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Free PLI Program on Representing Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings

On March 30th PLI will offer a free program entitled Scared and Alone: Representing Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings.

Each year, thousands of children travel alone to the United States.  Some are the victims of abuse or persecution, others of human trafficking or forced prostitution.  Some are placed into the custody of the U.S. government, others enter undetected.  All of them are in need of legal assistance to navigate the immigration proceedings.

Please join Diana Castañeda, National Legal Services Director at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and Noël L. Young, an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and KIND pro bono attorney, for a free One-Hour Briefing on Representing Unaccompanied Minors and learn how you, too, can help.

Topics to be addressed include:

* Definition of Unaccompanied Alien Children

* Forms of immigration relief available for UACs

* Practice tips for representing children, including ethical considerations

Scared and Alone: Representing Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings

March 30, 2011, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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Please note this program has expired.  If you are interested in current PLI Library Programs, please visit www.pli.edu/libraryaudiobriefings

February 2011 Course Handbook Update

Here are the PLI Course Handbooks that were published during the month of February 2011.  Additional information about all our titles can be found at www.pli.edu.

Please write libraryrelations@pli.edu if you have any questions or would like to order a title.

    Release # 5 is now available for Proskauer on Privacy

    Today’s hodgepodge of privacy and data security standards creates greater compliance burdens for corporations, employers, public agencies, and legal advisers.  PLI’s Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age reduces those costly burdens. This comprehensive, one-stop reference covers the laws governing every area where data privacy and security is potentially at risk — including government records, electronic surveillance, the workplace, medical data, financial information, commercial transactions, and online activity, including communications involving children.

    This treatise provides essential details on how to develop compliance programs that help your entity satisfy federal and state standards, ensure data privacy and security, prevent cybercrime, and help entities avoid fines, penalties, litigation, damages, and negative publicity. Proskauer on Privacy also examines Europe’s rigorous privacy and data security standards, the laws in Canada, Australia, Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, Russia, and Dubai, as well as legal initiatives in California and other states.

    If your library is on standing order for this treatise, you can expect Release #5 to arrive soon.  If you’d like to order the release please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877-900-5291. 

    View a sample chapter here.

    PLI EBooks …now there’s an app for that

    PLI created an application for customers to access PLI’s audio content and complete eBook library at their convenience.  If your organization subscribes to PLI Discover—which is PLI’s eBook Library—you will be able to access our eBooks from you iPhone.  And the PLI app is free to download at the iTunes store. 

    How to get to PLI Course Handbooks and Treatises

     After you have downloaded the app, you will be asked to log in.  Use your PLI username and password.  Along the bottom of the screen you will see a navigation menu. 

     Click on “Search” and then select “Books” to view our Course Handbook Library or “Treatise” to view our Treatise Library.  You can view the titles and download the chapters you want to read.  After you are finished, don’t forget to remove the download from your device to free up the memory.  To remove an item from your device, click on “Downloads.”  All your items will be listed, with a red “x” next to them.  Click the “x” and the item will be removed.  If you need the chapter again, you can always download it later.

     Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.3

    Outsourcing: A Practical Guide to Law & Business – New PLI treatise title

    Outsourcing: A Practical Guide to Law and Business examines different types of outsourcing, special considerations for outsourcing to India and China, and the life cycle of a typical outsourcing transaction. This timely treatise guides you on how to organize your internal resources to prepare for outsourcing relationships; use outside consultants; maximize the benefits of benchmarking; handle the vendor selection process; develop pricing structures and fee arrangements; negotiate the agreement and schedules that drive the business deal; effect dispute resolution techniques; and manage the outsourcing relationship after signing.

    Sample key contract provisions help you to define the scope of services, establish standards of care and governance, set liability caps, deal with intellectual property issues, and resolve disputes.

    Outsourcing: A Practical Guide to Law and Business is a vital reference for new vendors and customers as well as for experienced outsourcing players.

