Category Archives: Law Libraries

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.

Soderquist on the Securities Law

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, Soderquist 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. 

View a sample chapter here.

Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings

Release #4 is now available for Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings.

This title is written by a veteran real estate attorney who helped write New York’s standard residential and commercial real estate contracts.  This treatise clearly explains the governing law and customary industry practices to ensure that you know how to prepare for a sale or purchase of real estate, including how to deal with the appropriate documents, tax issues, and brokers; draft and negotiate the contract, with the help of numerous laborsaving sample forms that speed the process; prepare for the closing, including the documents and scheduling details; and close the sale, including delivering and reviewing deeds and other paperwork and dealing with insurance policies, tax documents, and closing checks.

Included are checklists for sellers’ and purchasers’ attorneys that ensure all key steps are taken, as well as highlighted tips that underscore important transactional issues.

If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect Release #4 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.

Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules

The Bernie Madoff scandal shed light on the shortcomings of the SEC’s whistleblower policies.  Some have suggested that their whistleblower policy should more closely mirror the program of the IRS, which many find to be a successful tool in combating tax fraud.  The Dodd-Frank Act has provisions to enhance the SEC’s whistleblower protections.  It also adds incentive for anyone who has something to report by expanding the bounties whistleblowers can receive.  The SEC outlined their new rules and the public can comment on the proposed rules until December 17th.   If you are interested in commenting on these rules you can do so at the SEC’s Public Comment page. 

The Wall Street Journal reported on this yesterday and pointed out that “companies fear the program, created by the Dodd-Frank financial law, will undermine the anonymous hotlines and other processes they have put in place following the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law to encourage employees to report problems internally.”  To address this, the proposed rules do add provisions for people who initially report wrongdoing internally and contact the SEC within 90 days.

Interested in learning more about Dodd-Frank and what it means to your organization?  You can check out PLI’s one hour briefings on the subject.  Or, check out our latest publication entitled Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act–A Summary.

Book Information: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act–A Summary

ISBN Number: 978-1-4024-1508-1

Number of Volumes: 1

Page Count: 93 pages

Item#: 30981

Price: $29.95