This year, National Library Week is celebrating library transformation. The Library Relations team here at PLI is aware that many libraries are undergoing their own transformations from print to digital and we’re here to help! Schedule a Discover PLUS demo or training at any time.
PLI will be exhibiting at the NOCALL Spring Institute tomorrow! Stop by our booth to check out PLI Discover PLUS, our online research database. You can also get information about our new iOS app and grab some of our giveaways, which were designed with on-the-go research in mind.
We look forward to seeing you in Santa Clara!
Our latest edition of the Library Ledger is now available on the blog! Read up on PLI Discover PLUS news with this most current edition, which is all about the new content we’re continuously adding to our online research database. Volume 4, Issue 1 of the newsletter lists the brand new titles we published in 2015, provides an update on our Course Handbook archive project, and takes you through finding an archive title using our iPhone/iPad app. It also features a letter from PLI’s Library Relations Manager, Christina Davis. Read all of our newsletters on the Library Ledger page.
The 2016 Federal Bail and Detention Handbook, written by the Honorable John L. Weinberg, provides judges and lawyers alike with quick, on-point answers to all aspects of federal bail and detention law. The Handbook provides legal professionals with a comprehensive guide to the Bail Reform Act of 1984, including relevant statutory language, legislative history and appellate case law. It analyzes each step of the process, including:
The Handbook’s Table of Cases lists every federal appellate decision of significant precedential value that interprets or applies the Act.
Designed as a practical tool to be used both in court and the office, 2016 Federal Bail and Detention Handbook includes “Practice Pointers,” designed by Judge Weinberg to provide defense counsel and Assistant U.S. Attorneys with strategic suggestions for dealing with the Act. In addition to the sample orders and motions included in the Handbook, the 2016 edition includes, in Appendix III, a comprehensive collection of the official, nationally recommended forms relating to release and detention.
The Treatise is available for purchase here and is also accessible online on our digital research platform, PLI Discover PLUS.
Interested in our other Litigation resources? Check out our Litigation Research Center below!
Discover PLUS is a great place to begin your research because all PLI publications are secondary sources that contain expert analyses of today’s legal controversies. Our publications, form templates, and program transcripts provide users with authoritative background information, as well as insights into the positions of leading practitioners from law firms, corporations, government, and academia.
Scenario: After the White House’s announcement that it will take Executive Action to counter the influence of “patent trolls”, or Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), a researcher would like to better understand patent trolls and their potential impact on patent litigation.
Search: (“patent troll!” or “Patent Assertion Entitties” or PAE) /10 litigation
Click below to watch the full Research Topic Guide video on Patent Trolls.
We recently launched an iPad/iPhone app for Discover PLUS! You can download the app here. The app is a companion to the browser version of Discover PLUS and allows you to download content so you can view it when you’re offline, as well as take notes, bookmark, and highlight text, all of which will sync up to your work on the browser. It also features the same robust search capabilities that we offer on the browser version, so you can get to the exact content that you need.
To help get you up and running on the app in no time, we’ve created a Quick Reference Guide, which you can download here.
If you have any questions about the app or would like to learn more about Discover PLUS, please contact PLI Library Relations at libraryrelations@pli.edu or 877-900-5291.
Our latest edition of the Library Ledger is now available on the blog! Read up on PLI Discover PLUS news with this most current edition, which is all about our new app! Volume 3, Issue 4 of the newsletter dives deep into our iPad/iPhone app, explaining how you can now sync your work on-the-go as well as perform the same robust searches you’re used to doing on the browser version of Discover PLUS. It also features a letter from PLI’s Director of Library Relations & Electronic Publishing, Alexa Robertson. Read all of our newsletters on the Library Ledger page.
