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Business
Crimes Bulletin
Editor-in-Chief, James Niss
This unique, monthly, eight-page newsletter features the news
and analysis you need to stay on top of the fast-changing, multi-faceted
world of financial and white collar crime.
Coverage includes the latest developments in foreign corrupt
practices, mail and wire fraud, RICO, the Organizational Sentencing
Guidelines, and much more! You'll also receive comprehensive updates
on money laundering law.
Whether your concern is tax or securities fraud, environmental
crimes or antitrust violations, forfeiture proceedings or Bank
Secrecy Act violations, the Business Crimes Bulletin will
give you up-to-date answers -- written by a network of experts
who know the issues -- and the answers!
Published Monthly
$359.00
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Advanced
Private Equity Term Sheets and Series A Documents
Joseph W. Bartlett / Ross Barrett / Mike Butler and the VC Experts,
Inc. editorial board
Advanced Private Equity Term Sheets and Series A Documents examines
all the deal terms you may encounter -- anti-dilution protection,
warrant coverage and liquidation preferences and others. It provides
clause-by-clause discussion of the Stock Purchase Agreement, along
with time-saving tools - model documents, opinion letters and
a due diligence checklist contributed by a Big 4 accounting firm.
You'll also get up-to-date data from an industry wide survey of
West Coast and East Coast deal terms, so you'll know whether or
not a given provision is "market," or "industry
standard" -- a must- before your next negotiation.
$219.00 |
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Acquisitions
Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, Revised
Edition
Stephen M. Axinn / Blaine V. Fogg / Bruce J. Prager
/ Neal R. Stoll
Acquisitions Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act, Revised Edition will help you guard against hefty civil fines,
save time in compliance, and protect your clients. This comprehensive
guidebook leads you step by step through the pre-merger notification
provisions and the myriad regulations which surround the Act.
It examines: jurisdictional requirements of the Act; exemptions
from the Act's coverage; notification and waiting period procedures;
preparation of the notification and report form; realistic compliance
methods; changes in requirements enacted by Congress and promulgated
by the FTC; and amended Formal Interpretation regarding Limited
Liability Companies. A separate Supplement includes the current
statute, new and revised Rules, a summary of the Second Request
process, and an update of enforcement activities.
$449.00 |
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Alternative
Dispute Resolution in the Work Place
Henry S. Kramer
Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Work Place is essential
for anyone responsible for the management of legal risk in the
work place. Whether you need information on the latest cases and
ADR programs or guidance on how ADR can affect your company's
or clients' interests, you will want to have this book close at
hand. It explains the pros and cons of relying on ADR, the complex
legal and practical issues involved in creating an ADR program,
the forms of ADR currently in use, the latest developments in
the law, and the practical tips, tricks and traps employment professionals
will want to know about. You'll find out about the intricacies
of: mediation, arbitration and other techniques; industry-specific
ADR; how to decide whether ADR is the right approach for your
organization or client; what employers can and can't do in an
ADR program; and when a court may decide to overturn the result
of an ADR proceeding. This easy-to-use deskbook also includes
useful suggestions and sample clauses to aid in the design of
an ADR program, with examples of different approaches.
$189.00 |
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Anatomy
of a Merger: Strategies and Techniques for Negotiating Corporate
Acquisitions
James C. Freund
Anatomy of a Merger is a unique presentation of the strategies
and techniques of negotiating corporate acquisitions. Some are
geared towards effectuating workable compromises that satisfy
the interests of all parties; others are aimed at getting a leg
up on your adversaries. One of the book's principal points is
how these twin, seemingly antithetical goals can and should be
attained.
$189.00 |
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Business
Separation Transactions: Spin-Offs, Subsidiary IPOs and Tracking
Stock
Stephen I. Glover
Why have some of the nation's most prominent corporations engaged
in spin-offs and split-offs? What should you know about structuring
these transactions for companies of any size? How do they compare
to traditional M & A transactions? Finally, there is a book
that explains the hows and whys of this vital corporate strategy.
Business Separation Transactions: Spin-Offs, Subsidiary IPOs and
Tracking Stock explains the objectives underlying these transactions,
the techniques used, and the consequences for all parties.
