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Treatise Update: Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age (Second Edition)

Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age is a comprehensive reference on the laws governing every area where data privacy and security is potentially at risk — including government records, electronic surveillance, the workplace, medical data, financial information, commercial transactions, and online activity, including communications involving children. This book gives crucial guidance on how to establish compliance programs that adhere to both federal and state regulations. The aim is to ensure data privacy and security, prevent cybercrime, and avoid potential consequences such as fines, penalties, legal cases, damages, and negative publicity.

Highlights from the new release include updates to the following chapters:

Chapter 4 discusses recent FTC focus on the consumer protection and competition risks associated with algorithms, AI, and automatic tools, including its employment of enforcement tools to disincentivize companies from using data that was wrongfully collected to develop AI.
Chapter 9 talks about a new standard set forth by the NLRB for determining whether an employer rule unlawfully interferes with employees’ exercise of Section 7 rights, overturning its prior standard. Under the current approach, following a showing that a challenged rule is presumptively unlawful, the employer can rebut the presumption by establishing that the rule is necessary to advance a legitimate and substantial business interest that it would not be able to advance with a more narrowly tailored rule.
Chapter 14 includes discussion of significant privacy protection developments globally, including in Argentina, India, Israel, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, and Vietnam.

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PLI PLUS offers unlimited electronic access to more than 4,500 downloadable, searchable, and editable legal forms ready for use in your practice. In an effort to highlight this unique content type, we’ve selected one form per month and made it available for anyone to download for free – no subscription required.

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IPO Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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Treatise Update: Friedman and Smith on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property (Eighth Edition)

Friedman and Smith on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property (Eighth Edition) delivers essential information and guidance to practitioners in the field of real estate conveyancing by helping readers to carefully consider all of the issues and options before finalizing a contract, handle unexpected problems and contingencies, factor in a relevant case law when structuring sound agreements, and avoid drafting ambiguous or incomplete contracts. This book explains common law principles, and thousands of statutes and court decisions, creating a road map for readers on what course of action to take and what to avoid at every stage of real estate conveyancing.

Providing more than 140 sample forms, sample clauses, and checklists that simplify and accelerate transactions, Friedman and Smith on Contracts is a comprehensive guide to every aspect of real estate contracts and conveyances.

The new release includes updates on the following topics:

Statute of Frauds: New discussion covers the doctrine of ratification, which sometimes overcomes a violation of the statute of frauds (see section 5:13).
Standard Clauses in Contracts of Sale: Covers attorney review clauses and provides a sample clause commonly used in New York (see section 6:27).
Property Quality: Updated discussion of radon inspection clauses (see section 7:2.1) and express warranties of quality (see section 7:3).
Marketable Title: Discussion of lapse of time updated to cover outstanding mineral rights (see section 14:7.3).
Encumbrances: New discussion of federal tax liens, including which parties and what property are affected (see section 15:4.1).
Risk of Loss and Condemnation: Discussion of con-tract provisions on risk of loss updated with review of Warner v. Estate of Allen, 776 N.E.2d 422 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002) (see section 18:1.5[B]).
Deed Execution and Delivery: Updated introductory discussion of delivery of a deed (see section 27:2.1).
Deed Covenants of Title: Updated discussion of estoppel by deed (doctrine of after-acquired title) (see section 28:5).
Bona Fide Purchasers and Notice: Updated discussion of recitals of fact (see section 30:3.2).
Title Products: Updated discussion of the measure of recovery under a title insurance policy (see section 31:3.4)

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What’s New on PLI PLUS?

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

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Treatise Update: Fragomen on Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice (Fifth Edition)

Fragomen on Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice provides in-depth coverage of the rules, policies, and procedures related to key facets of immigration law in the United States. This includes employment-based and family-based immigration, other avenues for permanent residence, temporary (“nonimmigrant”) admissions for business, study, work, and other purposes, naturalization of foreign-born persons and acquisition of citizenship at birth, refugee and asylum law and other humanitarian protections under U.S. law, the denial of admission and removal of foreign nationals on security- and criminal-related grounds (and other statutory grounds), and the administrative and judicial review of unfavorable immigration determinations.

The new release includes updates to the following chapters:

Chapter 2 covers the new procedures pertaining to permanent labor certifications (PERM) that went into effect on June 1, 2023.
Chapter 5 discusses the new organizational account system for H-1B filings, under which multiple individuals within an organization and their immigration counsel can collaborate on and prepare registrations and petition filings.
Chapter 6 explains the USCIS guidance issued in September 2023 which establishes that asylum applicants must bring an interpreter to their interview if they are not fluent in English or wish to proceed with their interview in a language other than English.
Chapter 7 discusses a Texas law, S.B. 4, set to take effect in March 2024, which would create state offenses related to unlawful entry and unlawful presence which would allow Texas to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border without authorization. In February 2024, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction placing the law on temporary hold.