     Book Information:

     1st Edition

    ISBN Number: 9781402413216

    Page Count: 1254 pages

    Item #: 10624

    Price: $285.00

    To order the book click here, or write us at libraryrelations@pli.edu.

    View a sample chapter here.

    New Patent Bar Exam is Coming (free program)

    The Patent Bar Exam will be updated this year.  The changes are expected in April, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office.  If you are interested in learning more, PLI is holding a free One-Hour Briefing to discuss the changes.

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    New Patent Bar Exam is Coming! PLI is Already There for You!

    February 25, 2011, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  (E.S.T.)

    The Patent Office recently announced that there will be a major update of the material tested on the Patent Bar Exam in April. PLI has been preparing for this change for years already. In this briefing, John M. White, PLI’s Director of Patent Professional Development and chief lecturer of PLI’s Patent Bar Review, will share the critical information and strategies for taking the Patent Bar Exam.

    Topics to be addressed include:

    • The new materials that will be tested on the Exam

    • PLI’s preparations to make sure that you’re up to speed with everything tested on the Exam

    • Strategies for taking the Exam into the foreseeable future

    And for the most recent information, please visit the Patent Bar Review homepage, click here.

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    Please note this program has expired.  If you are interested in current PLI Library Programs, please visit www.pli.edu/libraryaudiobriefings.

    Nutella – nutritious or not?

    A mother is suing the makers of Nutella for deceptive advertising.  Nutella is a spread that usually appears in the peanut butter aisle of grocery stores.  In case you’ve never had it, the taste is described on the Nutella site as “a unique taste” from the “blend of simple and wholesome ingredients – hazelnuts, sugar, skim milk and a hint of cocoa.”

    The deception cited is that Ferrero, the Italian company that makes Nutella, advertises the spread as nutritious.  It does seem like a stretch to call something nutritious when the first ingredient listed is sugar  (followed by palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, reduced minerals whey (milk), lecithin as emulsifier (soy), vanillin: an artificial flavor).  And there are 200 calories per two tablespoons.  The entire complaint is here.

    Not familiar with Nutella?  It seems that this European brand is not heavily advertised in the US.  It has a bit of a cult following, as well as a major Facebook presence.  I learned all this from an article in BrandWeek that I stumbled across.  Read the article here.

    If you are interested in this area of the law, see if you library has a copy of Advertising and Commercial Speech: A First Amendment Guide.  The title examines the origin, meaning, and legal evolution of the Supreme Court’s commercial speech doctrine, focusing on how this central doctrine’s rights and restrictions affect advertising in nearly 50 industries and professions. 

    To order the title, click here or email libraryrelations@pli.edu.

    January 2011 Course Handbook Update

    Here are the PLI Course Handbooks that were published during the month of January 2011.

    From the Corporate Law & Practice Series

    • Mergers & Acquisitions 2011
    • Project Management for Lawyers 2011
    • Recent Developments in Distressed Debt 2011
    • Secured Transactions 2011: What Lawyers Need to Know About UCC Article 9
    • Securities Products of Insurance Companies 2011
    • Tenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe

    From the Real Estate Law & Practice Series

    • Real Estate M&A and REIT Transactions 2011

    From the Tax Law & Practice Series

    • Taxation of Financial Products and Transactions 2011

    Please write libraryrelations@pli.edu if you have any questions or would like to order a title.

    PLI Author Samuel C. Thompson, Jr.

     Mergers, Acquisitions & Tender Offers Law and Strategies is a recent PLI treatise title written by Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. More about the title  here, and here.

    Recently, he was interviewed about the book.  In the 4.13 minute video clip, he answers.

    1. What does this four-volume treatise cover?
    2. How would you recommend a lawyer use these books? (at 1.22 minutes)
    3. How do you deal with cross-border transactions? (at 2.00 minutes)
    4. Tax is a critical are of M&A for both the book and in your upcoming institute.  What will you cover? (at 3.37 minutes)

     The link to the video is posted on the PLI site.  Or you can watch it below.