$189.00 |
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Corporate
Criminal Liability and Prevention
Richard S. Gruner
Corporate Criminal Liability & Prevention is a comprehensive
work, providing both substantive analysis of the law and strategic
advice for the practitioner. Whether you are handling a corporate
criminal case or advising a corporation on how to avoid one, it
will help you give your clients clear guidance on the best strategies
and compliance policies in light of the latest legal developments.
$189.00 |
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Corporate
Internal Investigations
Dan K. Webb / Robert W. Tarun / Steven F. Molo
This definitive treatment covers attorney-client privilege,
work product privilege, joint defense privilege, trade secrets,
confidential submissions to federal and state authorities, financial
privacy, and personnel files. It presents answers to complex issues
such as: the unique position of corporations in claiming privilege;
application of the work product privilege to internal communications;
the causes and scope of a waiver of the work product privilege:
drawing the line between inside counsel's business and legal functions
for purposes of attorney-client privilege; determining when information
supplied to a government agency is to remain confidential; the
dangers of intra-corporate discussions of confidential matters;
inadvertent disclosures; keeping results of a corporate internal
investigation immune from discovery; and more.
$189.00 |
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Corporate
Privileges and Confidential Information
Jerome G. Snider and Howard A. Ellins
As artificial entities, corporations may face more than a few
thorny problems when it comes to protecting confidential information.
Corporate Privileges and Confidential Information is designed
to guide inside and outside counsel through the maze of obstacles
thrown in the way of corporate secrecy. All rights to privacy
that a corporation may assert are brought together in this useful
volume, including how to protect information required to be disclosed
to a government agency.
$189.00 |
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Corporate
Sentencing Guidelines: Compliance and Mitigation
edited by Jed S. Rakoff / Linda R. Blumkin / Richard A. Sauber
Corporate Sentencing Guidelines also brings you comprehensive
coverage of subjects such as: determination of sentences, including
aggravating and mitigating factors like exceptional circumstances
or the "character" of an organization (with references
to relevant case law and commentary); compliance programs in the
global context; SEC and judicial initiatives to make corporate
directors liable for compliance lapses; advocacy strategies when
dealing with prosecutors, judges and probation officers; environmental
offenses and objections to self-audit laws adopted by many states;
special rules regarding antitrust offenses; the interplay between
the sentencing guidelines for individuals and for corporations;
and the novel remedy of "corporate probation," which
may require even a privately held company to report financial
information.
$189.00 |
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Directors
and Officers Liability: Prevention, Insurance & Indemnification
John H. Mathias, Jr. / Timothy W. Burns / Matthew
M. Neumeier / Jerry J. Burgdoerfer
Directors and Officers Liability: Prevention, Insurance &
Indemnification examines the risks officers and directors face,
including derivative and class actions; when insurance is available;
and when a corporation is required -or allowed -to provide indemnification.
The authors have included comprehensive coverage of indemnification
agreements and liability insurance policies, with point-by-point
analysis of provisions, procedures, exceptions, and gray areas.
$195.00 |
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Due
Diligence in Business Transactions
Gary M. Lawrence
Due Diligence in Business Transactions brings you detailed guidance
on who makes up the due diligence team and what role these various
experts play; why due diligence is a "zero defects"
business and what you can do to help limit your risk of liability
for inadequate or incomplete due diligence; what the courts have
to say about what constitutes "adequate due diligence"
under the federal securities laws and how effective due diligence
investigations can limit your exposure thereunder; what information
you need to create a "data trail" to document the investigation;
strategies and techniques that can help you uncover more and better
information at every step in the investigation process; how to
meet the special requirements of international and intellectual
property due diligence; how the due diligence investigation process
varies for different types of companies, and what are the appropriate
procedures to follow in each case. Additional chapters analyze
environmental due diligence, real and personal property due diligence,
debt instrument review, employee benefits due diligence, insurance
and liability coverage due diligence and intellectual property
due diligence. Plus, Due Diligence in Business Transactions gives
you a detailed overview of the case law and statutes governing
due diligence, and shows you what to do - and what to watch out
for - at every step during the investigation. The book also provides
over 80 forms and checklists to assist all those involved in the
due diligence investigation process.
