Working with Contracts provides you with the practical legal, business, and technical knowledge you need to grasp the nuts and bolts of transactions and draft customized agreements that meet clients' goals.

Working With Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You, 2nd Edition (PLI's Corporate and Securities Law Library)

Fox, Charles M.

Business

Practising Law Institute (PLI)

Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer's Guide to Effective Writing and Editing gives you the specialized knowledge and techniques to draft clear and compelling legal documents, no matter how complicated the issues involved.

Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer's Guide to Effective Writing and Editing

Armstrong, Stephen V.

Terrell, Timothy P.

Legal Education

Covered Bond Handbook is the first comprehensive guide to these time-tested financing alternatives, helping you to take full advantage of these debt instruments.

Covered Bonds Handbook (PLI's Corporate and Securities Law Library)

Pinedo, Anna T.

Foreign & International Law

Written by leading tax attorneys with extensive government and private practice experience, Internal Revenue Service Practice &amp; Procedure Deskbook is an indispensible resource for tax lawyers, accountants, taxpayers and in-house corporate tax directors.

Internal Revenue Service Practice and Procedure Deskbook

Collins, Erin M.

Recent major federal and state investigations into possible illegal bids for municipal bonds have triggered more outcries for tighter regulation of public financing. PLIs The Securities Law of Public Finance is the authoritative resource you ll want to consult for the new rules to come as well as the current standards now in place. Written by one of the most respected figures in the field, the award-winning author and practitioner Robert A. Fippinger, this classic guide covers every vital area for you, from finance structuring to securities distribution to closings. Cited by the SEC for its excellence in illuminating legal issues, The Securities Law of Public Finance clarifies and analyzes the law to give you the smart, steady guidance you need to comply more confidently with registration, disclosure, due diligence, fiduciary, and contractual requirements and avoid costly legal actions. Included are numerous sample forms, flow charts, and summary charts that help speed compliance with the rules. Updated at least once a year, The Securities Law of Public Finance is the trusted reference that attorneys, issuers, underwriters, and investment advisers will want to consult regularly.

The Securities Law of Public Finance

Fippinger, Robert A.

Chapter 14s special valuation rules may have reduced the viability of estate freezes. But, as author Cheryl Hader emphasizes and clearly illustrates in PLIs Estate Planning & Chapter 14: Understanding the Special Valuation Rules, you can still achieve tax-effective results under the right set of facts. Estate Planning & Chapter 14 has been completely updated in light of the federal estate tax changes of the past few years. Now in a handy paperback format, this comprehensive resource gives you all the facts you need to take advantage of the still available tax-saving opportunities for clients wishing to pass wealth from older to younger generations within a family. It is stocked with sample documents, case studies, charts, and graphs that help you implement tax-advantaged strategies. Estate Planning and Chapter 14: Understanding the Special Valuation Rules is an indispensable guide for estate and tax planners, tax attorneys, and general practitioners involved in estate and tax planning.

Estate Planning & Chapter 14

Hader, Cheryl E.

Updated to include coverage of the significant FINRA and SEC responses to the economic downturn, the new second edition of Broker-Dealer Regulation provides you with a complete and practical understanding of the many requirements of this highly regulated area. This two-volume work ensures that you satisfy SEC/SRO standards governing your firm, with detailed coverage of: 
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<li>Registration reporting and recordkeeping rules </li>
<li>Suitability and best execution standards </li>
<li>Ways of minimizing liability in the event of legal lapses, by documenting good-faith compliance efforts </li>
<li>The implementation of a tailor-made compliance program that can help detect and prevent illegal conduct within the firm </li>
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Broker-Dealer Regulation is filled with practical suggestions on how to best comply with requirements in such areas as electronic trading, safeguarding customer information, trading desk activities and business continuity planning. Recent updates have covered new FINRA Rule 2111 which governs what are and what are not suitable customer transactions the SEC s renewed emphasis on pursuing insider trading claims under 10b5-2 the SEC s recently adopted Rule 15c3-5 on allocation between clearing firm and introducing broker in connection with risk management controls for clearing firms providing market access and a new Chapter 21A on outsourcing issues for financial services firms. Updated at least once a year, Broker-Dealer Regulationis an invaluable resource for broker-dealers, securities attorneys, compliance officers, and regulators.

Broker Dealer Regulation 4 Volume Set

Kirsch, Clifford

At a time of many regulatory changes being made as a result of the economic downturn, the new third edition of Investment Adviser Regulation guides you safely through the maze of Congressional, SEC, and state standards impacting investment advisers as well as helping you understand the practical aspects of building a practice. It clarifies key status issues that determine registration and disclosure duties as well as liability exposure. Specifically, it shows you how to: File and update Form ADV Draft advisory contracts Follow stringent advertising guidelines Structure compliant soft-dollar arrangements Meet best execution requirements and other practice standards Satisfy recordkeeping rules The new third edition of Investment Adviser Regulation describes Regulation S-AM, which tightens the privacy requirements on client financial information the various proposals on harmonizing broker-dealer and financial adviser regulation proposals on increased fiduciary responsibilities as well as the need for the development of improved risk management systems as a result of recent market disruptions. Updated at least once a year, Investment Adviser Regulation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Compliance and the Law is a crucial handbook for investment advisers, securities attorneys, compliance personnel, and federal and state regulators, and a useful reference for today's investors.

Investment Adviser Regulation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Compliance and the Law (3 Volume set)

Remain ever current and ensure that you have the most updated version of this publication by visiting PLI.edu. Designed to help the in-house attorney deal with bigger compliance demands and tighter budgets, the new fourth edition of Corporate Legal Departments: Practicing Law in a Corporation shows you how to implement a corporate compliance program that: Detects and prevents internal legal problems Plays a greater role in developing corporate business plans and pursuing new business opportunities Makes your department more productive at less cost Maximizes the value of digital technologies Uses cost-effective litigation strategies Manages corporate crises with a firm hand Minimized your own legal exposure as a corporate counselor Corporate Legal Departments features a unique In-House Counsel s Handbook covering 20 areas important to your growing role, including laws dealing with antitrust, environmental issues, intellectual property, securities, anti-bribery, export control, immigration, the Internet, accounting, and data privacy and protection. Corporate Legal Departments is an indispensable guide for in-house corporate practitioners, outside corporate counsel, compliance officers, and top managers.

Corporate Legal Departments: Practicing Law in a Corporation (Fourth Edition)

Carole L. Basri

Widely appreciated by attorneys and inventors for its clear, uncomplicated approach to a complex field, Patent Law: A Practitioner’s Guide gives you a solid working knowledge of the legal framework governing patents, including • Developments under the America Invents Act • Federal regulations and court decisions • The widely accepted four-step test used by the courts to determine an invention’s patentability • The various tests used to indicate direct infringement and other patent violations • Drafting techniques used to prepare the full variety of documents, including specifications and claims New for the fourth edition are chapters on comparative patent law, derivation proceedings, and post-grant procedures. Patent Law features numerous time-saving sample forms • flowcharts, diagrams and tables that quickly enhance your understanding of key patent law issues • and hypothetical questions (with answers) that help prepare you for the real-world challenges of patent prosecution.

Patent Law (Intellectual Property Law Library)

Hildreth, Ronald

Aker, David

Law Practice

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