ANSWER BOOKS
Banking:
• Consumer Financial Services Answer Book 2016
Corporate & Securities:
• Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book 2016
TREATISES
Intellectual Property:
• How to Write a Patent Application (3rd Edition)
• Patent Litigation (3rd Edition)
Litigation:
• Trial Handbook (Fall 2015 Edition)
TREATISES–SUPPLEMENTED
Accounting:
• Accountants’ Liability
Bankruptcy & Restructuring:
• Bankruptcy Deskbook (5th Edition)
Corporate & Securities:
• Hedge Fund Regulation (2nd Edition)
• Initial Public Offerings: A Practical Guide to Going Public (2nd Edition)
• Investment Adviser Regulation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Compliance and the Law
(3rd Edition)
• Securities Law and Practice Deskbook (6th Edition)
Estates & Trusts:
• Blattmachr on Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts (16th Edition)
Insurance:
• Variable Annuities & Variable Life Insurance Regulation (2nd Edition)
Intellectual Property:
• Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law (2nd Edition)
• Patent Licensing and Selling: Strategy, Negotiation, Forms (2nd Edition)
• Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
• Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age
Real Estate:
• Friedman on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property (7th Edition)
• Friedman on Leases (5th Edition)
Tax:
• Circular 230 Deskbook: Related Penalties, Reportable Transactions, Working Forms
• Langer on Practical International Tax Planning (4th Edition)
COURSE HANDBOOKS
Accounting:
• Pocket MBA Fall 2015: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals
Antitrust:
• Antitrust Counseling & Compliance 2015
Children’s Law:
• California Special Education Law 2015
Communications/Telecommunications Law:
• Law and Regulation of “Intermediary” Businesses 2015: Consumer-Facing Technology Providers, Online Platforms, and Online Media
Corporate & Securities:
• Advanced Compliance and Ethics Workshop 2015
• Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives 2015
• Financial Services Industry Regulatory Compliance & Ethics Forum 2015
• Fundamentals of Swaps & Other Derivatives 2015
• Prison Law 2015
• Private Placements and Hybrid Securities Offerings 2015
• Securities Law and Practice 2015: How the SEC Works
• Securities Regulation Institute (47th Annual)
• Understanding the Securities Laws Fall 2015
Employment:
• Employment Law Institute 2015
Health Care:
• Life Sciences 2015: Navigating Legal Challenges in the Drug and Device Industries
Intellectual Property:
• Intellectual Property Law Institute 2015
• Open Source and Free Software 2015: Benefits, Risks and Challenges
• Patent Licensing Today 2015: Making Money Without Getting Sued
• Patent Litigation 2015
• “Technotainment” 2015: Distributing Content Across Multiple Platforms
• Think Like a Lawyer, Talk Like a Geek 2015: Get Fluent in Technology
• Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2015
Litigation:
• California Trial Evidence 2015
• Electronic Information in Criminal Investigations & Prosecutions 2015
• New York Housing Law for the Low-Income Client 2015
• Trial by Jury 2015
• White Collar Crime 2015: Prosecutors and Regulators Speak
• Wrongful Conviction 2015
Real Estate:
• Commercial Real Estate Institute (17th Annual)
Archival Titles:
• Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law 2001
• Child Abuse, Neglect & the Foster Care System 2003: Effective Social Work & the Legal System; The Attorney’s Role & Responsibilities
• Copyright & Trademark Law for the Nonspecialist 2001: Understanding the Basics
• Estate Planning Institute (34th Annual)
• Handling Intellectual Property Issues in Business Transactions 2001
• The Health Care e-Commerce Revolution 2001: Legal, Financial & Regulatory Strategies
• How to Prepare an Initial Public Offering 2000
• International Joint Ventures 2002
• International Tax & Estate Planning 2003: Strategies & Techniques for Maximum Advantage
• Navigating Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice 2001
• Nuts & Bolts of Securities Law 2000
• Nuts & Bolts of Securities Laws 2002
• Pension Plan Investments 2000: Confronting Today’s Issues
• Pension Plan Investments 2001: Confronting Today’s Issues
• Preparation of Annual Disclosure Documents 2000
• Preparing Patent Legal Opinions 2002
• Private Placements 2000
• Private Placements 2001
• Project Financing 2001
• Sixth Annual Children’s Law Institute
• Social Security and SSI Disability 2000
• Social Security and SSI Disability 2001
• Social Security & SSI Disability 2002
• Tax Controversies: What to Do When the IRS Calls
• Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 1999
• Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings 1999