$249.00
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Employee
Benefits Law: ERISA and Beyond
Jeffrey D. Mamorsky
ERISA - the Employee Retirement Income Security Act - requires
that employee benefit plans meet the demands of no fewer than
three federal agencies: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the
Department of Labor (DOL) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(PBGC). In addition, ERISA is affected by major legislation, including:
the Tax Reform Act of 1986; the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990; and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Employee
Benefits Law: ERISA and Beyond takes you step by step through
these and other statutes and regulations to help ensure that your
plans are properly structured, qualified and operated.
$269.00
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Going
Private
Arthur M. Borden and Joel Yunis
Going Private also offers pointers on structuring the transaction,
drawing up the proxy statement, and defining the roles of the
independent directors, attorneys and financial advisers involved.
In addition, it analyzes the fairness rule and burden shifting,
state anti-takeover legislation, leveraged buyouts, shareholder
reliance on fairness opinions provided to the board of directors
by financial advisers, squeeze-outs, restructurings, the concept
of the "level playing field," the duty of loyalty owed
by directors to shareholders of a corporation, applicability of
the business judgment rule when the board of directors resists
a hostile bid for control, an overview of the SEC's "Regulation
M-A Release," and the impact of recent court decisions.
$189.00 |
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Executive
Compensation
written and edited by Michael S. Sirkin and Lawrence K. Cagney
Among the topics covered in Executive Compensation are: the
latest tax laws and securities law requirements; ERISA obligations;
negative covenants; equity-based compensation payable in stock;
employment agreements provisions; other cash incentive compensation;
deferred compensation funding mechanisms; change of control arrangements;
taxation of fringe benefits; compensation and benefits of directors;
disclosure of public companies; compensation for exempt organizations;
planning for severance and/or changes in control; foreign employees;
using life insurance in executive compensation packages; new SEC
rules under Section 16(b); nondiscrimination policies for fringe
benefits; and much more.
$195.00 |
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Executives
Stock Options
Herbert Kraus
Executive Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights is designed
to assist corporate enterprises in the design and establishment
of programs for granting stock options. It brings you the facts
on such vital topics as the different types of stock options available,
including non-qualified stock options and incentive stock options;
features such as stock appreciation rights; advantages and disadvantages
both from the point of view of the company and the optionee; what
SEC disclosure and registration rules require; liabilities you
may face under Section 16(b), including the modified Rule 16(b)-3;
stock option repricing; Section 423 stock purchase plans, with
in-depth discussion of the applicable requirements of federal
tax law, state blue sky laws, and federal securities law; new
developments regarding Opinion 25 of the Accounting Principles
Board; IRS rulings affecting gifts of compensatory stock options;
self-repricing "look-back" options; federal tax implications
of dividing employee stock options in marital property settlements;
and granting of stock options to dual or "leased" employees.
$195.00
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Negotiated
Acquisitions of Companies, Subsidiaries and Divisions
Lou R. Kling and Eileen Nugent
Negotiated Acquisitions of Companies, Subsidiaries and Divisions
is divided into several parts: planning transactions and advising
boards; general and special provisions of the acquisitions agreement;
and special topics, such as LBOs and troubled companies. You'll
find everything from basic corporate, tax and accounting considerations
to detailed analysis of representations, warranties, covenants
and closing conditions. Novices as well as experienced practitioners
will benefit from mergers of equals; cash election mergers; fairness
opinions; special committees of disinterested directors; and much
more.
$389.00 |
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Negotiating
& Drafting Contract Boilerplate
Tina L. Stark
Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate educates lawyers
and business professionals about the underlying rationale and
importance of boilerplate language. Each chapter tackles a different
contractual provision, over 20 in all, and analyzes why it is
important, what the key legal and business issues are, what is
negotiable and what is not, and how best to draft the provision
to suit a particular transaction. This remarkable book will give
you a competitive edge -and a new understanding and appreciation
of language you've seen countless times.
