 pages
Item #: 28131
Price: $225.00

Click here for additional information.

Certification Denied in Wellbutrin Case

A federal judge decided not to certify a class action against GlaxoSmithKline, the makers of Wellbutrin.  The consumer and indirect purchaser class action sought to show that there was a plan to maintain higher prices of the drug Wellbutrin.  A federal judge refused on the grounds that there wasn’t enough to prove that each member was affected.  This has been touted as a “significant win for big pharmaceutical firms.”

Interested in learning more?  PLI held its annual seminar Developments in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law 2010.  The accompanying course handbook is now available and provides valuable insight.

Tax Research Program At Your Fingertips

PLI and LLAGNY recently sponsored a program entitled An Introduction to Tax Research in the Library: The Crossroad Between Information & Practice.  It was presented by Jennifer A. Lawton, Tax Librarian, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; Russell Switzer, Tax Librarian, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; and tax attorney, Erin M. Collins, Manager, Tax, KPMG.  The program explained the types of authority in federal tax research, the sources to look for answers to your tax research questions, as well as the sources to consult for legislative histories.

Erin M. Collins is also the author of the Internal Revenue Service Practice and Procedure Deskbook.  This title is a valuable resource for any tax library.  The title is available here.

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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.