• Understanding Basic Copyright Law 2001
• Understanding Estate, Gift & Fiduciary Income Tax Returns 2002: Strategies for Maximum Advantage with the “706,” “709” & “1041”
• Understanding Securities Products of Insurance Companies 2003
• Understanding the Securities Laws 2000
• Valuation, Taxation & Planning Techniques for Sophisticated Estates 2000
• Valuation, Taxation & Planning Techniques for Sophisticated Estates 2001
• What Lawyers Need to Know About UCC Article 5 – Letters of Credit 2003
TRANSCRIPTS
Communications/Telecommunications Law:
• New FCC TCPA Ruling – Significant Compliance Challenges for Companies
Corporate & Securities:
• Corporate Counsel Institute 2015
• Crowdfunding and Online Direct Lending (Peer-to-Peer) 2015
• Hedge Fund Management 2015
• Preparing for Shareholder Activism: What You Need to Be Doing Now 2015
• SEC Enforcement of Trading in Pre-IPO Securities
• Securities Filings 2015: Practical Guidance in a Changing Environment
• U.S. Companies Trading on the London Stock Exchange and the Impact of EU Regulations Requiring Mandatory Electronic Settlement
Employee Benefits:
• Hot Issues in Executive Compensation 2015
Employment Law:
• Cutting-Edge Employment Law Issues 2015: The California Difference
• Enforcing Wage Claims for Low-Income Workers
Family Law:
• Protecting LGBT-Headed Families in a Post-Obergefell World
Intellectual Property:
• Amgen v. Sandoz: Federal Circuit Interprets “Patent Dance” Provisions of BPCIA to Permit Biosimilar Applicant to Refuse to Disclose Application and Manufacturing Information
• Cybersecurity 2015: Managing the Risk
• Developments in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law 2015
• FTC v. Wyndham: Impact for Companies That Suffer Data Breaches
• Where to Challenge Patents? International Post-Grant Practice – Strategic Considerations Before the USPTO, EPO, SIPO and JPO
International Law:
• Ambush Marketing: International Regulation and Enforcement
Litigation:
• Electronic Discovery Institute 2015: What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know
• Home Court Advantage: Recent Developments and Strategies for Litigants Concerning the SEC’s Increasing Use of Administrative Proceedings
• Memorable and Persuasive: Winning Demonstratives at Trial
• Nuts & Bolts of Electronic Discovery 2015
Pro Bono:
• Representing the Pro Bono Client: Advocacy Skills for Administrative Hearings 2015
Professional Skills:
• Six “P’s” of Professional Legal Writing
Real Estate:
• Hotels 2015: Law and Practice
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NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/Practising Law Institute (PLI) is pleased to announce Discover PLUS for iPad and iPhone. Discover PLUS is a subscription-based online research database targeted to legal, financial, and accounting professionals. Discover PLUS provides digital access to PLI’s full collection of acclaimed Treatises, Course Handbooks, Legal Forms, Program Transcripts and Answer Books. Content is derived from over 2,000 secondary source publications written by today’s experts on the most recent industry changes in regulations, rulings, and standard practices as well as over 400 + annual continuing legal education seminars. In developing the Discover PLUS App, PLI sought to create an interface that not only mirrored the award-winning desktop application, but also simplified the existing navigation and allowed synchronization for a seamless transition from a desktop to a mobile workspace. In an industry where real time research can make or break your case, we wanted to make sure you had an immediate connection to the right answers from the right people.
With the Discover PLUS app, you can access your account from your iPad or iPhone and have the most up-to-date, relevant information and techniques practiced by the industry’s leading law firms, corporations, and government agencies. Imagine being able to access proven strategies and practice tips from your largest competitors with nothing more than a touch of a button.
“We are pleased to be able to offer this app to Discover PLUS subscribers,” said Alexa Robertson, Director of Library Relations and Electronic Publishing at PLI. “We continue to focus on providing high-quality content and making our interface easy and convenient to use. Next time you are in court or traveling, you will have more than 2,000 PLI titles at your fingertips. Any work you do will sync up to your account seamlessly.”
The Discover PLUS app features:
Discover PLUS for iPad and iPhone is available in the App Store today. The app requires a Discover PLUS Membership.
Download Discover PLUS for the iPad and iPhone – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/discover-plus/id1042352941?mt=8