$195.00 |
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Partnerships,
Joint Venture and Strategic Alliances Revised Edition
Craig M. Wasserman and Stephen I. Glover
There are few, if any, major corporations that do not engage
in some level of partnership, joint venture and strategic alliance
activity. Partnerships, Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
will help you dissect any proposed transaction, spot the issues
that need to be addressed, and achieve a successful outcome. Discussions
include: building a successful partnership, joint venture and
strategic alliance; choice of entity considerations; fiduciary
duties; tax and regulatory issues; and the role of lawyers. Leading
experts offer their best strategies for negotiating joint ventures
and alliances.
$349.00 |
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Private
Equity Funds: Business Structure and Operations
James M. Schell
Every year, investors pour billions of dollars into private equity
limited partnerships. Until now, details about the organization
and administration of these funds were difficult to come by. Private
Equity Funds: Business Structure and Operations, is the first
practical guide that gives attorneys, investment professionals,
tax practitioners and corporate lawyers the tools and authoritative
guidance they need to handle any aspect of a private investment
fund. It covers a wide range of important issues such as the key
economic differences between various types of funds; structuring
the private equity fund to meet economic expectations and investment
goals; nailing down maximum tax benefits for the sponsor of the
fund; duties of the fund's General Partner and Investment Advisor;
the major regulatory issues affecting the private equity fund;
and much more. No matter which aspect of private equity funds
you deal with, this is a reference book you will want close at
hand.
$229.00 |
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Privatizing
Governmental Functions
Edited by Deborah S Ballati
Privatizing Governmental Functions is the first
work to provide both a broad conceptual framework and detailed,
practical guidance for handling any legal issue in the fast-growing
field of privatization. This essential book from a team of leading
experts is the single source to turn to for the legal and practical
techniques involved, both generally and in specific industries.
You'll find detailed discussion and analysis of the procurement
process and its political setting; strategies for contractors;
and financing issues. Individual chapters are devoted to such
areas as public housing, correctional facilities, waste disposal,
telecommunications, public housing, military support, public land
and amenities, healthcare, schools, and surface transportation.
Whether you are an attorney, contractor, government official,
consultant, or scholar, this unique, comprehensive treatment will
help you structure pragmatic solutions for virtually any situation.
$169.00 |
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Start-Up
& Emerging Companies: Planning, Financing and Operating the
Successful Business, With Forms on Disk
edited and co-authored by Gregory C. Smith and Contributing
Experts
Here's all the information you need to provide sound advice on
a new enterprise from set-up to financing to getting the company
up and running at a profit. You'll find extensive coverage of
significant issues, such as the venture financing process; corporate,
securities and tax laws; the interplay between business and legal
considerations; limited liability companies; strategic alliances;
employee benefit plans; stock options; contracts; and accounting
procedures. You'll also read about recent developments in Internet
law and electronic commerce, including the application of securities
laws to public offerings on the Web.
$349.00 |
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Structured
Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments
Daniel W. Hindert / Joseph J. Dehner / Patrick J. Hindert
Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments
features a full discussion of "Structured Settlement Factoring
Transactions," with an analysis of Internal Revenue Code
Section 5891-Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act-and its effect
on reinforcing and expanding structured settlements. This statute
has an impact on all structured settlements past and future. It
provides claimants and their attorneys with definitions, procedures,
guidelines and some protection under the Internal Revenue Code
to help involved parties to transfer structured settlement payment
rights following settlement.
$195.00 |
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Takeovers
& Freezeouts
Martin Lipton and Erica H. Steinberger
Takeovers & Freezeouts addresses important
developments concerning standards of conduct for board members,
reducing vulnerability to hostile takeovers, specific responses
to overtures and takeover bids, proxy fights and institutional
activism, pre-merger notification under Hart-Scott Rodino, state
regulation of tender offers, tax, accounting and ERISA considerations,
antitrust considerations, and takeovers and mergers in the banking
industry.
