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Book Update: Accountants’ Liability (Third Edition)

Accountants’ Liability (Third Edition) is a comprehensive reference guide to auditor liability jurisprudence and defense strategies. Written by lawyers with decades of experience working at the regulators of the profession and representing accounting firms and their personnel, this treatise helps the reader understand how to approach a regulatory investigation and the applicable laws, rules, and professional standards promulgated by organizations such as the FASB, AICPA, NASBA, and others that govern the profession. Every year, the authors update the book to address the latest key case law relevant to various defenses and privilege/protection assertions, and the sources of current claims, the various legal theories upon which they may be instituted, and the strategies and tactics used by the parties in litigating such claims.

The new release (Release 2) includes updates to the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Introduction
Chapter 2, Standards of the Accounting Profession
Chapter 10, Disciplinary Proceedings Against Accountants

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Free Form of the Month

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.

May’s free form:

Internet Domain Name Purchase Agreement

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Book Update: Insurance and Investment Management M&A Deskbook

Insurance and Investment Management M&A Deskbook provides attorneys with an essential reference to keep up with emerging trends in insurance and investment management M&A. This comprehensive guide addresses various topics, including the acquisition of public insurance companies, blocks of insurance business, and private acquisitions. It also examines the regulatory environment of the insurance and financial services industries, the involvement of private equity and pension funds in the insurance sector, and the expansion of insurance industry participants into emerging markets globally. Additionally, the Deskbook offers detailed insights into Lloyd’s of London and the M&A market for mutual life insurers.

The new release (Release 10) includes the following updates:

Chapter 2, Private Acquisition of an Insurance Business, discusses the latest developments in U.S. state privacy law (Section 2:4.4[J]) ERISA fiduciary rules Section (2:4.4[K]), EU and U.K. sanctions regimes (Section 2:4.7), and challenges to the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (Section 2:4.9).
Chapter 4, Private Equity and Other Financial Sponsor Investments in the Insurance Industry, provides updates on insurance company investments in asset managers (Section 4:2.2[C]), minority investments and leveraged build-ups by financial sponsors (Section 4:2.2[F]), and structuring acquisition finance in insurance sector transactions in the United States (Section 4:4.3).
Chapter 7, Selected Tax Issues in Insurance M&A, provides updates on proposed Treasury regulations with respect to CAMT and the significant uncertainty around rulemaking in this area (Section 7:4.5).
Chapter 9, Investment Management M&A, provides the latest on the enforceability of non-compete agreements (Section 9:2.1), DOL Fiduciary Rule implementation (Section 9:3.7), and the U.K. FCA MiFID II rules on purchasing investment research (Section 9:5).

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Book Update: Patent Litigation (Third Edition)

Patent Litigation (Third Edition) explores key strategies and intricacies of patent litigation. Readers receive real-time guidance from an experienced litigator who has represented U.S. and international patent holders before U.S. courts and the International Trade Commission. The book covers the patent case life cycle, from pre-suit investigations to appellate practice, offering pointers on developing case themes, assembling strong litigation teams, leveraging discovery, and maximizing the impact of evidence and experts. It also addresses case management concerns, including setting budgets, working with consultants and vendors, and using technology to enhance advocacy.

The new release includes the following updates:

Chapter 6, Case Strategy and Management, discusses the introduction of remote depositions, (Section 6:5.5).

Chapter 10, Injunctions, notes a recent Federal Circuit case instructing that opponents of a preliminary injunction must show that the public would miss out on superior foregoes products, not just face limited choices, (Section 10:5).

Chapter 11, Pretrial Proceedings, provides an updated list of technology available in certain courts, (Section 11:7.4).

Chapter 14, Patent Litigation Other Than District Court Infringement Actions, includes revisions of the 2025 amendments to deposition and interrogatory rules, (Section 14:4.6), the Federal Circuit’s ruling in Zircon Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, (Section 14:4.8[B][1]), and the impact of Loper Bright v. Raimundo on ITC practice, particularly regarding the exclusion of infringing articles from importation, (Section 14:4:13).

Chapter 15, Challenging Validity in the PTO Under the 2011 America Invents Act, has been revised to discuss the PTO’s Interim Director Review Process guidance and the recently established Appeals Review Panel process, (Sections 15:8.1 and 15:8.2).

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Book Update: Financial Services Regulation Deskbook

Financial Services Regulation Deskbook covers the significant changes to the regulation of financial services institutions by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and subsequent implementing regulations. This book provides analysis of and commentary on the legislation’s practical effects on industry practice, including identifying areas of legal ambiguity that must be solved only by advocacy with the relevant regulators.

The new release includes updates to the following chapters:

Chapter 4, Systemic Regulation: Financial Stability Oversight Council, discusses the Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, and the revised Guidance for Nonbank Financial Company Designations announced in November 2023.

Chapter 7, Bank Regulatory Reform, covers the Basel Endgame Proposal, which is the only significant proposal by the federal banking agencies to address the March 2023 bank failures.

The Table of Authorities and Index have also been updated for this release.

