Master the 8-K is the first publication from PLI’s new SEC Compliance and Disclosure series. It is a clear, concise, and comprehensive guide to filing the SEC’s Current Report on Form 8-K that every securities lawyer will want to have close at hand.

This handbook begins with an overview of the Form 8-K requirements and principles generally applicable to all Form 8-K Items, such as:

• Filing procedures and deadlines
• The impact of late filings (including a discussion of the “safe harbor”) (including a discussion of the “safe harbor”)
• The “furnished” versus “filed” distinction, the technical aspects of incorporation by reference and exhibits, and related liability issues, and related liability issues

In this easy-to-use handbook, each Form 8-K Item is broken down and begins with “highlights” that, at a glance, alert you to critical matters about that Item, such as whether the “safe harbor” applies, whether there are exhibit requirements, whether there are possible update requirements, and whether there are critical definitions to consider. Then, you will find step-by-step instructions and expert practice tips on:

• Triggering events and disclosure requirements for every Form 8-K Item
• The requirements for effective disclosure controls
• Filing procedures and deadlines
• Possible 8-K “traps”, such as update requirements, and how to avoid them

Master the 8-K also includes sample disclosure language, and detailed appendices containing the Form 8-K itself, key regulations, and SEC Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs)—it is intended to be a stand-alone resource for those attempting to master the Form 8-K.

This essential title is available on PLI PLUS, our online research database.  If you’d like to order a print copy, please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call (877-900-5291).

PLI’s Essential Trial Evidence: Brought to Life by Famous Trials, Films, and Fiction (2nd Edition) is a unique and insightful guide to the law of evidence. Author Martin A. Schwartz enlivens an intricate, technical subject by using engaging, evidentiary examples from popular culture to provide a strong understanding of the Federal Rules of Evidence and its interpretive case law, which represents the prevailing evidence law in the United States.

This unique instructive approach also provides an understanding of how popular culture sources inform jurors’ preconceptions about the trial process. Illustrations from famous cases, movies, novels, cartoons, and other media highlight the presumptions jurors bring to the courtroom.

Essential Trial Evidence: Brought to Life by Famous Trials, Films, and Fiction (2nd Edition) covers a wide range of issues, including relevance and unfair prejudice, the rule against hearsay and its numerous exceptions, recent developments in expert testimony, and the various impeachment methods.

You’ll receive clear guidance on the following:
– Differences between expert witness and lay witness testimony, including how courts handle the dual fact-expert witness
– Procedures for juror questioning of witnesses
– Admissibility of videotape evidence
– Recent developments under the Confrontation Clause
– Requirements for introducing electronic evidence,
– And more!

This essential new title is available on PLI PLUS, our online research database. If you’d like to order a print copy, please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291.