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PLI Discover PLUS allows you to easily manage your documents. Here’s a quick video on how to manage your documents and save materials to a bookshelf on PLUS. Check out the rest of our videos on the PLI Librarian YouTube channel!
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The Bankruptcy Deskbook was recently supplemented. That means print subscribers as well as PLI Discover PLUS subscribers have access to updated materials. This update includes:
Patient Care Ombudsman
When the debtor in Chapter 7, 9, or 11 is a “health care business,” the court is required to order the appointment of a patient care ombudsman unless it makes a specific finding that it is unnecessary. Two recent cases help clarify the extensive definition of “health care business” and spell out a four-part test for determining whether a debtor qualifies as such. To learn more, see § 1:3.7 and Discover PLUS subscribers can click here to automatically be taken to Chapter 1.
Adjudication of “Stern Claims”
In Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that when a bankruptcy court is not permitted by Article III of the Constitution to enter a final judgment on a core bankruptcy claim, the bankruptcy court should follow the procedures of the statute and submit to the district court for de novo review proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. To learn more, see § 2:1.2[C][1] and Discover PLUS subscribers can click here to automatically be taken to Chapter 2.
Exemptions from Property of the Estate
Retirement funds may be exempted under both state and federal law. In Clark v. Rameker, the Supreme Court resolved a split between the Seventh Circuit and the Fifth Circuit and ruled that inherited IRAs are not retirement funds for purposes of section 522(b)(3)(C), thus affirming the Seventh Circuit’s decision that affirmed the bankruptcy court’s order sustaining a trustee’s objection to the debtor’s claimed exemption in such funds. To learn more, see § 7:4 and Discover PLUS subscribers can click here to automatically be taken to Chapter 7.
PLI Discover PLUS, our eBook library, is routinely updated to ensure that you have immediate access to the most recent industry information regarding changes in regulatino, rulings, and standard practices. With PLI Discover PLUS, the subscription value is steadily increasing with the addition of new content. Check out this one-page flyer documenting the value of PLI Discover PLUS.
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The library team at PLI is happy to announce the addition of the Discover PLUS search box. This search widget can be embedded into any page you choose whether it’s your library’s intranet page or standard webpage. It’s our mission to deliver you the most up-to-date valuable information in the most efficient way possible. This new search box will allow your organization and patrons a direct line to over 4,000 segments of legal research. This simple and easy search box allows you to enter a search query without having to open a new window with our designated web address.
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The Carolina Blawg once again made their patrons aware of the Katherine Everett Law Library’s subscription to PLI Discover PLUS! As posted “PLI Discover Plus is a good place for students in transition-to-practice courses to find forms for agreements and pleadings. In addition, there are complete transcripts of PLI seminars and the full texts of hundreds of PLI course books and treatises.”
Do you subscribe to PLI Discover PLUS? If so, a blog post or library page is a great way to spread the word to your patrons. Contact the PLI Library Help Desk for images and information you can add to your blogs, intranet, subject guides, practice area pages, listservs, or any other way you’re reaching your patrons!
PLI Discover PLUS has hundreds of program transcripts available at your fingertips. Here’s a quick video on how to search for transcripts on PLUS. Check out the rest of our videos on the PLI Librarian YouTube channel!
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Nature photographer David Slater asked the Wikimedia Commons website to take down photos he contends he owns the copyright too. The request was refused because the pictures in question were taken by a monkey who grabbed the camera and appeared to enjoy the sound of snapping photos. The monkey took hundreds of pictures, including selfies.
You can read more about the decision here: Monkey selfies do not qualify for copyright protection, US regulators say
You can also learn about copyright law in PLI Discover PLUS. We have books, forms and program transcripts covering the topic, including Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law, Advanced Copyright Law Annual Review 2014, and the Fundamentals of Copyright Law in the Data Era 2014.
The New York Times recently addressed the issue of jury service questions in their article “TV Habits? Medical History? Tests for Jury Duty Get Personal”. The article brings into light how jury questionnaires have become increasingly more frequent in US courts. By requesting these questionnaires, lawyers and jury consultants are able to investigate the beliefs of their jurors in regards to the case. As a result, they are able to evaluate the jury box for any bias.
Several high profile and current trials were mentioned. When researching this topic of jury questionnaire, PLI Discover PLUS can provide expert-authored, secondary source materials. PLUS provides you with access to sample jury questionnaires along with an analysis of trials like People of the State v. Kobe Bryant Jury Questionnaire. Click here for a sample search you can perform on PLUS to find these relevant documents.
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