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Meet the PLI Library Team!

Happy National Library Week from our library team to yours! This year’s theme, “Find Your Joy,” focuses on the innumerable ways readers can cultivate joy through their utilization of libraries, inspiring all users to discover what sparks their individual joy.

Our team of dedicated librarians finds joy in helping the legal community access the resources they need. We look forward to helping you—schedule a one-on-one session with a PLI librarian today!

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

The Circular 230 Deskbook serves as an essential resource for any tax professional practicing before the IRS. This practice guide is designed to help practitioners comply with complicated 230 amendments with ease, avoiding costly penalties and sanctions.  

Highlights of the recent update include:  

  • Chapter 4, Circular 230, explains how the decision in Loving has resulted in the IRS withdrawing proposed regulations which would have required specific minimum qualification requirements for preparers 

Order a print copy today. 

Book Update: Derivatives Deskbook: Close-Out Netting, Risk Mitigation, Litigation (Second Edition) 

Derivatives Deskbook: Close-Out Netting, Risk Mitigation, Litigation (Second Edition) serves as the definitive guide to navigating OTC derivative contracts. Offering actionable insights and practice-tested legal forms, this comprehensive practice guide provides readers with clarity on key terminology, a deeper understanding of the roles of major global regulators, and best practices for legal risk management in derivatives. It also provides an extensive analysis of close-out netting combined with rare litigation cases from foreign jurisdictions.  

Highlights of this release include: 

  • An expanded section titled “Credit Default Swaps” explaining how “naked” CDSs have generated intense controversy and are generally no longer allowed by global regulators (Section 1:2.5) 
  • A revised section expanding upon cross-default in relation to default under specified transactions (Section 2:2.6) 
  • A new section examining the 2022 Amendments to the UCC, including the newly introduced Article 12 governing the establishment and maintenance of a security interest in digital assets (Section 3:9) 
  • A new section covering collateral transfers made through distributed ledger technology (DLT) (Section 3:10) 

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Most Popular Books on PLI PLUS in 2025

The tallies are in! Here are the most accessed books on PLI PLUS in 2025.

Popular Banking Titles 

  1. Asset-Based Lending: A Practical Guide to Secured Financing
  2. Advanced Issues in Private Funds
  3. Consumer Financial Services Answer Book
  4. Hillman on Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation
  5. Investment Management: Current Issues & Trends

Popular Corporate & Securities Titles 

  1. Private Equity Funds: Formation and Operation
  2. Investment Adviser Regulation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Compliance and the Law
  3. Broker-Dealer Regulation
  4. Initial Public Offerings: A Practical Guide to Going Public
  5. Drafting and Negotiating Corporate Agreements

Popular Employment Titles 

  1. Fragomen on Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice
  2. Employment Law Institute
  3. Fundamentals of Noncompetes
  4. ERISA 2025: The Evolving World
  5. California Employment Law

Popular Estates & Trusts Titles 

  1. Stocker on Drawing Wills and Trusts
  2. Private Clients Legal & Tax Planning Answer Book
  3. Blattmachr on Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts
  4. Art Law: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers & Artists
  5. Manning on Estate Planning

Popular Intellectual Property Titles 

  1. Faber & Kowalski on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting
  2. How to Write a Patent Application
  3. IP Issues in Business Transactions
  4. Patent Law: A Practitioner’s Guide
  5. Advanced Trade Secrets: New Challenges, New Solutions, and New Imperatives

Popular Litigation Titles 

  1. Stepping It Up: A Guide for Mid-Level Law Firm Associates
  2. Fundamentals of Taking and Defending Depositions
  3. Electronic Discovery Deskbook
  4. Depositions Answer Book
  5. Attorney-Client Privilege Answer Book

Popular Real Estate Titles 

  1. Friedman and Smith on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property
  2. Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings: A Step-by-Step Guide to Buying and Selling Real Estate
  3. Commercial Ground Leases
  4. Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute
  5. Negotiating Real Estate Deals 2025

Popular Tax Titles 

  1. The Corporate Tax Practice Series: Strategies for Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings
  2. The Partnership Tax Practice Series: Planning for Domestic and Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances
  3. Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances
  4. Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings
  5. Business Taxation Deskbook: Corporations, Partnerships, Subchapter S, and International

Download a PDF of this post to share with colleagues: Most Popular Books on PLI PLUS in 2025. See also Top 10 Most Downloaded Forms on PLI PLUS in 2025.

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.

January’s free form:

Checklist for Covered Opinions and other Written Advice about Federal Tax Issues

More information about Legal Forms & Checklists:

  • Forms & Checklists Flyer – This flyer provides an overview of the forms & checklists on PLI PLUS and highlights a handful of popular examples.

Don’t Miss PLI’s End of Year Sale!

Browse our collection today and save big now through the end of December!

Book Update: Private Equity Funds: Formation and Operation (Second Edition) 

Private Equity Funds: Formation and Operation (Second Edition) provides an overview of various fund types, including PIPEs, SPACs, mezzanine funds, and credit opportunity funds, while guiding the reader through the functionality of private equity funds and their regulation. This eighth release expands upon the groundwork laid out in previous editions to continue providing readers with a comprehensive discussion of issues associated with the formation and operation of private equity funds. 

Highlights include:  

  • Chapter 1, Introduction to Private Equity Funds, examines recent changes to the field of private equity, including the effects of geopolitical unrest, the development of cryptocurrency, and the integration of artificial intelligence into private equity (Section 1:1.11 and 1:4.10) 
  • Chapter 14, ERISA, includes an updated discussion of the 25% Test, which outlines limitations on ownership by benefit plan investors (Section 14:2.1) 

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