Author Archives: Sarah Jacobs

“Breaking Ground” Named a Finalist for the International Book Awards 

Breaking Ground: How Successful Women Lawyers Build Thriving Practices  has been selected as a finalist for two categories of the International Book Awards: Best Cover Design: Nonfiction and Business: Careers. Deborah Farone’s newest book features insights from more than 60 in-depth interviews with leading women rainmakers, including lawyers, business development experts, academics, and law firm chairs, spanning the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia.  

Steeped in personal stories, candid advice, and actionable strategies, “Breaking Ground” provides an easily navigable roadmap for any lawyers seeking to grow their practices and deepen their relationships with clients. 

Available in softcover, hardcover, and on PLI PLUS.  

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.

July’s free form:

Checklist for Creating a User-Friendly Export Compliance Manual

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Check out the 2026 PLI Press Catalog! 

We’re excited to share the 2026 PLI Press Catalog, which features over 140 books in several top practice areas. Designed to aid you in researching particular topics, staying abreast of developments in your practice area (or a new one!), or expanding your firm’s library, the digital catalog makes it easy to navigate PLI Press’s expansive collection of titles.  

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New Edition: Social Media and the Law 

Social Media and the Law (2026 Edition) examines the use of social media in various legal contexts, such as privacy, civil litigation, employment, criminal activity and prosecution, intellectual property, defamation, advertising, and regulated industries. This treatise discusses relevant legislation, court opinions, usage trends, and industry responses.  

Highlights of this new edition include:  

  • Chapter 6, Employment and Workplace Issues, covers an additional finding from the National Labor Relations Board in which a plaintiff’s social media posts regarding her workplace conditions were considered concerted activity and therefore covered by Section 7 of the NLRA 
  • Chapter 9, Crimes, Prosecution, and Evidence, addresses the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act (Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act) into law, covering the requirements of social media sites and apps to establish notice and removal procedures. This chapter also covers a recent federal district court decision that suggests using AI for legal communicans may waive attorney-client privilege and expose those communications in litigation 

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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.

June’s free form:

Sample Initial and Annual Holdings Report

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Treatise Update: Cyber Insurance Claims, Case Law, and Risk Management 

Cyber Insurance Claims, Case Law, and Risk Management provides a comprehensive analysis of the shifting and escalating cyber claim landscape as it pertains to insurance coverage and overall risk management. Featuring in-depth case and insurance policy analysis and discussion of loss mitigation steps, along with chapter summaries that can serve as quick reference checklists for practitioners, this treatise focuses on the relationships between insurance on the one hand and attack vectors and resulting liability on the other, so that risk management options can be considered.  

Highlights of the new supplement include: 

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New Skills Book: Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything Is Changing 

Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything Is Changing focuses on the ways in which law firms can reinvent themselves amid seismic change in the legal industry. Themes are examined through the lens of a fictional law firm, as it conducts a week-long retreat designed to confront disruptive forces such as generative AI, client power shifts, hybrid work, and outdated economic models.  

The story reveals the messy human realities of change: fear, resistance, hope, and the courage to design something better. Along the way, readers gain insight into design thinking, change management, lawyer development, client centric service delivery, and alternative pricing—presented not as abstract theory but as lived experience inside a firm fighting for its future. 

Reading like a page-turner, each chapter is filled with practical tools such as reflection questions, frameworks, agendas, and exercises—such as an empathy workshop and empathy interviews, providing readers with a model they can adapt to their own organizations. The result is an engaging, accessible blueprint for law firm leaders, legal innovators, academics, and other legal professionals who want to shape the next era of practice rather than be shaped by it. 

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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 May 2026!

Treatise Update: Commercial Ground Leases 

Commercial Ground Leases (Fourth Edition) provides readers with a definitive guide to drafting, negotiating, and finalizing equitable, error-free leasing documents for both landlord and tenant. Full of numerous appendices, including forms of letter of intent, leasehold mortgagee protection clauses, intercreditor agreements, fee and leasehold deed of trust provisions, estoppel certificate and guaranty, and a complete ground lease with many alternative clauses, this treatise’s adaptable, time-saving language makes it an invaluable resource.  

Highlights of the updated information include:  

  • Chapter 23, Multiparcel Development, presents new material on deal structure—particularly a development agreement for the entire property, defining several parcels for sequential development and allowing the developer to lease each parcel over a time schedule (Section 23:2) 

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Just Updated! Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk 

Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk (Second Edition) serves as a comprehensive reference on the laws and regulations which govern information security in the United States and abroad, as well as the strategies which can be used to mitigate cyber risks. This practice guide details sources of cybersecurity law, risk management tools, and sector-specific regulations.  

Highlights of the new supplement include:  

  • Chapter 4, Executive Orders and Related Actions, discusses the Trump administration’s revocations of Biden-era executive orders affecting national cybersecurity, such as establishment of a regulatory framework for controlling access to bulk sensitive personal and government-related data, which led to the creation of the Department of Justice’s Data Security Program 
  • Chapter 18, Federal Contractor Cybersecurity, outlines the FAR Council’s proposed FAR Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) rule, which sought to establish uniform requirements for handling CUI across federal solicitations and contracts, while also expanding the scope of companies subject to CUI protection requirements 
  • Part IV, Global Cybersecurity Law, includes chapters on the cybersecurity of other nations, such as the European Union, Canada, China, India, and others 

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