Category Archives: Law Libraries

October Course Handbook Update

Here are the PLI Course Handbooks that were published during the month of October.  Additional information about all our titles can be found at www.pli.edu.  Please write libraryrelations@pli.edu if you have any questions or would like to order a title.

Title Publish Date Spine No Item id
12th Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute 10/25/10 N582 23437
12th Annual Supreme Court Review 10/30/10 xxx 23548
27th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation 10/21/10 H836-837 23559
Advanced Compliance and Ethics Institute 2010 10/5/10 B1840 23761
Advanced Securities Law Workshop 2010 10/8/10 B1839 22960
Annual Institute on Employment Law 2010 10/14/10 H833 23407
Auditor Liability in the Current Environment: How to Protect Yourself 10/22/10 B1844 22975
Broker-Dealer Regulation and Enforcement 2010 10/20/10 B1845 22715
Commercial Arbitration 2010: New Developments and Strategies for Efficient, Cost-Effective Dispute Resolution 10/6/10 H835 23777
Corporate Political Activities 2010: Complying with Campaign Finance, Lobbying & Ethics Laws 10/5/10 B1837 23990
Drafting Securities Filings 2010 10/7/10 B1841 23400
Financial Services Industry Regulatory Compliance & Ethics Forum 2010 10/27/10 B1847 23004
Pocket MBA for Lawyers November 2010 10/27/10 0 24466
Pocket MBA: Finance for Lawyers November 2010 10/28/10 B1846 24606
Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2010 10/14/10 G1025 23940
Understanding the Securities Laws 2010 10/18/10 B1842-1843 23736

Terminating Derivative Transactions

Release #2 is now available for Terminating Derivative Transactions: Risk Mitigation and Close-Out Netting.  For those of you who currently have this title, you know that the binder is quite full.  When you receive Release #2 you will be happy to see that you will remove Appendix C and replace it with a much more manageable section.

If you have any questions, please write us at libraryrelations@pli.edu

Equipment Leasing-Leverage Leasing: New Edition, New Binder

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.

Please write us at libraryrelations@pli.edu.

Hedge Fund Regulation

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. 

View a sample chapter here.

Corporate Legal Departments

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 plans 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. 

View a sample chapter here.

Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law

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. 

View a sample chapter here.

Trial Handbook

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. 

View a sample of the Trial Handbook here.

The Public Company Deskbook

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. 

View a sample chapter here.

Covered Bonds

 

Covered Bonds are a financial tool popular in Europe 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.

The Price of Ebooks

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.