Category Archives: PLI Press

New Edition! Legal Guide to the Business of Cannabis and Hemp

Legal Guide to the Business of Cannabis and Hemp (2026 Edition) provides essential guidance for lawyers representing clients in the fast-growing field of legal cannabis and hemp industries. Including a basic definition of the products which fall under the legal cannabis category, this practice guide also features a review of the compliance, policy, and political issues involved in state-by-state legalization and federal enforcement.

Highlights of the new update include:

Updates to the DEA’s attempts to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III (Chapter 2, Federal Law and the Regulation of Cannabis)

Discussion of Congress’s introduction of section 781 of Public Law 119-37 to close the “hemp loophole” in the 2018 Farm Bill, with a focus on the emergence of intoxicating hemp products in the intervening years (Chapter 15, Delta-8 THC and Other Intoxicating Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids)

Coverage of the transformative shift in psychedelic medicine, including clinical trial updates, a presidential order regarding psychedelic therapies, and updates to the FDA’s guidance (Chapter 17, The Regulation of Psychedelic Medicines)

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New Skills Book: In the Spotlight: Turn What You Know into Thought Leadership That Drives Growth

PLI Press is proud to announce the publication of a new skills book!

In the Spotlight: Turn What You Know into Thought Leadership That Drives Growth draws from author Ioana Good’s nearly thirty years of experience across multiple fields—including journalism, crisis response, corporate communications, and public relations—to provide readers with practical guidance to increase business growth.

Packed with templates, frameworks, and examples, this skills book provides readers with actionable items to define their authority and utilize it as a growth tool.

Guidance includes:

Behavior-building recommendations for increasing credibility

PR planning checklists

A crisis communications toolkit

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Treatise Update: Practitioner’s Deskbook on Evidence

Practitioner’s Deskbook on Evidence provides litigators with a comprehensive guide to evidence law and practice, combining analysis of the Federal Rules of Evidence and key case law with practical insights drawn from courtroom experience. Covering topics ranging from hearsay, expert testimony, and cross-examination to electronic evidence and evidentiary privileges, this resource helps practitioners navigate complex evidentiary issues with confidence.

Highlights of the update include:

Chapter 12, Impeachment and Rehabilitation, features a new discussion of the circuit court’s authority over a criminal defendant in particular appeals of trial court rulings

Chapter 13, Expert Testimony and Lay Opinion Testimony, provides an in-depth examination of State v. Nieves with particular focus on criminal prosecutions of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a minor

Chapter 16, Evidentiary Privileges, discusses United States v. Heppner, which dealt with artificial intelligence platforms and attorney-client or work product privileges

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New Book: A Guide to Creating an Effective AI Corporate Compliance Program

PLI Press is proud to announce the publication of A Guide to Creating an Effective AI Corporate Compliance Program.

This invaluable guide to those professionals navigating the landscape of artificial intelligence and its effects on compliance provides readers with a practical framework to understand the fundamental mechanics behind artificial intelligence and thus better understand its intersection with various sectors.

Topics covered include:

Navigating the New Frontier of Corporate Compliance

How Do Artificial Intelligence Systems Actually Work?

AI Systems: Historical Perspectives

Toolkit for Artificial Intelligence Risk Management and Compliance

The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Compliance

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Law Students! Call for Papers

TOPIC: Access to Justice: Impactful Approaches

Practising Law Institute (PLI) is pleased to announce our second annual call for law student papers. The selected article(s) will be published in the PLI Chronicle our open access periodical.

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For this call for papers, the PLI Chronicle is seeking submissions that explore student perspectives on access to justice initiatives.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Impactful efforts by your law school community to address access to justice issues and provide civil legal services to low-income individuals
The intersection of legal education and access to justice efforts
Resources for law students who are interested in access to justice initiatives or related careers
How access to justice initiatives are utilizing emerging AI technologies
What access to justice initiatives appear most effective from your view as a law student

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Eligibility: Students currently enrolled in law school
Required materials: Article, brief résumé or CV, law school name, and expected graduation year
Word limit: 2,500 words
File format: Microsoft Word
Citation Format: No footnotes, but hyperlinks to outside sources are welcome.
Generative AI Policy: Submissions must reflect the student’s original thinking and writing and may not be drafted using generative AI
How to Submit: Email plipress@pli.edu

DEADLINE: October 30, 2026

For more information About PLI and to learn more about PLI’s law student resources, visit PLI’s Law School Hub at PLI.edu/law-school.

New Edition: Social Media and the Law

Social Media and the Law (2026 Edition) examines the use of social media in various legal contexts, such as privacy, civil litigation, employment, criminal activity and prosecution, intellectual property, defamation, advertising, and regulated industries. This treatise discusses relevant legislation, court opinions, usage trends, and industry responses.

