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PLI’s team of library relations managers are available to answer any questions you may have about PLI PLUS, the online research database of PLI Press. While PLI PLUS is intuitive, we have heard frequently that trainings are helpful in optimizing the user experience and reducing time spent searching for content. PLI’s team of library relations managers are available at your fingertips! Schedule a one-on-one session with a PLI librarian today!

Happy National Library Week!

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Happy National Library Week from our library team to yours! As information professionals living in the information age, librarians are more important than ever. We are proud to work with so many amazing librarians and knowledge workers to provide attorneys, students, and legal professionals with access to expert-authored legal analysis and practice-oriented content.

You are invited to participate in the Library Week celebration with the PLI PLUS Scavenger Hunt!

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Head over to PLI PLUS, and put your research skills to the test!

The first two people to answer all three of the following questions correctly will be entered to win a copy of Knowledge Management and Innovation by Patrick Dundas.

  1. Name the author who mentions To Kill a Mockingbird and the movie Jagged Edge in the same chapter.
  2. What is the oldest item on PLUS?
  3. Find the book on PLUS that has the most forms.

Please submit your answers to plus@pli.edu and put “PLUS Scavenger Hunt” in the subject field.

Winners will be notified via email on April 19th.

Treatise Update- International Corporate Practice: A Practitioner’s Guide to Global Success

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International Corporate Practice provides guidance on building a comprehensive global legal department and includes advice on structuring, staffing, and budgeting, as well as the use of foreign legal consultants and outsourcing.

Written by some of the nation’s leading corporate attorneys, this book will help you to develop compliance programs that minimize clients’ legal exposure in foreign markets, commercialize intellectual property, evaluate successful mergers and acquisitions abroad, structure effective international project financing transactions, ensure clients satisfy international guidelines crucial to their global viability, and manage legal challenges facing clients overseas.

The new release includes updates to the following chapters:

The Index has also been updated for this release.

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PLI PLUS subscribers can access this title through their subscription.

Free Legal Form of the Month

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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.

April’s free form:

Illustrative Timeline for Traditional Plan Approval Process

More information about Legal Forms & Checklists:

  • Forms & Checklists Flyer – This flyer provides an overview of the forms & checklists on PLI PLUS and highlights a handful of popular examples.
  •  Popular PLUS Forms – This flyer provides a list of the top five most downloaded forms in prominent practice areas on PLI PLUS.

Send us an email at plus@pli.edu to learn more.

Treatise Update- Patent Litigation (3rd Edition)

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Patent Litigation (3rd Edition) is an indispensable practical resource for every patent litigator. This treatise increases your ability to prevail at trial while helping you cut the costs and complexity of litigation. Written by leading patent litigators, this treatise helps guide it’s readers through the litigation process, helping them to understand various infringement actions and their respective burdens of proof; conduct comprehensive pre-suit investigations that streamline your cases; develop potent case themes; assemble strong litigation teams; get an early edge over opponents during discovery; reduce expenses by developing smart litigation budgets; maximize the persuasive impact of documents, exhibits, and lay and expert witnesses; and fortify their case while controlling costs by making savvy use of computers, jury consultants, and litigation support vendors.

Highlights of this release include:

  • Corporate disclosures under Rule 7.1 and the hotly debated issue of whether recent court-imposed disclosure requirements are justified or permissible (see section 3:7).
  • Case law from the federal circuit vacating a preliminary injunction that barred a patentee from informing the accused infringer’s customers of patent infringement because the accused infringer had not shown the infringement accusations to be unreasonable or objectively baseless as a matter of literal infringement or infringement under the doctrine of equivalents (see section 10:3.2).
  • Examples of courtroom technology available in common patent venues (see section 11:7.4).
  • The important role played by the Office of Unfair Import Investigations in section 337 proceedings before and after complaint filing (see section 14:4.4).
  • An expanded discussion of the remedies available in an ITC litigation (see section 14:4.9).
  • A new section on the public interest factors that the ITC must consider in fashioning a remedy (see section 14:4.10).

The Index and Table of Authorities have also been updated.

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PLI PLUS subscribers can access this title through their subscription.

New Title! Income Taxation of Property Acquired from a Decedent

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PLI Press is proud to announce the publication of the new practice guide Income Taxation of Property Acquired from a Decedent.

Income Taxation of Property Acquired from a Decedent presents clear and comprehensive guidance on the favorable income tax rules related to property acquired from a decedent, such as the exclusion from gross income and the step-up in basis. By offering planning opportunities and strategies while also highlighting potential traps and discrepancies, the book helps readers navigate the complexities in the Internal Revenue Code to achieve favorable estate and income tax outcomes.

Notably,  Income Taxation of Property Acquired from a Decedent covers the following important topics:

  • Exclusion from Gross Income (Chapter 1)
  • Basis, Character, and Holding Period (Chapter 2)
  • Basis of Property Includible in Decedent’s Gross Estate (Chapter 3)
  • Basis of Trust Property (Chapter 4)
  • Basis of Entity Interests and Entity Property (Chapter 5)

In addition, this treatise gives guidance on estate planning (see Chapter 7) and addresses postmortem considerations (see Chapter 8).

We are excited to share this new title with you!

PLUS Subscribers can access this title with their subscription.

Order a print copy today.

Is your library interested in subscribing to PLI’s Standing Order Plan (SOP)? SOP subscribers automatically receive print copies of new titles to review upon release.  If you decide to keep the title, you will receive a discount up to 25% off the title and all future supplements. Call 877.900.5291 or email libraryrelations@pli.edu to learn more.

New Editions! SEC Compliance and Disclosure Series

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PLI Press is proud to announce the publication of new editions to all three books in the SEC Compliance and Disclosure Series – Master the 8-K, Master the 10-K and 10-Q, and Master the Proxy Statement.

These step-by-step guides deliver clear explanations, comprehensive information, and essential practice tips to implement or refine corporate disclosure controls and procedures to ensure accurate and timely filings. Master the 8-K offers updated direction on filing the SEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K. Master the 10-K and 10-Q gives instructions and analysis to ensure accurate and timely filings. Master the Proxy Statement advises companies on year-end disclosures and preparing proxy materials. The series includes sample language, detailed appendices, key regulations, and related forms and checklists.

Some of the highlights from the recently published editions include:

Master the 8-K:

  • The latest guidance on the instances in which an employment relationship or transaction and any resulting compensation involving an executive officer need not be disclosed (see Appendix 7, Section 5(a)(iii))
  • Added information on purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers (see Appendix 2, Section 26)
  • A new appendix dedicated to Regulation S-K, Item 106 Cybersecurity (see Appendix 11)

Master the 10-K and 10-Q:

  • Additional explanation of the information to be provided on the cover page of an Annual Report on Form 10-K including a new section on “clawback” disclosures (see Section 1:11)
  • Notification on updates to the disclosures required by Item 408(d) of Regulation S-K (see Section 3:8.4)
  • Communication about items required to be disclosed under Item 703 of Regulation S-K (see Section 8:3.6)  

Master the Proxy Statement:

Order print copies of the new editions of Master the 8-K, Master the 10-K and 10-Q, and Master the Proxy Statement today.  The books of the series can be purchased individually as standalone guides or purchase all three for the full series.

PLI PLUS subscribers can access these titles through their subscription.

What’s New on PLI PLUS

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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.

Click here to see what we added in March 2024!