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Treatise Update! Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance

PLI recently updated Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance (Second Edition).

To provide attorneys, compliance personnel, and business professionals with legal, regulatory, and procedural guidance regarding the various financial products, Clifford E. Kirsch has edited Financial
Product Fundamentals, which compiles his expertise as a noted practitioner in the areas of securities regulation and compliance, together with valuable contributions from other distinguished authorities in these practice areas.

Highlights of the latest version include:

  • Chapter 2: Limited Offerings and Private Placements. Updated to reflect recent amendments to Rule 504 under Regulation D that increase the aggregate amount of securities that may be offered and sold in any twelve-month period, and disqualify certain bad actors from relying on Rule 504.
  •  Chapter 12, International Investment Funds. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) registration analysis for commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors (CTAs), as
    well as the exemptions from registration as a CTA pursuant to Rules 4.14(a)(4), 4.14(a)(5), and 4.14(a)(8).
  • Chapter 17, Exchange-Traded Funds. New discussions covering ETF distribution and associated fees, Authorized Participants and Authorized Participant Agreements, and marketing and advertising considerations for ETFs. Discussion updated to include recent regulatory developments regarding listing standards, reporting requirements and risk disclosures, and the Liquidity Rule’s application to In-Kind ETFs.
  • Chapter 19, A Primer on Derivative Contracts and Their
    Regulation. Updated discussion follows the actions of the CFTC and SEC in addressing the many Dodd-Frank issues under their respective jurisdictions to regulate the swaps marketplace.
  • Chapter 24, Exchange-Traded Notes and Similar Structured
    Notes. New discussion covers issues with respect to other types of structured notes that are not listed on securities exchanges.
  • New Chapter 27, Interval Funds. New discussion places interval funds in their regulatory framework, and covers issues associated with their operation and distribution, as well as the investment strategies utilized by these funds.

This essential title is available on PLI PLUS, our online research database.  If you’d like to order a print copy, please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877.900.5291.

What’s New for August

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, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Transcripts and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.

Click here to see what we added in August!

PLI PLUS Enhancements Timeline

We are continually working to improve PLI PLUS so that it meets your needs. From including MARC records as part of the subscription fee to adding case law links free of charge and everything in between, learn more about the updates we’ve made with our PLI PLUS enhancements timeline:

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You can also view the timeline on our Training Center.

Have a suggestion for another enhancement for PLI PLUS? Let us know! Email PLUS@pli.edu or call 877.900.5291.

PLI PLUS New Content Added in 2018

PLI PLUS, PLI’s online research database, provides unlimited access to PLI Press Treatises, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Journals, in addition to Legal Forms and Program Transcripts. To reflect recent changes and the latest in legal developments, PLI PLUS is updated continuously with supplements and new editions as well as completely new titles.

Here is a list of new PLI titles added from 2015 through 2018:

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Questions? Email PLUS@pli.edu or call 877.900.5291.

What’s New for July

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, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Transcripts and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.

Click here to see what we added in July!

Primary Law Links Now Available on PLI PLUS

Our subscribers asked, and we answered! The PLI PLUS platform now connects to primary law, powered by Fastcase links, providing PLUS subscribers with unlimited access to state and federal cases that are cited in PLI’s comprehensive library of treatises, answer books, course handbooks, and journals. PLI publications include such industry-leading works as Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and Related Problems (Fifth Edition), and Friedman on Leases (Sixth Edition).

The results of our fall 2017 PLI PLUS Subscriber Satisfaction Survey revealed that access to primary law was the most requested feature. We are very pleased to be able to now offer primary law to all PLUS subscribers.

PLI continuously works to enhance how we develop and deliver the highest quality educational and professional content available through our hands-on, award-winning programs and comprehensive library of publications, both in print and online.  “As part of the PLI PLUS platform, links to primary law  will continue to evolve and provide PLUS subscribers with the information that best fits their needs in today’s ever changing legal marketplace,” said Ellen Siegel, Vice President, Print and Digital Publishing at PLI.

ABOUT PLI: Practising Law Institute is a nonprofit learning organization dedicated to keeping attorneys and other professionals at the forefront of knowledge and expertise.  The essence of PLI’s mission is a commitment to the pro bono community, with more than 98,000 scholarships awarded in the last year and more than 400 pro bono member organizations. Founded in 1933 by Harold P. Seligson, PLI provides the highest quality accredited, continuing legal and professional education programs in a variety of formats, which are delivered by more than 4,000 volunteer faculty including prominent lawyers, judges, investment bankers, accountants, corporate counsel and U.S. and international government regulators. For more information, please visit our website at www.pli.edu.

 

 

What’s New for June

 

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, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Transcripts and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.

Click here to see what we added in June!

Librarian Advisory Breakfast at AALL

PLI cordially invites you to our Librarian Advisory Breakfast at the AALL 2018 Annual Meeting & Conference.

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a Librarian Advisory Breakfast at the AALL 2018 Annual Meeting & Conference in Baltimore. The breakfast will include an update on PLI PLUS, as well as a live demonstration of the database with a focus on new content and features.

SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018
7:30 – 8:30 AM
Hilton Baltimore

Please email PLUS@pli.edu to RSVP and we’ll include location details with your confirmation.

We hope to see you in Baltimore!

Save the Date! PLI’s AALL Librarian Advisory Breakfast

Save the date for our annual Librarian Advisory Breakfast at the AALL Annual Meeting & Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The breakfast will include an update on PLI PLUS, as well as a live demonstration of the database with a focus on new content and features.

SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018
7:30 – 8:30 AM
Hilton Baltimore

Early reservations are welcome! Please email PLUS@pli.edu. We hope to see you in Baltimore!