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Treatise Update: Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law

Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law focuses on the pivotal subject of substantial similarity and helps plaintiff and defense attorneys evaluate and advocate copyright infringement claims. The book illustrates how substantial similarity tests apply to specific kinds of copyrightable material—from fiction to computer programs, and from sound recordings to architectural works. Practitioners will learn how courts address substantial similarity at each stage of litigation from motion practice to trial, and when they can leverage expert witnesses to strengthen their claims or discredit their adversary.

Highlights from the new release include updates to the following chapters:

Chapter 2 discusses unprotectable material and “thin copyright”.
Chapter 3 provides updated discussion of the Ninth Circuit’s substantial similarity test and when dismissal on grounds of substantial similarity is appropriate.
Chapter 9 examines Gray v. Hudson, where the Ninth Circuit affirmed that an eight-note ostinato was not copyrightable.
Chapter 13 covers Structured Asset Sales, LLC v. Sheeran, the first case that expressly rejects an infringement claim based on a combination of individually unprotectable elements on grounds of numerosity.

The release provides new illustrations of the matters in issue in these cases:

Cub Club Inv. v. Apple Inc. (racially diverse emojis) (see new Appendix A.1.T)
Morford v. Cattelan (banana duct-taped to a wall) (see new Appendix A.2.L)
teamLab Inc. v. Museum of Dream Space, LLC (interactive, digital, audiovisual museum displays designed to immerse visitors in the vastness of the universe) (see new Appendix A.2.M)
ACT, Inc. v. Worldwide Interactive Network, Inc. (description of skills to be learned) (see new Appendix A.3.H)
Hanagami v. Epic Games Inc. (choreography) (see new Appendix A.3.I)
Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. (sweater) (see new Appendix A.9.W)
Advanta-STAR Auto. Research Corp. of Am. v. DealerCMO, Inc. (automobile comparison database) (see new Appendix A.9.X)
Klauber Bros., Inc. v. M.J.C.L.K., LLC (fabric designs) (see new Appendix A.9.Y)
Hayden v. Koons (serpent platform sculpture) (see new Appendix A.11.U)

In addition, the Table of Cases, the Defendant-Plaintiff Table, and the Index have been updated.

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Checklist of Cyber Legal Preparedness

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Treatise Update: Friedman on Leases (6th Edition)

Friedman on Leases clarifies and analyzes the full range of lease provisions and conceivable landlord-tenant situations to give you unsurpassed practical instruction on how to negotiate and draft airtight agreements that protect your clients’ rights and minimize their liability exposure.

Packed with numerous case decisions with commentary and valuable sample lease clauses and agreements, practitioners will be able to draft, negotiate, and amend every essential document involved in commercial leasing, modify lease provisions for the full variety of landlord-tenant arrangements, anticipate and resolve problematic transaction developments, avoid drafting errors, deal with difficult issues specific to assignments, subletting, renewals, take-over leases, percentage leases, and other challenging aspects of commercial leasing.

The new release includes the following updates:

Chapter 2 discusses Florida’s recently enacted legislation that restricts non-citizens who are domiciled either in China or other specified “countries of interest” from purchasing or acquiring any interest in real property in the state.
Chapter 3 dives into express parking rights, including the latest case development.
Chapter 4 provides an updated discussion on the possible right of bankruptcy trustee to terminate tenant’s lease rights, including the latest case developments.
Chapter 5 covers tenant’s obligation to pay associated interest, penalties, and costs imposed due to tenant’s non-payment of real estate taxes, and includes a clause making clear tenant’s liability for such obligations.
Chapter 6 provides commentary on implied duties of continuous operation.

The Table of Cases and Index have also been updated.

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Treatise Update: Hillman on Commercial Loan Documentation (6th Edition)

Hillman on Commercial Loan Documentation offers practical guidance on how to document transactions in ways that secure lenders’ interests, minimize their risks, and protect them from liability. Packed with time-saving sample forms and sample drafting language, this book allows you to craft more quickly and confidently the full range of relevant documents, including loan agreements, security agreements, financing statements, pledges, guaranties, and opinion letters. This book also illustrates how to create loan closing checklists that ensure every key step is taken to get solid deals done and how to draft agreements that protect lenders from environmental risks, resolve conflicts with creditors, and allow lenders to capitalize on lucrative financing opportunities.

The new release includes the following updates:

Revised § 20:2.1, Evidence of Property Insurance, explains that an ordinary “loss payee” clause may not protect the lender against the borrower’s arson, insurance fraud, or negligence.
Revised § 24:2.1, The Debtor Changes Its Name, explains that under the federal REAL ID regulations, an individual’s driver’s license must include the debtor’s full middle name, not just a middle initial, possibly making a filing “seriously misleading.”
New § 24:9, Changes in the Means of Perfection, examines the 2022 Code amendments adding control to the perfection techniques for controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, controllable payment intangibles, and electronic money.

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