Book Publishing, 1984

Kovner, Victor A.

Perle, E. Gabriel

Practising Law Inst

The primary object of this book is to present a simple &amp; direct approach to the mechanics of claim drafting: practical techniques for composing claims to many different types of inventions. Also includes extensive discussion of many case law doctrines relating to nonart rejections, both classic rules &amp; modern trends.

Landis on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting

Faber, Robert C.

Landis, John L.

Practising Law Institute

Intellectual Property

This benchmark resource takes the guesswork and risk out of preparing patent applications by taking you step by step through the entire process. Equally useful to both veteran and novice patent attorneys, How to Write a Patent Application explains, analyzes, and illustrates all the essential principles and techniques of drafting solid patent applications. Designed to give you complete guidance for every step in the process, How to Write a Patent Application shows you how to: Obtain the information you need from inventors, Prepare information disclosure statements, Explain inventions so judges and juries will be impressed by their value, Write patent applications that survive litigation and licensing negotiations, Satisfy the "best mode" requirement. Prepare U.S. applications for foreign filings.

How to Write a Patent Application

Sheldon, Jeffrey G.

Business

The scope of the current law makes this guide an essential tool for every practitioner advising clients in this field ... it is comprehensive, authoritative and practical! Thoroughly documented and illustrated with numerous forms, this completely revised edition will save you hours of research time and help you protect your clients' interests. The significantly updated and expanded Fourth Edition of Immigration Fundamentals incorporates all the major changes in immigration law created by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Occupation Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Welfare Act), INS determinations, Department of Labor guidelines, prevailing case law, and other key decisions. You'll find authoritative insight into key provisions affecting immigrant, nonimmigrant, and naturalization benefits; visa application and border procedures standards for adjustment of status; documentary requirements for immigrants; jurisdictional requirements for nonimmigrant visa applicants; and much more!

Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice

Bell, Steve

Bell, Steven C.

Fragomen Jr., Austin T.

Fragomen, Austin T., Jr.

Administrative Law

The second edition of Charles Fox's bestselling paperback guide, Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You, updates the original edition published in 2002. The perfect resource for new associates, law school students, business people, or anyone who frequently deals with complex contracts, the Second Edition expands existing material on contract covenants and remedies for breach of a covenant; due diligence conditions; organization of the agreement; credit-related provisions; acquisition-related provisions; the integration clause; and indemnification. Other miscellaneous revisions are found in every chapter of the second edition. In addition, the glossary and the index have been thoroughly revised. In its updated form, Working with Contracts remains the most useful and practical guide for anyone dealing with sophisticated agreements.

Working With Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You

Fox, Charles M.

Chock-full of exercises, examples, and writing do's and don'ts, Thinking Like a Writer gives you step-by-step instruction on the specialized techniques you need to draft clear and persuasive legal documents. Learn how to organize material logically, grab a reader's attention, and keep it with clear, crisp content-packed sentences.

Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer's Guide To Effective Writing and Editing, 2nd Edition

Armstrong, Stephen V.

Terrell, Timothy P.

Law Practice

GSI's Primer to SEC Research (Second Edition) provides information useful to those seeking a basic understanding of the United States securities laws and regulations and the filings required of companies who offer securities in the U.S. In addition, it introduces, where appropriate, LIVEDGAR, an SEC research tool that is used by all of the Am Law 100 firms. Global Securities Information, Inc. (GSI) published and distributed over 40,000 copies of GSI's Primer to SEC Research (First Edition) and the demand is still growing. Due to overwhelming popularity of the first edition, GSI has teamed with the Practising Law Institute (PLI) to publish this updated and expanded version.

Gsi's Primer To Sec Research

Brown, Phillip L.

Tailored to give business professionals and their staffs precisely what they need to know about this regulatory sea change, PLI's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for Business Professionals concisely explains the governance, disclosure, reporting, and record-keeping reforms reflected in many new SEC, NYSE, and NASD rules. 
Featuring subject-oriented compliance checklists and citations to the rules for follow-up research, the book avoids legal jargon and technical references while it clarifies: 
• New management certification requirements for quarterly and annual reports. • The steps involved in developing mandatory disclosure procedures and financial controls. • Ways of improving Management’s Discussion &amp; Analysis to meet new SEC standards for MD&amp;A. • Restrictions on the use of non-GAAP measures in SEC filings to protect investors. • Stricter standards for director, auditor, and research analyst independence to prevent conflicts of interest.

PLI's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for Business Professionals: Directors, Officers, Accountants, Financial Advisors, Lawyers (Practising Law Institute)

Bostelman, John T.

The Second Edition of Insider Trading is your indispensable guide to avoiding insider trading liability, giving you the comprehensive legal knowledge and practical tools you need to determine what's legal, what's not, and what you can do to minimize liability exposure. Insider Trading shows you how the government has closed loopholes to increase insider trading liability - alerts you to SEC, Congressional, and judicial trends that signal greater legal peril for corporate players - guides you effectively in those murky legal areas where the government has failed to offer direction - and offers a treasury of useful resources -- including graphics that clarify legal boundaries, texts of major rules, and citations to thousands of laws, regulations, court rulings, and insider trading articles and treatises.

Insider Trading

Steinberg, Marc I.

Wang, William K. S.

Providing the guidance that law schools and most law firms don't offer, Legal Opinions in Business Transactions is the first practical, tool-filled guide to the step-by-step preparation of third-party closing opinions.Emphasizing how legal opinions reduce the risk of delays, disputes, and lawsuits in business deals, this unique resource shows you how to quickly and easily draft acceptable opinions using guidelines developed through custom and sanctioned by the TriBar Opinion Committee and ABA Business Section Opinion Committee. Packed with dozens of ready-to-insert opinion clauses and sample opinion letters, Legal Opinions in Business Transactions gives you a firm grasp of the:. Rights, obligations, and expectations of opinion givers, preparers, and recipients.. Customary terms, components, and structure of third-party opinion letters including how the law, documents, and factual assumptions are used.. Many types of interrelated opinions that form closing opinions including remedies opinions.. Perils of departing from customary opinion practice including the danger of botched transactions and even lawsuits.

Legal Opinions in Business Transactions

Smith, Jeffrey M.

Field, Arthur Norman

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