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Popular Titles on PLI PLUS

The tallies are in! Here are the most accessed Treatises/Practice Guides and Answer Books on PLI PLUS in 2023:

  1. The Corporate Tax Practice Series: Strategies for Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings (Second Edition)
  2. Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn’t Teach You (Second Edition)
  3. Private Equity Funds: Formation and Operation (Second Edition)
  4. An Associate’s First Year: A Guide to Thriving at a Law Firm
  5. Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and Related Problems (Fifth Edition)
  6. Art Law: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers & Artists (Fifth Edition)
  7. Technology Transactions: A Practical Guide to Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Agreements
  8. Stepping It Up: A Guide for Mid-Level Law Firm Associates
  9. Langer on Practical International Tax Planning (Fifth Edition)
  10. Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book (2023 Edition)

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Popular Titles on PLI PLUS

The tallies are in. Here are the popular Treatises and Answer Books on PLI PLUS right now.

  1. The Corporate Tax Practice Series (Second Edition)
  2. The Partnership Tax Practice Series (Second Edition)
  3. Private Equity Funds (Second Edition)
  4. Investment Adviser Regulation (Third Edition)
  5. Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn’t Teach You (Second Edition)
  6. Initial Public Offerings: A Practical Guide to Going Public (Second Edition)
  7. Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer’s Guide to Effective Writing and Editing (Fourth Edition)
  8. Sack on Defamation (Fifth Edition)
  9. Friedman on Leases (Sixth Edition)
  10. Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book (2021 Edition)

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New Edition! Consumer Financial Services Answer Book

Consumer Financial Services Answer Book (2020 Edition), written in a clear and accessible Q&A format, provides financial service lawyers and compliance professionals with the practical guidance needed to fully understand and comply with the various laws governing consumer financial services.

This comprehensive guide includes contributions from the well-regarded consumer financial services teams at three law firms—Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; McGlinchey Stafford; and Dykema Gosset PLLC—as well as from other prominent practitioners.

Highlights from the 2020 edition:

  • Comprehensive coverage of key governing statutes and regulations, including the all-important Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as the core federal laws affecting consumer lending, such as the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
  • A chapter on CFPB enforcement answers questions about the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, explaining the structure of the Office of Enforcement, the scope of its authority, the procedures it follows in enforcement investigations and action, and the nature of its enforcement activity to date.
  • Detailed discussions of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the laws governing unfair and deceptive acts and practices.
  • Chapters dedicated to a variety of specific consumer finance industries, including mortgage lending and servicing, automotive finance, the credit card industry, military lending and loan relief, and short-term lending.

Order your print copy today. 

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New Edition! Health Care M&A Answer Book

M&A activity in the health care industry is at its highest level since the 1980s. Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book (2019 Edition) provides the reader with a roadmap to this booming sector, offering practical advice on how to address the various industry-specific issues arising in health care acquisitions. Its broad coverage, presented in Q&A format, is organized into four parts — structuring transactions, due diligence, documentation, and special topics.

Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book analyzes recent health care transactions and provides practice tips on how to avoid the various pitfalls that may be encountered while working on health care transactions. It covers dealmaking involving pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals, health insurers and private equity and financial services firms investing in the health care sector.

In addition to transactions involving outright acquisitions of health care companies, Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book reviews alternative structures used in health care M&A transactions, such as joint ventures, strategic alliances, product and portfolio acquisitions, option transactions, and licensing and collaboration agreements.

This essential answer book is available on PLI PLUS. If you would like to purchase a print copy, please email libraryrelations@pli.edu.

Financial Institutions Answer Book—2019 Edition just published!

Financial Institutions Answer Book provides a comprehensive overview of the complex federal requirements regulating financial institutions in the United States.

Every aspect of a financial institution’s life cycle is covered, from understanding the differences in regulation based on what type of charter is chosen, through ongoing capital and deposit activities requirements and major changes in corporate control, to the cessation of entity activity through merger, acquisition, or entity failure.

Financial Institutions Answer Book is a practical Q&A reference covering a range of topics related to law, governance, and compliance, including:
• Creation of branch offices
• Deposit Activity
• Corporate governance
• Executive compensation
• Deposit insurance requirements
• Insider and affiliate transactions
• Anti-money laundering and U.S. trade sanctions
• Examination and audit
• Privacy and data security

Reflecting the increased federal concern with fraud, money laundering and protecting the federal taxpayer from bank defaults, individual chapters are devoted to describing in detail the federal enforcement agencies and their powers, anti-money laundering and other fraud issues, the required examinations and audit process, and recent regulatory approaches to problem banks and failure.

This Answer Book is available on PLI PLUS. If you would like to order a print copy, please contact libraryrelations@pli.edu.

New Edition! Labor Management Law Answer Book

Labor Management Law Answer Book (2019 Edition) is a concise overview of the controlling provisions of the NLRA and the other major federal labor legislation. The labor and employment experts at Jones Day provide, in question-and-answer format, detailed guidance on the rights and obligations of employees, employers, management, and unions. This useful resource provides the information you need for effective planning and decision-making, and examines important and challenging issues that often arise in relation to:

Labor Management Law Answer Book covers the important and challenging issues involving labor-related rights in the workplace and is an ideal resource for every professional who represents the interests of employees, employers, management, or unions.

This essential answer book is available on PLI PLUS. If you would like to order a print copy, please contact libraryrelations@pli.edu.

New Edition! Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book (2019 Edition)

Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book is an easy-to-use guide to the reach of the insider trading laws, the specifics that must be proved in court, the available defenses, the penalties, the current approaches taken by the SEC and the Department of Justice to insider trading violations, and the best compliance policies and procedures for firms to enact to minimize the chances of a violation.

More than two dozen experts at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP share their knowledge in clear and succinct question-and-answer format. Updated with the latest key court decisions, the book provides timely and practical information for investors, corporate insiders, professional traders, investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other participants in the securities industry, as well as insights and analysis for the lawyers who advise and represent them.

Some highlights of the 2019 Edition:

  • New chapter: Insider Trading Law and Commodity Interests. Recent rulemaking and high-profile CFTC enforcement actions have made it clear that market participants and their counsel must be familiar with insider trading law as it applies to the commodity futures and derivatives markets. This new chapter explains the prohibitions on insider trading in the commodity futures market, compares the statutory provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act, compares CFTC Rule 180.1 and the SEC Rule 10b-5, and discusses two recent “plant-the-flag” enforcement actions.
  • Are cryptocurrencies securities? In answering that question, the SEC signaled it will apply the “investment contract” test from Howey. Under that test, cryptocurrencies themselves might not be securities, but ICOs or other products sold to investors using cryptocurrencies as the underlying asset would be.
  • Nonpublic information and the Internet. See chapter 7 for new discussion of whether an issuer’s website can be a “recognized channel of distribution” for disclosures and whether information disclosed via social media is considered public.

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