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Transfer Pricing Answer Book 2013

In March, PLI published Transfer Pricing Answer Book 2013.

The reality of increasingly global business enterprises with valuable intangible property can expose companies to transfer pricing enforcement by different countries around the world. Many of these countries are increasingly aggressive in enforcing their local transfer pricing rules as they attempt to protect their tax revenue base. To avoid double taxation of the same income in this environment, companies often are required to deal with the highly specialized, bilateral treaty-based competent authority process developed to prevent double taxation at a time when trade mainly involved only two established countries. What’s more, companies and tax authorities increasingly are faced with the potential for multiple taxation of the same income, as supply chains cross many borders and as the tax authorities of emerging countries become players in the global taxation process, and the resulting stresses, strains, and limitations of the bilateral treaty-based competent authority process have become more apparent.

In light of the high-dollar risks presented by the increased enforcement efforts of tax authorities worldwide, the complexity of the ever-changing, inherently uncertain transfer pricing standards, and the continually evolving business models of businesses adapting to the constantly changing global economy, companies need practical guidance to permit them to develop and defend their transfer pricing strategies. Transfer Pricing Answer Book 2013 gives companies such guidance by discussing all aspects of transfer pricing, from initially planning a transfer pricing strategy, to alternative ways to defend the strategy from attack by two or more tax authorities, to resolving a case before competent authorities, to bringing a transfer pricing case to court. The book’s non-technical discussion is presented in a question and answer format that will appeal to readers regardless of their prior level of experience or familiarity with taxes in general and transfer pricing in particular. Transfer Pricing Answer Book 2013 is an invaluable resource for company executives and their advisors who are seeking to better understand this important area of tax law that has become such an important part of so many businesses.

If you would like to order a copy, please email the Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

March 2013 Treatise Updates

In March 2013, the following PLI Treatises were updated:

Commercial Ground Leases Release #15
Friedman on Leases Release #21

If you are on standing order for either of these titles, these releases have already been shipped. If you would like to place an order, please email the Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

Federal Bail and Detention Handbook 2013

The Federal Bail and Detention Handbook 2013 is now available. This soft cover treatise has been published to help readers find answers in a hurry and its size makes it convenient to be carried to and from the courtroom.

The Bail Reform Act of 1984 and its legislative history are lengthy and complex. Yet all federal court participants–lawyers, judges, and others–are required to understand the Act thoroughly and apply it swiftly and effectively, often under the pressure of a detention hearing.

Authored by the Honorable John L. Weinberg, this title provides the busy practicing lawyer or judge with a quick and clear reference to the Act and all of the relevant statutory language, legislative history and appellate case law.

Judge Weinberg has included “Practice Pointers,” which is designed to provide defense counsel and Assistant U.S. Attorneys with strategic suggestions for dealing with the Act. The Handbook’s Table of Cases lists every federal appellate decision of significant precedential value that interprets or applies the Act.

The book is $155.00 per copy, not including shipping charges of $7.50 per title, per consignee location. There is a discount rate of 20% for 3 or more copies and of 33% for 100 or more copies. To order a copy, contact the PLI Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

What’s New in March?

Spotlight on: Initial Public Offerings: A Practical Guide to Going Public

And check out some of the great peer praise this Treatise has received:

“There is no better practical tool for anyone needing an in-depth, step-by-step guide to the IPO process.”
— Larry Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

“A detailed step-by-step guide that every practitioner should have.”
— Broc Romanek, Editor of The CorporateCounsel.net

“A must-read for company executives, securities lawyers, and capital markets professionals alike.”
— John Tyree, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

“The essential IPO guide for venture capitalists and the companies they fund.”
— Jonathan A. Flint, Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, Polaris Ventures

“All participants in the [IPO] process — even the hardiest veterans — will find something in this book that they didn’t know before they picked it up.”
— Keith F. Higgins, Ropes & Gray LLP

“An invaluable and comprehensive resource for the experienced practitioner and novice entrepreneur alike.”
— Richard D. Truesdell, Jr., Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

PLI Course Handbooks Published in January 2013

Listed below are the PLI Course Handbooks that were published in January 2013:

Commercial Law and Practice

Corporate Law and Practice

Litigation and Administrative Practice

Real Estate Law and Practice

Real Estate M&A and REIT Transactions

Tax Law and Estate Planning

Taxation of Financial Products and Transactions

If you have any questions or would like to order a title, please email the Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

2013 Answer Book Catalog

Written by attorneys from acclaimed law firms, PLI Answer Books provide readers with a complete understanding of relevant practice issues that arise in each of the selected subject matter areas. Our Answer Books provide step-by-step, comprehensive explanations of the regulations and issues practitiones are likely to encounter.

Each title in the series uses an easily understood Q&A format so that pertinent questions can be answered quickly. What’s more, every Answer Book also includes both practice pointers and checklists that assist in explaining every day client questions.

The 2013 Answer Book catalog can be viewed here.

Contact the PLI Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291 if you would like a hard copy of the catalog or to order an Answer Book!

New Title! Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings

In January 2013, PLI published Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings.

Determining the proper construction of patent claims is the necessary prelude to any inquiry as to whether those claims have been infringed, and this construction takes place in “a litigation system that is unique to patent cases.” Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings is a succinct guide to both claim construction and the special procedures that have evolved to accomplish such construction.

Since the decisions of the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court in Markman v. Westview Instruments, it has been clear that patent claim construction is a question of law exclusively for the court, not something to be submitted to the jury. Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings explains the guiding principles that the courts use, the intrinsic and extrinsic evidence they consider, and the effect of prior constructions of the same claim. Since “rules” of construction are hard to come by, the book provides insight into the process by fully discussing how judges have decided upon particular claim constructions.

The law as it has developed after Markman, makes it clear that there is no mandated or standard procedure to accomplish claim construction. The book explains the differing approaches among the courts, including the local rules in force in some courts, and how they affect case-management conferences, briefing, discovery, and the timing of the Markman hearing itself.

Then, to give you practical guidance as you prepare for the hearing, Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings helps you assess the evidence in support of the construction you seek, work with expert witnesses, and prepare claim charts and other materials that will aid and convince the court.

Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings should be on every patent litigator’s desk.

If you’d like to order Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings, please email the Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

January 2013 Treatise Updates

In January 2013, the following PLI Treatises were updated:

International Corporate Practice Release #6
Outsourcing Release #1

If you are on standing order for any of the above titles, these releases have already been shipped. If you would like to place an order, please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.