Category Archives: PLI PLUS

Seeing the Value in PLI Discover PLUS

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.

Don’t have a subscription to PLI Discover PLUS and interested in learning more? Contact the PLI Library Help Desk  or call 877-900-5291.

Now you can access PLI Discover PLUS with a Search Widget

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.

Interested in adding this to your webpage? Write us at discoverplus@pli.edu and we’ll send you the code.
Or you can test drive the search from our blog.

PLI Discover PLUS Featured on UNC’s Carolina Blawg!

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.”

UNC blog

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 – Transcripts Video

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!

We will continue to add instructional videos to this channel, so stay tuned for more!  And if you have any suggestions on search tips videos you would like to see, please contact the PLI Library Help Desk .

Copyright News: Monkey Selfies

open_law_bookNature 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.

Need Materials on Jury Duty Questionnaires? PLI Discover PLUS Has What You Need!

gavelThe 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.

Do you need any search assistance?  Contact the PLI Library Relations team by email at PLI Library Help Desk

 

 

PLI’s Anti-Money Laundering Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Law and Compliance on PR Newswire

Anti-Money LaunderingPLI’s new Treatise, Anti-Money Laundering Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Law and Compliance, was noted as a resourceful guide on PR Newswire.  You can purchase the book by clicking here.  Anti-Money Laundering Deskbook is also available on our eBook library platform PLI Discover PLUS.  Interested in learning more about this book or PLI Discover PLUS?  Contact PLI’s Library Relations team at PLI Library Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

 

Anti-Money Laundering Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Law and Compliance – Book Review  

August 4, 2014

Nicole S. Healy. 2014. Anti-Money Laundering Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Law and Compliance. Practising Law Institute: New York. 460 pags. $395 from publisher; $375.25 from Amazon.com

NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Practising Law Institute (PLI) announces the release of their newest title, Anti-Money Laundering Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Law and Compliance.

Author Nicole S. Healy (Ropers Majeski Kohn Bently PC) provides a thorough discussion of all the major U.S. cases considering money laundering activity, describes the programs of the major international anti-money laundering (AML) organizations, and offers a suggested model for an effective AML compliance program.

Anti-Money Laundering Deskbook serves as an indispensable, time-saving roadmap to the federal statutory framework. AML compliance professionals and attorneys alike will turn to this new guide for Ms. Healy’s insight and expertise in this complex area.

The single-volume Anti-Money Laundering Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Law and Compliance is priced at $395 and is available for a 30-day free examination.

About Practising Law Institute (PLI) www.pli.edu

Practising Law Institute (PLI) is the most prestigious nonprofit continuing legal education organization dedicated to providing the legal community with the most up-to-date information available. Founded in 1933, PLI’s continuing mission is to enhance the professionalism of attorneys and other qualified persons by providing the highest quality and most innovative programs. PLI also offers One-Hour Audio Briefings, Online CLE, Publications and other services to enable attorneys to practice law competently and ethically, and to fulfill pro bono responsibilities. PLI offers more than 400 programs annually in locations across the U.S., and in London, Hong Kong, and Latin America, as well as Live Webcasts, interactive multimedia, Course Handbooks and annually supplemented Treatises, and the Discover PLUS eBook library. In addition, PLI annually awards over 40,000 scholarships to our programs. Its more than 4,000 speakers include the most prominent lawyers, judges, investment bankers, corporate counsel, and U.S. and international regulators. Learn more about PLI at www.pli.edu.

PLI Discover PLUS – Search Tips Video

Check out our new PLI Librarians YouTube channel!  The videos on this channel provide an overview of PLI Discover PLUS, along with search tips on how to locate a book through the Browse tab.

We will continue to add to this channel with additional search tips so make sure to keep checking in.  If you have any suggestions for other search tips videos, please contact the PLI Library Help Desk team.