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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/Practice Guides, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Transcripts, and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.
Fragomen on Immigration Fundamentals reveals the nuances of U.S. immigration law and practice along with the agency, legislative, and executive policies shaping the current environment for immigrants and asylum seekers. Packed with practical tips for employment-based and family-based immigration, avenues to permanent residence, naturalization obstacles, statutory admission denials, and the administrative and judicial review of unfavorable decisions, the book also features templatized immigration forms for key case milestones in the immigration process.
Some of the important recent developments discussed in this release include:
Employer’s ability to pay: Discussion of the significantly expanded guidance from the USCIS regarding an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wage for immigrant petitions (see section 2:6.1[B]).
Age-out protection: Clarification of the requirements that children of permanent residents and derivative family members of principal family-based immigrants must meet to receive age-out protection (see section 3:3.4[A]).
Failure to apply in safe third country: Updates regarding the status of the Biden Administration’s rule creating a rebuttable presumption that migrants who attempt to cross the southern border without seeking asylum in a third country through which they traveled or procuring an asylum appointment through the CBP One mobile app are ineligible for asylum (see section 6:2.6[C][7]).
Screening of job applicants: New DOJ guidance provides helpful tips on avoiding citizenship status discrimination when complying with export control laws, reaffirming that employers cannot rely on them to limit jobs to U.S. citizens or workers with other citizenship or immigration statuses (see section 10:3.3[B]).
Directors’ and Officers’ Liability expounds the legal responsibilities of board directors and corporate officers of publicly-traded companies, the penalties that they face if they fail to meet their obligations, and the protections that are offered them under the law or by agreement. The book also delves into director and officer duties, exculpation, indemnity, insurance, cybersecurity, and contested mergers and acquisitions. It highlights unique case studies relevant to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, hospitality, retail, and other sectors.
Highlights of this release include updated discussion of the following topics:
Board Diversity Legislation and Litigation: Litigation continues in challenges to California’s S.B. 826 and A.B. 979, which require public companies to diversify their boards. Both laws have been ruled unconstitutional, but appeals are pending before the Ninth Circuit in Meland v. Weber and Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. Weber. See § 2:3.3[C] for discussion of the latest developments.
Amendments to Rule 10b5-1: In December 2022, the SEC adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 to introduce new requirements for Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and elicit more comprehensive disclosure related to insider trading policies and the timing of certain option grants to officers and directors of public companies. See § 4:4.1[B] for explanation of the rule changes.
Anti-D&I Shareholder Derivative Litigation: As companies push to adopt D&I initiatives some have been confronted with an anti-D&I backlash in the form of shareholder derivative suits. One such significant case brought against Starbucks was recently dismissed by the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. See § 8:6.2[B] for discussion of the court’s holding.
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This book is a comprehensive resource for knowledge management and innovation (KM&I) professionals in the legal industry. It offers best practices for achieving common KM&I goals and includes several checklists and other practice forms which can be used to help organizations and law firms implement beneficial KM&I procedures. The book presents its knowledge management concepts within a broad framework and historical context while also covering the most recent developments.
Notably, the manual covers the following important topics:
How to conduct a knowledge assessment and develop a knowledge strategy (see Chapter 2);
Considerations when structuring KM&I teams (see Chapter 3);
Precedent collection development and maintenance (see Chapter 6);
Client-facing knowledge management (See Chapter 19)
In addition, the book gives guidance on how to leverage collaboration tools (see Chapter 11), configure document management systems (see Chapter 5), improve organizational processes (see Chapter 14), and more.
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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/Practice Guides, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Transcripts, and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.
Doing Business Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Second Edition) helps corporate lawyers, in-house sales teams, and other U.S.-based and overseas stakeholders understand the issues and rules they should consider when negotiating transactions or accepting compensation in compliance with the FCPA. Readers will learn the necessary, proactive steps for identifying and avoiding common FCPA transactional illegalities.
The book addresses key information regarding whistleblower considerations and harsh penalties for falsified books and records, mischaracterized payments, fictitious invoices, insufficient internal accounting controls, and more. This title also includes helpful sample acknowledgements, compliance plans, and agreement clauses that address FCPA considerations.
Key updates in the new release include:
The SEC’s Amended Whistleblower Rules: Coverage of the August 2022 changes to the SEC’s final rules implementing the whistleblower provisions (see section 1:1).
Case Law Developments: Discussion of the holdings in United States v. Hoskins and United States v. Rafoi-Bleuler regarding the scope of the term “agent” as applied to a foreign national (see section 4:1.3).
The DOJ’s Updated Evaluation Guidance: Information regarding the DOJ’s March 2023 guidance emphasizing the importance of implementing compliance-promotion criteria in a company’s compensation and bonus system (see section 10:1).
NewAppendix B62: Department of Justice FCPA Opinion Release— Situation Involving Extortion or Duress.
New Appendix B63: Department of Justice FCPA Opinion Release— Payment of Travel Expenses for Post-Adoption Supervision.
In addition, the book offers information on the latest cases, enforcement actions, and settlements and provides several adaptable forms and templates (see the Related Items tab under “Forms”).
PLI Press is proud to announce the publication of the new practice guide Commercial Legal Finance.
This book offers industry-specific guidance on the mechanics of litigation and arbitration finance in key jurisdictions and practice areas around the world. It provides a wealth of applied use cases for law firms and corporations and addresses key questions concerned with legal finance structures, pricing, and ethical considerations. The book also gives a step-by-step overview of the process for obtaining legal finance and a helpful glossary of terms.
The mechanics and economics of funding (see Chapter 3)
The major ethical issues related to legal finance (see Chapter 4)
The financing of investor-state arbitration (see Chapter 5)
Key considerations for financing patent litigation and other intellectual property matters (see Chapter 6)
In addition, the book devotes full chapters to the use of funding in the U.S. (Chapter 7), England and Wales (Chapter 8), Europe (Chapter 9), Asia (Chapter 10), and Australia (Chapter 11).
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