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NEW Answer Book! SEC Compliance and Enforcement Answer Book 2015
Counsel to broker-dealers, investment advisers, U.S.-registered issuers and other participants in the securities markets must have a thorough and clear understanding of the SEC’s enforcement mechanisms. PLI’s new SEC Compliance and Enforcement Answer Book 2015 is a comprehensive and concise reference book organized in an easy-to-use Q&A format.
Edited by David M. Stuart (Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP), this expert Q&A guide compiles the perspectives of leading practitioners from around the country who have previously served in the SEC Enforcement Division, many of whom were in some of the most senior positions in the Division.
Leveraging the authors’ experience and expertise, SEC Compliance and Enforcement Answer Book 2015 provides nuts and bolts guidance on:
- Conducting an effective internal investigation – while the SEC is simultaneously investigating
- Responding to SEC requests and subpoenas for documents, interviews, and testimony
- Cooperating effectively with SEC staff
- The Wells process, negotiating resolutions, and litigating with the SEC
- The complexities that arise when criminal and international law enforcement authorities becomes involved in an SEC investigation
Additionally, SEC Compliance and Enforcement Answer Book 2015 answers questions on insider trading, accounting and securities fraud, market manipulation and foreign corruption. The Q&A guide also tackles special issues related to investigations of attorneys, accountants, and those identified by whistleblowers.
If you’d like to order SEC Compliance and Enforcement Answer Book 2015, please email the PLI Library Help Desk or call 877-900-5291. SEC Compliance and Enforcement Answer Book 2015 is also available on Discover PLUS .
New & Updated Research Topic Guides
We’ve updated and added to our Discover PLUS Research Topic Guides.
Discover PLUS Research Topic Guides are for those researchers interested in learning more about current legal issues from leading practitioners and experts. We have guides on the JOBS Act, patent trolls, the Supreme Court ruling against Aereo, the use of cell phone records as trial evidence, the tax implications of DOMA and cybersecurity.
See below or check out the Training Center for new and updated Discover PLUS Research Topic Guides.
PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics JOBS Act
PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics Patent Litigation
PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics Aereo
PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics Cell Phone Evidence
PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics DOMA
PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics Cybersecurity
We’ve also started to make our guides into videos. Click here to watch the first Research Topic Guide video on cybersecurity. PLI Discover PLUS – Research Topic Cybersecurity
What’s New for June on Discover PLUS
ANSWER BOOKS
International Law
TREATISES
Corporate & Securities:
TREATISES – SUPPLEMENTED
Communications/Telecommunications Law:
Corporate & Securities:
- Broker-Dealer Regulation (2nd Edition)
- Corporate Legal Departments (4th Edition)
- Hedge Fund Regulation (2nd Edition)
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Tender Offers: Law and Strategies – Corporate, Securities, Taxation, Antitrust, Cross Border
- Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age
- Public Company Deskbook: Complying with Federal Governance & Disclosure Requirements (3rd Edition)
Intellectual Property:
- Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law (2nd Edition)
- Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law
International:
Real Estate:
- Friedman on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property (7th Edition)
- Hillman on Commercial Loan Documentation (6th Edition)
COURSE HANDBOOKS
Accounting:
- Basics of Accounting for Lawyers 2015: What Every Practicing Lawyer Needs to Know
- Pocket MBA Summer 2015: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals
Antitrust:
Banking:
- Financial Services IT 2015: Avoidance of Risk
- Leveraged Financing 2015
- The Volcker Rule 2015: What It Means for Financial Institutions and Markets
Children’s Law:
Corporate & Securities:
- Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute 2015
- Delaware Law Developments 2015: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know
- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Anti-Corruption Developments 2015
- Fashion and Retail Law 2015: Trends and Developments
- Fundamentals of Broker-Dealer Regulation 2015
- Global Capital Markets & the U.S. Securities Laws 2015
- Internal Investigations 2015
- Silicon Valley Corporate Law Update 2015: Start-Ups, Financings, IPOs, M&A
- Third Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities Law in Hong Kong 2015
Environmental:
Health Care:
Intellectual Property:
- Cloud Computing 2015: Key Issues and Practical Guidance
- Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2015: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing
- Fundamentals of Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace 2015
- Hot Topics in Advertising Law 2015
- Sixteenth Annual Institute on Privacy and Data Security Law
International:
Litigation:
Pro Bono:
- Higher Education Law 2015: Current Issues & Recent Developments
- Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors and Children in California: Pro Bono Representation in Low-Income Domestic Violence Restraining Order Cases 2015
Real Estate:
Tax:
Archival Titles:
- 2007 Federal Circuit Yearbook: Patent Law Developments in the Federal Circuit
- 2008 Federal Circuit Yearbook: Patent Law Developments in the Federal Circuit