$589.00 |
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| White
Collar Crime: Business and Regulatory Offenses
edited by Otto G. Obermaier and Robert G. Morvillo
For expert guidance you can rely on, turn to White Collar
Crime: Business and Regulatory Offenses. In a single
volume, Otto G. Obermaier and Robert G. Morvillo have gathered
a prestigious group of authors to counsel you on: criminal tax
cases; securities fraud; RICO; computer crime; mail and wire fraud;
banking crimes; forfeiture; criminal antitrust actions; bribery
and extortion; conspiracy; entrapment and government overreaching;
government contract fraud; grand jury practice; perjury and false
declarations; general principles governing the criminal liability
of corporations, their employees and officers.
$279.00 |
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Environmental
Enforcement: Civil and Criminal
Daniel Riesel
Environmental Enforcement: Civil & Criminal,
by one of the nation’s first environmental prosecutors,
offers a detailed guide to environmental enforcement and the legal
and practical problems that can arise. Environmental Enforcement:
Civil and Criminal explains the dangers of civil and
criminal enforcement efforts to members of the regulated community
and sets out in the procedures to follow to minimize exposure.
Topics include: how to conduct an environmental self-audit; civil
investigatory procedures in environmental law; civil enforcement
under the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA), the Clean Air Act, the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to- Know Act (EPCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). You’ll
also find analysis of “government guidance documents”;
contribution suits between “potentially responsible parties”;
penalties and penalty policies; preliminary injunctions; citizen
suits, defenses and awarding of attorney fees; the criminal process;
the Department of Justice’s guidelines for pursuing criminal
charges against corporations; criminal representation and defense;
and audits to ensure compliance.
$179.00 |
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Environmental
Law Lexicon #00618
Nicholas A. Robinson
Environmental Law Lexicon, a unique quick-reference
guide — prepared specifically for lawyers — helps
you understand the most frequently encountered scientific terminology
concerning the environment, ecology and many other scientific
disciplines, and the specific legal meanings that these terms
have acquired through their use in laws, regulations and judicial
decisions.
The Environmental Law Lexicon will alert you to those expressions
that have become terms of art and enable you to deal with risk
assessments; pre-manufacture notices for chemicals; remediation
investigations and feasibility studies for hazardous waste sites;
aquifer mappings; species habitat delineations; wetlands mitigation
conditions; state and local environmental impact assessment; open
space and landscape conservation; and a host of measures required
by federal and state laws and regulations.
$179.00 |
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Regulation of Real Property
Nicholas A. Robinson
Environmental Regulation of Real Property enables
you to anticipate and solve a wide range of environmental law
problems - hazardous waste clean-up liability, coastal zone and
wetlands management, including wetlands restoration and enhancement,
and the regulation of land to control air and water quality. Areas
of law covered include constitutional law, real estate law, litigation,
and even corporate transactions.
Environmental Regulation of Real Property explains
what types of state and local laws and regulations you should
be on the lookout for - as well as the common law tort standards
you should anticipate. It also includes guidance, complete with
forms and checklists, on how to conduct due diligence reviews
and environmental audits.
$189.00
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Insurance
Coverage Dispute
John H. Mathias, Jr. / John D. Shugrue / Thomas A. Marrinson
The authors explain all aspects of litigating insurance coverage
disputes in detail, including the varieties of policies and coverage,
obligations of policyholders and insurers, and the nuts and bolts
of proving or disproving coverage, from pretrial motions through
settlement. Topics covered include case management, venue, parties,
justiciability, discovery disputes and privileged documents, insurance
policy interpretation and construction, bad faith and extra-contractual
claims, and trial of an insurance coverage dispute.
$195.00
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A
Criminal Waste of Time
William W. Bedsworth
What do the intellectual property rights of a talking chihuahua,
the legal (and practical) risks of smuggling monkeys
in one's underwear and the plagiarism of a musical selection
consisting of 4 and a half minutes of silence all have in common?
They're just a few of the recent cases given a second
look in this new book from award-winning columnist Justice
William Bedsworth. With over 17 years on
the bench, this California Appellate Court Judge (4th District)
has seen it all, and this collection of more than 30
of his favorite columns is sure to convince you that truth
really can be stranger than fiction.
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Intellectual
Property Law: Commercial, Creative and Industrial Property
Jay Dratler, Jr.
