Treatise Update: Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance (Second Edition)

Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance (Second Edition) is a comprehensive reference on the regulations, benefits, advantages, pricing, distribution, marketing, and current and future viability of registered offerings. It includes expert analysis of private placements, mutual funds, hedge funds, money market funds, exchange traded funds, real estate investment trusts, international investment funds, variable insurance products, and other instruments. This treatise has been completely revised to reflect the Dodd-Frank Act, SEC actions, and other regulatory changes made to spur the economy and reform the financial markets.

The new release includes updates to the following chapters:

Chapter 2A provides revisions that cover the settlement cycle for ATM offerings.
Chapter 3 discusses the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.
Chapter 5A discusses the adoption of a U.S. federal excise tax on corporate share; the 2022–2023 SPACs special meetings for approval of business combinations and extensions of business combination deadlines and liquidations; the ratification actions in Delaware: Garfield v. Boxed, No. 2022-0132-MTZ, 2022 BL 461782 (Del. Ch. Dec. 27, 2022), and In re Lordstown Motors Corp., No. 2023-0083-LWW, 2023 BL 56465 (Del. Ch. Feb. 21, 2023); and restructurings and re-SPACs.
Chapter 5B provides new coverage of sustainability-linked loan documentation guidance; the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which came into force in January 2023; and the EU green bond standard.
Chapter 9 discusses the recently amended Rule 2a-7 and the other rules (the “2023 Amendments”) that govern money market funds, including changes to the liquidity fee and redemption gate framework under Rule 2a-7; and disclosure Form N-1A and Form N-MFP. There’s also new discussion of the amendment to Rule 2a-7 to allow stable NAV money market funds to implement a reverse distribution or similar share cancellation mechanism (RDM) that would reduce the number of the fund’s outstanding shares in order to maintain a stable share price in a negative interest rate environment.
Chapter 17 covers new revisions to Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act, a new rule designed to streamline and enhance the regulatory framework for funds that invest in other funds (“funds of funds”).

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

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Treatise Update: Hedge Fund Regulation (Second Edition)

Hedge Fund Regulation (Second Edition) provides a comprehensive understanding of hedge funds, from their history and investment strategies to the legal and compliance considerations affecting their structuring, management and market activities. It examines all aspects of these innovative investment vehicles and addresses current regulatory concerns that impact hedge funds, their managers and investors. Updated regularly to keep current with regulatory and enforcement developments, this book is designed to guide practitioners in structuring, organizing, and managing hedge funds.

The new release includes updates to the following chapters:

Chapter 23 addresses the SEC’s new “Dealer Rules” that expands the reach of dealer regulation to managers and funds deemed to be market liquidity providers.
Chapter 24 covers the revised requirements for filings under sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act as well as related SEC guidance on the applicability of beneficial ownership to cash-settled derivative securities and the parameters of group status. Added sections addressing new Form N-PX “say on pay” filing obligations and Short Position and Stock Lending Reporting.
Chapter 25 discusses revisions to the FSOC’s Guidance on Nonbank Financial Company Determinations and its related Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, which alter the considerations to be used to assess the SIFI status of nonbank financial companies.

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PLI Librarians in Chicago: Highlights from AALL 2O24

The 2024 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference was a wonderful experience and a great opportunity to Celebrate Librarians! Our team of librarians traveled to Chicago and enjoyed meeting with you. This year we were excited to launch Season 2 of the Practising Law Librarian. It was great to see many of the podcast guests in Chicago and to talk with our fellow librarians about this fantastic resource.

We were delighted to answer any questions you had about our books and PLI PLUS. We hosted a lunch and learn, and one of the highlights was our PLI PLUS Hacks, which focused on features to make your research easier.

PLI continues to publish new titles (hyperlink to the new title flyer), and Knowledge Management & Innovation: A Manual for Law Firms and Other Legal Services Organizations received high marks from librarians. It is included in the PLI PLUS library as well as for individual sale.

We can’t wait to do it again next year in Portland! And of course, our concierge service is available to you all year round, so reach out to us at libraryrelations@pli.edu

Treatise Update: Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age (Second Edition)

Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age is a comprehensive reference on 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 book gives crucial guidance on how to establish compliance programs that adhere to both federal and state regulations. The aim is to ensure data privacy and security, prevent cybercrime, and avoid potential consequences such as fines, penalties, legal cases, damages, and negative publicity.

Highlights from the new release include updates to the following chapters:

Chapter 4 discusses recent FTC focus on the consumer protection and competition risks associated with algorithms, AI, and automatic tools, including its employment of enforcement tools to disincentivize companies from using data that was wrongfully collected to develop AI.
Chapter 9 talks about a new standard set forth by the NLRB for determining whether an employer rule unlawfully interferes with employees’ exercise of Section 7 rights, overturning its prior standard. Under the current approach, following a showing that a challenged rule is presumptively unlawful, the employer can rebut the presumption by establishing that the rule is necessary to advance a legitimate and substantial business interest that it would not be able to advance with a more narrowly tailored rule.
Chapter 14 includes discussion of significant privacy protection developments globally, including in Argentina, India, Israel, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, and Vietnam.

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Treatise Update: Friedman and Smith on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property (Eighth Edition)

Friedman and Smith on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property (Eighth Edition) delivers essential information and guidance to practitioners in the field of real estate conveyancing by helping readers to carefully consider all of the issues and options before finalizing a contract, handle unexpected problems and contingencies, factor in a relevant case law when structuring sound agreements, and avoid drafting ambiguous or incomplete contracts. This book explains common law principles, and thousands of statutes and court decisions, creating a road map for readers on what course of action to take and what to avoid at every stage of real estate conveyancing.

Providing more than 140 sample forms, sample clauses, and checklists that simplify and accelerate transactions, Friedman and Smith on Contracts is a comprehensive guide to every aspect of real estate contracts and conveyances.

The new release includes updates on the following topics:

Statute of Frauds: New discussion covers the doctrine of ratification, which sometimes overcomes a violation of the statute of frauds (see section 5:13).
Standard Clauses in Contracts of Sale: Covers attorney review clauses and provides a sample clause commonly used in New York (see section 6:27).
Property Quality: Updated discussion of radon inspection clauses (see section 7:2.1) and express warranties of quality (see section 7:3).
Marketable Title: Discussion of lapse of time updated to cover outstanding mineral rights (see section 14:7.3).
Encumbrances: New discussion of federal tax liens, including which parties and what property are affected (see section 15:4.1).
Risk of Loss and Condemnation: Discussion of con-tract provisions on risk of loss updated with review of Warner v. Estate of Allen, 776 N.E.2d 422 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002) (see section 18:1.5[B]).
Deed Execution and Delivery: Updated introductory discussion of delivery of a deed (see section 27:2.1).
Deed Covenants of Title: Updated discussion of estoppel by deed (doctrine of after-acquired title) (see section 28:5).
Bona Fide Purchasers and Notice: Updated discussion of recitals of fact (see section 30:3.2).
Title Products: Updated discussion of the measure of recovery under a title insurance policy (see section 31:3.4)

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AALL 2024: Visit Us at Booth #400 in the Exhibit Hall!

In a few days, we will make our way to Chicago to attend the 2024 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference, where we will celebrate the librarians and the experts who provide meaning to our organizations. If you plan to attend, be sure to save some time to visit us at the PLI booth!

You’ll find us at booth 400 in the exhibit hall, where you can learn about the exciting projects we have been working on in the past year, including new enhancements to PLI PLUS as well as new publications from PLI Press. To help us celebrate librarians, be sure to enter our raffle where you can grow your knowledge with PLI PLUS while growing your garden with a new succulent each month!

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