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Spotlight on: Initial Public Offerings: A Practical Guide to Going Public

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And check out some of the great peer praise this Treatise has received:

“There is no better practical tool for anyone needing an in-depth, step-by-step guide to the IPO process.”
— Larry Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

“A detailed step-by-step guide that every practitioner should have.”
— Broc Romanek, Editor of The CorporateCounsel.net

“A must-read for company executives, securities lawyers, and capital markets professionals alike.”
— John Tyree, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

“The essential IPO guide for venture capitalists and the companies they fund.”
— Jonathan A. Flint, Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, Polaris Ventures

“All participants in the [IPO] process — even the hardiest veterans — will find something in this book that they didn’t know before they picked it up.”
— Keith F. Higgins, Ropes & Gray LLP

“An invaluable and comprehensive resource for the experienced practitioner and novice entrepreneur alike.”
— Richard D. Truesdell, Jr., Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

 

PLI Course Handbooks Published in January 2013

Listed below are the PLI Course Handbooks that were published in January 2013:

Commercial Law and Practice

Corporate Law and Practice

Litigation and Administrative Practice

Real Estate Law and Practice

Tax Law and Estate Planning

If you have any questions or would like to order a title, please email the Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

2013 Answer Book Catalog

Answer-BooksWritten by attorneys from acclaimed law firms, PLI Answer Books provide readers with a complete understanding of relevant practice issues that arise in each of the selected subject matter areas.  Our Answer Books provide step-by-step, comprehensive explanations of the regulations and issues practitiones are likely to encounter.

Each title in the series uses an easily understood Q&A format so that pertinent questions can be answered quickly. What’s more, every Answer Book also includes both practice pointers and checklists that assist in explaining every day client questions.

The 2013 Answer Book catalog can be viewed here.

Contact the PLI  Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291 if you would like a hard copy of the catalog or to order an Answer Book!

New Title! Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings

In January 2013, PLI published Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings.

Determining the proper construction of patent claims is the necessary prelude to any inquiry as to whether those claims have been infringed, and this construction takes place in “a litigation system that is unique to patent cases.” Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings is a succinct guide to both claim construction and the special procedures that have evolved to accomplish such construction.

Since the decisions of the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court in Markman v. Westview Instruments, it has been clear that patent claim construction is a question of law exclusively for the court, not something to be submitted to the jury. Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings explains the guiding principles that the courts use, the intrinsic and extrinsic evidence they consider, and the effect of prior constructions of the same claim. Since “rules” of construction are hard to come by, the book provides insight into the process by fully discussing how judges have decided upon particular claim constructions.

The law as it has developed after Markman, makes it clear that there is no mandated or standard procedure to accomplish claim construction. The book explains the differing approaches among the courts, including the local rules in force in some courts, and how they affect case-management conferences, briefing, discovery, and the timing of the Markman hearing itself.

Then, to give you practical guidance as you prepare for the hearing, Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings helps you assess the evidence in support of the construction you seek, work with expert witnesses, and prepare claim charts and other materials that will aid and convince the court.

Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings should be on every patent litigator’s desk.

If you’d like to order Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings, please email the Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

New Edition of Art Law

PLI recently published the Fourth Edition of our acclaimed ART LAW treatise.

Widely acknowledged as the cornerstone reference for visual art professionals and their attorneys since it was first published in 1989, ART LAW provides unsurpassed legal, business, financial, tax, and estate planning information and guidance for this major sector of the creative arts.

Written by two of America’s foremost art law authorities and stocked with more timesaving forms, checklists, charts, and procedural guides than ever before, the new Fourth Edition of ART LAW enables you to:

  • Draft effective agreements clearly defining the rights and obligations of the parties involved, whether they’re artists, dealers, collectors, investors, appraisers, museums, or auction houses
  • Create tax-advantaged strategies for collectors and artists — with the help of detailed coverage of complete and partial inter vivos charitable transfers, noncharitable transfers, deductions of expenses when selling collections, outright bequests of artwork, and income tax deductions for expenses when creating art
  • Minimize the legal exposure of clients — by helping collectors avoid valuation errors, dealers avoid conflicts of interest, artists avoid copyright infringement, and art experts avoid liabilities when rendering opinions about art

Just published, the new Fourth Edition has been completely updated to reflect the most recent legal developments and business trends and includes new material in each chapter as well as a new stand-alone chapter on Holocaust-looted art.

ART LAW includes a host of step-by-step, field-tested checklists and a vast storehouse of adaptable model agreements involving collectors and dealers, artists and dealers, and dealers and dealers, as well as forms for appraisals, property exchanges, tax-free exchanges, loans and promised gifts from artists’ estates, dealings with auction houses, private and public  commissions, and museum donations.

Distilling an immense body of law into two practical, transaction-oriented volumes, the new Fourth Edition of ART LAW is required reading for anyone who buys, sells, collects, appraises, authenticates, exhibits, restores, creates, invests, or advises in the visual art world.

If you’d like to order our new edition of ART LAW, please email the Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

 

PLI Course Handbooks Published in December 2012

Listed below are the PLI Course Handbooks that were published in December 2012:

Commercial Law and Practice

Corporate Law and Practice

Health Law Series

Intellectual Property

Litigation and Administrative Practice

Real Estate Law and Practice

Tax Law and Estate Planning

If you have any questions or would like to order a title, please email the Library Relations Help Desk or call 877-900-5291.

Discover PLUS Course Handbook Archive

Following any great product launch there will always be remaining items on the wish list. Since the successful launch of Discover PLUS, we’ve received many requests for access to PLI Course Handbooks published from 1984 – 2008. Adding this Course Handbook archive to Discover PLUS remains our top priority and should be available soon. In the interim, PLUS subscribers can send any requests for archival materials our way—please include the title, the year in which the book or chapter was published, and any other citation information—and we’ll do our best to obtain those for you ASAP.

Send archive requests to libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.

Financial Institutions Answer Book 2013

In December, PLI published Financial Institutions Answer Book 2013.

Reflecting the many statutory and regulatory changes made since the beginning of the recent economic downturn, the newly published Financial Institutions Answer Book 2013 provides, in a handy Q&A format, 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 2013 covers the entire spectrum of financial institution regulation, including:

  • Regulating the creation of branch offices
  • 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.

Written by leading practitioners in this complex area, Financial Institutions Answer Book 2013 is an up-to-date guide to this fast-changing area of the law. It provides an excellent desk reference for the experienced practitioner, as well as a comprehensive introduction for the attorney new to the practice area.

If you have any questions or would like to order a copy of this title, please contact PLI’s Library Relations Department (877-900-5291; libraryrelations@pli.edu).

December 2012 Treatises Updates

In December 2012, the following PLI Treatises were updated:

If you are on standing order for any of the above titles, these releases have already been shipped. If you would like to place an order, please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.