Highlights of this new edition include:

Chapter 1, The Social Media Landscape and Chapter 5, Defamation, Other Torts, and Related Cybercrimes, both discuss the March 2026 jury verdict against Meta platforms and Alphabet, owner of Google, in the case where the plaintiffs alleged that the Instagram, Facebook and YouTube platforms are intentionally designed to cause addiction and related mental and physical ailments to children and teens

Chapter 6, Employment and Workplace Issues, covers an additional finding from the National Labor Relations Board in which a plaintiff’s social media posts regarding her workplace conditions were considered concerted activity and therefore covered by Section 7 of the NLRA

Chapter 9, Crimes, Prosecution, and Evidence, addresses the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act (Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act) into law, covering the requirements of social media sites and apps to establish notice and removal procedures. This chapter also covers a recent federal district court decision that suggests using AI for legal communicans may waive attorney-client privilege and expose those communications in litigation

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Treatise Update: Employment Discrimination: A Practitioner’s Deskbook

Employment Discrimination: A Practitioner’s Deskbook is a comprehensive guide-source for employment practitioners and anyone interested in managing workplace risk when confronted with employment discrimination and harassment claims. As social change movements continue to shape society and, by extension, the workplace, this treatise serves as a valuable resource and reference for employment law practitioners and individuals interested in helping their organizations effectively navigate employment discrimination-related investigations, mediations, litigations, and jury trials.

This book was recently updated to address:

The most recent amendment to the New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law that created a cause of action for claims that predate the 2000 enactment of the law itself
A 2026 amendment to the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act to provide that an employer may not unilaterally include a clause in a settlement or termination agreement that prohibits the employee from making truthful statements or disclosures regarding unlawful employment practices
Cases determining when a plaintiff’s post-employment social media posts can be entered into evidence in a discrimination action
A federal court declaring unlawful and vacating portions of the proposed guidance on harassment in the workplace as contrary to law

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Treatise Update: Cyber Insurance Claims, Case Law, and Risk Management

Cyber Insurance Claims, Case Law, and Risk Management provides a comprehensive analysis of the shifting and escalating cyber claim landscape as it pertains to insurance coverage and overall risk management. Featuring in-depth case and insurance policy analysis and discussion of loss mitigation steps, along with chapter summaries that can serve as quick reference checklists for practitioners, this treatise focuses on the relationships between insurance on the one hand and attack vectors and resulting liability on the other, so that risk management options can be considered.

Highlights of the new supplement include:

Chapter 1, Cyber Exposure and Risk Management, discusses notable cyber security and privacy incidents, as well as significant regulatory actions arising from cyber incidents

Chapter 4, Insurance Coverage Disputes Involving Cyber Insurance Policies, reviews the outcomes of litigation covered by dedicated cyber insurance policies regarding coverage for cyber incidents

Chapter 6, Computer Fraud and Crime Insurance Coverage, highlights cases involving computer fraud and crime insurance policies

Chapter 11, Cyber Claim Coverage Under Other Liability Insurance Products, Including D&O, CGL, and E&O Policies, dives into litigation associated with disputed coverage within other liability insurance policies

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New Skills Book: Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything Is Changing

Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything Is Changing focuses on the ways in which law firms can reinvent themselves amid seismic change in the legal industry. Themes are examined through the lens of a fictional law firm, as it conducts a week-long retreat designed to confront disruptive forces such as generative AI, client power shifts, hybrid work, and outdated economic models.

The story reveals the messy human realities of change: fear, resistance, hope, and the courage to design something better. Along the way, readers gain insight into design thinking, change management, lawyer development, client centric service delivery, and alternative pricing—presented not as abstract theory but as lived experience inside a firm fighting for its future.

Reading like a page-turner, each chapter is filled with practical tools such as reflection questions, frameworks, agendas, and exercises—such as an empathy workshop and empathy interviews, providing readers with a model they can adapt to their own organizations. The result is an engaging, accessible blueprint for law firm leaders, legal innovators, academics, and other legal professionals who want to shape the next era of practice rather than be shaped by it.

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Treatise Update: Commercial Ground Leases

Commercial Ground Leases (Fourth Edition) provides readers with a definitive guide to drafting, negotiating, and finalizing equitable, error-free leasing documents for both landlord and tenant. Full of numerous appendices, including forms of letter of intent, leasehold mortgagee protection clauses, intercreditor agreements, fee and leasehold deed of trust provisions, estoppel certificate and guaranty, and a complete ground lease with many alternative clauses, this treatise’s adaptable, time-saving language makes it an invaluable resource.

Highlights of the updated information include:

Chapter 1, The Truth About Ground Leases, and Chapter 2, Preliminary Agreements and Letters of Intent, features new material on the covenant of good faith and fair dealing (Sections 1:7.3 and 2:2.3)

Chapter 12, Development of Improvements, includes an expanded discussion of completion guaranties (Section 12:3.4)

Chapter 19, Default and Redemption, contains new material regarding a landlord’s duty to mitigate if the tenant defaults, and the leaseholder walks away (Section 19:1.4)

Chapter 23, Multiparcel Development, presents new material on deal structure—particularly a development agreement for the entire property, defining several parcels for sequential development and allowing the developer to lease each parcel over a time schedule (Section 23:2)

Updated Table of Authorities and Index

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