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Employment Law Yearbook 2017 Now Available

 

EmploymentLawThe 2017 edition of Employment Law Yearbook covers the most important issues facing today’s employers and employment law practitioners. In this tight employment market and amid the rapidly changing global economy, it is imperative that employers and employment law practitioners understand the legal implications of a wide range of workplace actions. Authored by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s Employment Law Practice Group, a nationally recognized leader in this field, Employment Law Yearbook 2017 substantially revises the 2016 edition and provides a review of current developments in the law, including case decisions, statutes, and other events of interest to employers in the past year, as well as practical steps employers can take to minimize their risks and comply with the law.

Revised annually, Employment Law Yearbook 2017 is an essential reference for in-house and outside corporate attorneys and human resource professionals, as well as attorneys representing plaintiffs and defendants in employment-related litigation.

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.

Librarian Advisory Breakfast at the 110th AALL Annual Meeting & Conference

Librarian advisoryPlease join us for our annual Librarian Advisory Breakfast at the 110th AALL Annual Meeting & Conference in Austin, Texas. The breakfast will include an update on PLI PLUS, as well as a live demonstration of the database with a focus on new content and features.

To celebrate this year’s host city, Austin, Texas, the live music capital of the world, all breakfast attendees may enter a raffle to win a $50 Ticketmaster gift card!

SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2017

To reserve your spot, please email PLUS@pli.edu by July 14, 2017.

See you in Austin!

Download the newly rebranded PLI PLUS App!

Download the newly rebranded PLI PLUS app today and have access to over 3,000 books in an instant!

PLI PLUS app has a new look, with the same award-winning content.  PLUS subscribers can access all of our content from the mobile app and have the most up-to-date legal reference materials at their fingertips, anytime, anyplace, and anywhere.

With the PLI PLUS app, you can:

  • Download items to your device
  • Add notes and marks with our eReader functionality – everything will sync when you’re back online and you’ll never lose any work
  • Find answers on the go

Check out the new look of the app below and download it today!

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25% off Pre-order of Financial Services Mediation Answer Book

Please join PLI in a limited-time, pre-order offer on our new guide to dispute resolution, Financial Services Mediation Answer Book (2017 Edition)

Financial Services

Financial Services Mediation Answer Book provides detailed guidance, in question-and-answer format, on all aspects of mediating disputes involving financial services. More than forty attorneys contributed to ten chapters, reflecting a wide range of experiences, observations and perspectives, on both the plaintiff and defense sides. The book includes significant discussion of what to do when negotiations fail, how the availability of insurance affects the mediation process, and how to address issues that are specific to mediations involving auditors. The book also includes a chapter on recurring legal issues that can arise when mediating financial services disputes, and concludes with a series of Q&As by several highly experienced mediators.

To order by phone, please call PLI’s Customer Service Department at (800) 260-4754. Be sure to mention your Priority Code, YLJ7-8AEM1B, to receive 25% off.

PLI PLUS Privacy & Cybersecurity Content

 

PLI has numerous Privacy & Cybersecurity resources, many of which are available on PLI PLUS. Below, we’ve highlighted some of our Privacy & Cybersecurity materials that may be of particular interest:

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Course Handbooks

If you have any questions about PLI PLUS or our Privacy & Cybersecurity materials, please email PLUS@pli.edu or call us at (877) 900-5291.

PLI PLUS Search Tip – Professional Skills Filter

Learn how to locate our professional skills content!

Want to see a list of the publications, Forms, and Transcripts in our Professional Skills practice area? Navigate to Browse and select “Professional Skills” from the practice area filter on the left.

Interested in saving or sharing this list of PLI professional skills content? Simply click the permalink icon in the document management tools towards the top right of the toolbar below My History.

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New Answer Book! Transfer Pricing Answer Book

Transfer Pricing ABPLI’s Transfer Pricing Answer Book (2017 Edition) gives companies such guidance by discussing all aspects of transfer pricing, from initially planning a transfer pricing strategy, to alternative ways to defend the strategy from attack by two or more tax authorities, to resolving a case before competent authorities, to bringing a transfer pricing case to court.  The book’s non-technical discussion is presented in a question and answer format that will appeal to readers regardless of their prior level of experience or familiarity with taxes in general and transfer pricing in particular.

Transfer Pricing Answer Book is an invaluable resource for company executives and their advisors who are seeking to better understand this important area of tax law that has become such an important economic facet of so many businesses.

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.

Happy National Library Week from PLI!

This Sunday marks the start of National Library Week. This year’s theme is, “Libraries Transform” again. You might have noticed a transformation at PLI as well. We redesigned PLI PLUS to give it an updated look and feel to compliment PLI’S new brand initiative. In addition, Discover PLUS became PLI PLUS.

The changes to the platform were cosmetic in nature and provide a cleaner user interface with the exact same functionality and content.

For an overview of the updated platform, take a look at our Getting Started Guide or view our video tutorial.

 

Trial Handbook (Spring 2017 Edition) Now Available!

Trial Handbook VOLUME 1_2_2017Trial Handbook (Spring 2017 Edition) is the one-stop resource you can trust in the planning, trial, and post-trial stages of litigation. Designed for quick reference in the courtroom, Trial Handbook is keyed to the Federal Rules of Evidence and focuses on the presentation of proof and the evidentiary problems faced by counsel.

Packed with practical checklists, charts, outlines, sample jury selection questions, Trial Handbook gives you the knowledge and tools to:

  • Develop solid trial briefs and strong case plans
  • Prepare lay and expert witnesses and organize your exhibits more effectively
  • Master voir dire to maximize your chances of getting the most sympathetic jurors
  • Make a clear record at trial to aid jurors’ understanding of your case
  • Build a rapport and your credibility with the jury throughout the trial
  • Use opening statements to put your cases, clients, and proof in the most favorable light
  • Give summations that blend evidence and issues to paint a thoroughly persuasive picture
  • Exploit discovery materials at trial to get an additional edge
  • Lay the proper foundation for various forms of evidence
  • Capitalize on the powerful probative impact of visual aids at trial
  • Apply proven direct examination and cross-examination techniques
  • Use pretrial, trial, and post-trial motions to gain strategic advantages
  • Draft clear, legally sound jury instructions that subtly sway judges

At the heart of Trial Handbook is its unique Evidence Guide, now also included as a laminated fold-out, which clearly explains the meaning, purpose, operation, and history of every rule, including how each rule applies to other cases and how leading cases construe a particular rule.

Volume 2, the Case Authority, includes thousands of case summaries of decisions under the rules, arming you with the latest evidentiary resources to help you prevail at trial.

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.