- 2009 Federal Circuit Yearbook: Patent Law Developments in the Federal Circuit
- Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2003: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing
- Child Abuse, Neglect and the Foster Care System 2000: Effective Social Work and the Legal System; The Attorney’s Role and Responsibilities
- Conducting Due Diligence 2002
- Drafting Corporate Agreements 2000
- Drafting Corporate Agreements 2000-2001
- Drafting Corporate Agreements 2001: Converting the Effective Deal Into a Contract –
A Satellite Program - Drafting Corporate Agreements 2002: Converting the Deal to an Effective Contract
- Drafting Corporate Agreements 2002-2003
- Institute on Privacy Law (4th Annual): Protecting Your Client in a Security-Conscious World
- Institute on Securities Regulation (32nd Annual)
- Intellectual Property Issues
- New Developments in Securitization 2000
- New Developments in Securitization 2001
- New Developments in Securitization 2002
- Patent Litigation 2000
- Patent Litigation 2001
- Patent Litigation 2002
- PLI’s California MCLE Marathon 2000
- PLI’s California MCLE Marathon 2001-2002
- PLI’s California MCLE Marathon 2002-2003: Legal Ethics: Current Developments – Substance Abuse – Elimination of Bias in the Profession
- Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2000
- Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings 2000
- Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings 2001
- Third Annual Institute on Privacy Law: Strategies for Legal Compliance in a High Tech & Changing Regulatory Environment
- Understanding the Sophisticated Real Estate Practice 2000
TRANSCRIPTS
Accounting:
Banking:
Corporate & Securities:
- Basics of Mutual Funds and Other Registered Investment Companies 2015
- Financial Services Conflicts of Interest & Fiduciary Duties: Navigating the Emerging Regulatory Maze
- Fundamentals of Delaware Limited Liability Companies
- Leveraged Financing 2015
- Life Sciences Acquisitions and Divestitures: Special Considerations
- Pocket MBA Summer 2015: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals
- Sponsor’s Obligations in an LBO in the Post-Crises Era: Equity Commitment Letters and Limited Guarantees
- Treatment of Commercial End-Users of Swaps
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems: The Changing Legal Landscape
- Venture Capital 2015: Nuts and Bolts
Employee Benefits:
Employment:
Intellectual Property:
- 9th Annual Patent Law Institute
- Advanced Copyright Law Annual Review 2015
- Advanced Trademark Law Annual Review 2015
- Breaking Bad Technology Habits: Email, Social Media and Document Management
- Global Trademark Search and Application Workshop 2015
- IP Monetization 2015: Maximize the Value of Your IP Assets
- Patent Litigation Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and in MDL Proceedings in 2015
- USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2015
International Law:
- Basics of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) 2015
- European Unified Patents Court: When Will the UPC Arrive and What Will You Need
to Know? - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Anti-Corruption Developments 2015
- U.S. Net Neutrality Developments and Comparisons with Europe
Litigation:
- B&B Hardware v. Hargis Industries: Supreme Court Gives New Life to Preclusion in Trademark Proceedings and Other Agency Litigation
- Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund: The Recent Supreme Court Decision
- Securities Litigation 2015: From Investigation to Trial
- Supreme Court and Social Media: Bringing the First Amendment into the 21st Century
Professional Skills:
Real Estate:
- Commercial Real Estate Financing 2015
- Making Sense of Mobilehomes – Homeowner and Tenants’ Rights
- Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements: Due Diligence, Documentation and Key Issues
If you’d like to order any of the above titles, please email the PLI Library Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.
Accessing the PLI Course Handbook Archive on Discover PLUS
Currently, the PLI Discover PLUS archive dates back to 2004 with more archived titles being added every week. Watch this video to learn how to access this treasure trove of content on Discover PLUS.
We will continue to add instructional videos to this channel, so stay tuned for more! Also, if you have any suggestions for future search tips videos, please contact the PLI Library Help Desk.
PLI Librarian Advisory Breakfast at AALL 2015
Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a Librarian Advisory Breakfast at the AALL 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference in Philadelphia.
At PLI, we recognize that past practices greatly affect future dealings and decisions, and we’re working hard to upload our vast archived content to PLI Discover PLUS, our eBook library containing our authoritative Treatises, Answer Books, Course Handbooks, Program Transcripts, and Legal Forms. Since PLI has been publishing authoritative secondary sources on legal matters since 1933, we are in a unique position to be able to provide our subscribers with a treasure trove of expert opinions. By the end of 2014, we had released over ten years of Course Handbook content going back to 2004, and we are continuing to provide subscribers with more archived titles every week.
During a breakfast discussion on Discover PLUS historical content, we will offer a participant the chance to explore their very own history: attendees will be placed in a drawing for a chance to WIN a FREE World Explorer Ancestry.com package
($224 value).
We will also demonstrate the exciting future enhancements that are currently planned for Discover PLUS.
SUNDAY, JULY 19
7:30 – 8:30 AM
Philadelphia Marriott
Please RSVP to libraryrelations@pli.edu, and we’ll include location details in
your confirmation.