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New Title! Decrypting Crypto: Digital Assets and Web3 Explained

PLI Press is proud to announce the publication of the new treatise Decrypting Crypto: Digital Assets and Web3 Explained.

This brand-new treatise serves as a comprehensive resource to help equip lawyers with the technical knowledge and legal context needed to understand the Web3 industry and the unique issues and challenges it creates for lawyers and clients alike

Decrypting Crypto: Digital Assets and Web3 Explained is organized into three parts:

Part I, Technical Fundamentals, provides technical background and explains the key components, systems, and tools that help comprise Web3.

Part II, Federal Agencies and Regulatory Oversight, is about the primary U.S. federal agencies that regulate crypto. In the absence of any major crypto-specific legislation, these agencies play a pivotal role in shaping the law for Web3.

Part III, Practical Issues, is targeted at attorneys in particular legal areas so that they will understand the issues that may arise in their specific practice.

We are excited to share this new title with you!

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Free Form of the Month

April’s free form:

List of Disclosure and Reporting Requirements for Debtor Under Bankruptcy Code and Rules

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Book Update: Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings: A Step-by-Step Guide to Buying and Selling Real Estate (Third Edition)

Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings provides thorough legal, technical, and strategic guidance to help implement dispute-free residential deals more quickly and easily. This book clearly explains the governing law and customary industry practices, enabling practitioners to efficiently handle real estate transactions. It covers managing the appropriate documents, tax issues, and brokers, drafting and negotiating the contract, with sample forms that save time and effort, preparing for the closing, including the documents and scheduling details, and closing the sale, including delivering and reviewing deeds and other paperwork, and dealing with insurance policies, tax documents, and closing checks.

The new release includes the following updates:

Chapter 2, Drafting and Negotiating the Contract, includes a new caveat emptor case that rejected the special facts doctrine, an article about a proposed amendment to RPAPL 881 concerning licenses, a new remedies case, a mortgage commitment contingency case where a purchaser acted in good faith, easement cases, and a time of the essence case where notice was too short.
Chapter 4, The Closing,discusses the uncertainty as to the effective date of the Corporate Transparency Act and rules.

The Tables of Authorities have also been updated.

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Book Update: Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings

Patent Claim Construction and Markman Hearings provides in-depth guidance to this important area of patent practice, walking the reader through the entire process of preparing for, conducting, and appealing a Markman hearing. This book helps readers understand how courts decide “what a person of ordinary skill in the field of the patent invention would understand the language of the claim to mean”, the impact of prior constructions on a new hearing, how to decide what claims or claim elements should be construed by the court, what constitutes intrinsic and extrinsic evidence in interpreting the claim, at what point in the overall patent proceeding a construction hearing should be held, and what are the rules that will be used when a contested construction is an issue in an appeal to the Federal Circuit.

The new release includes the following updates:

Reviews a case in which a district court judge recused himself from the case on remand from the Federal Circuit because he had “no idea how to reconcile the facts presented to the court with the Federal Circuit’s holding” and did not believe that that he could “set aside [his] previous conclusions to make an impartial determination.” (See section 1:3.1).
Covers Vascular Solutions LLC v. Medtronic, where the Federal Circuit rejected the notion that a term—“substantially rigid portion/ segment”—needed to be consistent across claims. (See section 2:2.1[B][5]).
Includes discussion of a case in which the Federal Circuit explained how to determine whether the lower court or Board construed a claim or whether it has simply compared the claim to prior art or an allegedly infringing technology (See section 11:2).

Appendix C, Table of Authorities and Index have also been updated.

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Book Update: The Circular 230 Deskbook: Related Penalties, Reportable Transactions, Working Forms

The Circular 230 Deskbook: Related Penalties, Reportable Transactions, Working Forms is an essential compliance resource for every tax professional who practices before the IRS, helping practitioners comply with complex Circular 230 amendments more easily while avoiding costly penalties and sanctions. This practice guide shows you how to meet mandated duties applicable to six types of covered opinions, comply with critical requirements for written tax advice, carry out prescribed duties when advising in preparation of tax returns, satisfy reporting/list maintenance rules for six types of reportable transactions, and qualify for ”safe harbors” that free you from burdensome Circular standards, exploit proven defenses against the Code’s section 6662 penalties, and avoid common errors that can trigger these 6662 penalties.

The new release includes the following updates:

Chapter 1, Deference: When the Court Must Yield to the Government’s Interpretation, discusses a D.C. Circuit Court decision ruling in favor of the taxpayer after noting that the regulation in question was amenable to both a pro-taxpayer and pro-IRS reading and that the IRS itself had previously agreed with the taxpayer’s reading.
Chapter 4, Circular 230, advises that the IRS and Treasury issued proposed amendments to various sections of the Circular in late December 2024. The proposal is driven, in large part, by losses the IRS sustained in two cases (Loving v. IRS and Ridgely v. Lew) limiting its authority under the statute that authorizes the promulgation of the Circular.

The Table of Authorities have also been updated.

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