We hope to see you in Philadelphia!
If there’s a vessel involved, you need Maritime Law Answer Book 2015.
Ninety percent of the world’s goods are carried in ships, with maritime commerce affecting nearly every product bought or sold in the United States.
With the modernization of the shipping industry, as well as traditional bank finance, shipping companies have gained access to the public markets in the United States, and many are now publicly held here. Add to this the global economic crisis and downturn in shipping markets, and both publicly and privately held shipping companies have sought protection from creditors under the Bankruptcy Act. It is therefore not unusual for lawyers of all types to have exposure to maritime law concepts.
If there’s a vessel involved, you need Maritime Law Answer Book 2015.
Written in a Q&A format, this volume includes step-by-step discussions of many of the unique and often confusing aspects of maritime law, including:
- The maritime arrest of vessels
- The exercise of pre-judgment attachment in maritime matters
- The handling of maritime limitation of liability proceedings
- A discussion of other unique aspects of maritime litigation
Written by partners at Winston & Strawn LLP with decades of maritime law experience, Maritime Law Answer Book 2015:
- Describes the maritime law considerations in buying, selling, financing, leasing, and operating vessels, while providing specific illustrative examples, practice tips, and guidance
- Offers a detailed discussion of the environmental laws and regulations that affect vessel owners, operators, and financiers
- Covers maritime disputes and dispute resolution, providing a clear discussion of maritime arbitration practice plus the current rules of the leading maritime arbitration organizations
If you’d like to order Maritime Law Answer Book 2015, please email PLI Library Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.
New Treatise! Global Business Fraud and the Law: Preventing and Remedying Fraud and Corruption
Anothe
r new PLI title has been added to Discover PLUS: Global Business Fraud and the Law: Preventing and Remedying Fraud and Corruption.
This brand-new book presents a comprehensive and practical guide to preventing business fraud and corruption, and remedying unlawful behavior should it occur. Expert practitioners from around the globe offer an international perspective based on their extensive experience.
Whether you run a company that operates across international borders or provide legal counsel to such a company, this book provides an invaluable resource.
Part I of Global Business Fraud and the Law explores the nuts and bolts of global compliance issues and potential for internal investigations that could confront organizations and individuals conducting international commerce.
Chapter 1 Design, Implementation, and Operation of Global Compliance Programs
Chapter 2 Considerations in Global Internal Investigations
Chapter 3 The Audit Committee’s Evolving Role in Overseeing Corporate Investigations
Chapter 4 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Chapter 5 Conducting an FCPA Internal Investigation
Chapter 6 Global Antitrust Cartel Enforcement: Identifying Risks and Ensuring Compliance
Chapter 7 The Economic Espionage Act
Chapter 8 International Intellectual Property Protection
Chapter 9 OFAC Enforcement of U.S. International Economic Sanctions
Part II provides country-specific practice guides to the law of business fraud and corruption in several countries key to global commerce:
Chapter 10 Brazil
Chapter 11 Russia
Chapter 12 India
Chapter 13 China
Chapter 14 Australia
Chapter 15 United States
Chapter 16 United Kingdom
If you’d like to order Global Business Fraud and the Law: Preventing and Remedying Fraud and Corruption, please email the PLI Library Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.
Updates to Public Company Deskbook: Complying with Federal Governance & Disclosure Requirements (3rd Edition)
“The most comprehensive of all the texts in the marketplace today.” – New York Law Journal
“The ‘bible’ for securities lawyers.” – Fortune Magazine
Expanded and completely reorganized to meet the needs of today’s increasingly prescriptive environment, Public Company Deskbook: Complying with Federal Governance and Disclosure Requirements is your one-stop center for expert counsel on how to deal effectively with the overlapping legislative, regulatory and private initiatives to reform public company governance and disclosure practices over the past decade.
The enhanced Deskbook provides in-depth practical guidance centered around each of the following areas: Board Structure & Governance; Shareholder Meetings; Audit Committee, Auditor Policy & Auditor Disclosure; Compensation Committee, Compensation Policy & Compensation Disclosure; Public Company Reporting & Compliance; and Corporate Investigations & Whistleblowing. Included are numerous sample forms, checklists and documents, such as sample committee charters, director and officer questionnaires and annual meeting timelines for both NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed companies. Also addressed are current shareholder relations, including the prevalence, SEC-profile and outcome of common shareholder proposals, an analysis of proxy-advisor withhold recommendations and a comprehensive activist update.
Written by three partners with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Public Company Deskbook: Complying with Federal Governance & Disclosure Requirements, Third Edition is an indispensable resource for securities practitioners, compliance officers, directors, officers, accountants, auditors, and research analysts, and an important reference for securities regulators.
If you’d like to order Public Company Deskbook: Complying with Federal Governance & Disclosure Requirements, Third Edition, please email PLI Library Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.