This two-volume treatise discusses all the major fields of intellectual
property: patents, trade secrets, copyright, technological protection
of copyrighted works under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,
semiconductor chip protection, import exclusion, database protection,
software protection, Web publishing, trademarks, trade dress,
Internet domain names, parallel imports and "gray goods,"
and unfair competition. Intellectual Property Law also discusses
the TRIP Agreement and other international conventions and compares
the basic principles of U.S. law with those of Asian and European
law.
$269.00 |
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Intellectual
Property Law: Damages and Remedies
Terence P. Ross
Intellectual Property Law: Damages and Remedies addresses two
crucial concerns of intellectual property owners -- how to recover
monetary compensation when an infringement has occurred, and how
to prevent further infringement. Filled with useful citations,
this unique work explains how compensation and remedies are determined
in every scenario, including infringement on the Internet. You'll
read about ex parte seizures and stopping infringing goods at
the border; provisional rights remedies for patent owners; injunctive
relief; monetary damages; punitive and statutory enhanced damages;
attorneys' fees and costs; and more. This is the first and only
book that covers all the issues that arise once liability for
infringement has been established.
$179.00 |
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Intellectual
Property and Computer Crimes
Peter J. Toren
This timely treatise explains the laws that criminalize violations
of intellectual property rights and unauthorized computer access
- and how they may affect your practice. Intellectual Property
and Computer Crimes examines criminal infringement, the expanded
scope of computer hacking laws, and the important legal issues
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Intellectual
Property Law Dictionary
Rachel Gader-Shafran, Board of Editors, Contributors
Designed for lawyers, law students, professors, and anyone who
works closely with intellectual property issues, The Intellectual
Property Law Dictionary contains four sections explaining the
meaning and legal background of terms used in copyright, trademark,
patent, and trade dress, both in the U.S. and internationally.
More than just a dictionary, it provides detailed citations to
source materials with every definition. You'll also find an "Overview
of Intellectual Property" explaining the essentials of each
type of intellectual property and appendices offering concise
histories of the law of copyright, patents, trademark and trade
dress.
$189.00
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Intellectual
Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis
Richard Raysman / Edward A. Pisacreta / Kenneth A. Adler / Seth
H. Ostrow
The book presents the working documents you need, along with
the guidance to put them to use. The dozens of helpfully annotated
forms and agreements in the book include: copyright, trademark
and patent agreements; work-for-hire agreements; non-disclosure,
non-compete and exit interview agreements; privacy/publicity releases
and celebrity endorsement agreements; merchandising agreements;
software development, distribution and licensing agreements; music
agreements; dramatic performance licensing agreements; and sample
corporate copyright and trade secret policies. The authors devote
separate, detailed chapters to product and media-specific licensing
transactions, with useful negotiating considerations and discussion
of the substantive legal background. This new reference is an
invaluable starting point for any licensing transaction.
$189.00 |
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Licensing
of Intellectual Property
Jay Dratler, Jr.
The definitive treatise on the law of licensing, Licensing of
Intellectual Property answers such questions as which licensing
provisions are best for transactions presenting high litigation
risk; how to reduce the risk of disputes when drafting royalty
and other licensing provisions; when licensees have standing to
sue infringers (and their licensors); what types of licensing
restrictions may violate the antitrust laws or constitute misuse
of intellectual property; and when trade secret provisions are
appropriate in patent and copyright cases.
$239.00 |
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Telemedicine
and E-Health Law
Lynn D. Fleisher & James C. Dechene
The use of the Internet and high-tech communications in health
care has led to new approaches to medical treatment - and to challenging
new legal questions. Telemedicine and E-Health Law has the answers
that health care providers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies,
insurers, and their legal counsel need in the online era. Its
comprehensive scope includes everything from the licensing requirements
for physicians who provide medical services electronically across
state lines to the privacy issues raised by the sharing of electronic
medical records (EMRs) across computer networks.
$169.00 |
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The
Intellectual Property Law Dictionary
Rachel Gader-Shafran, Board of Editors, Contributors
Designed for lawyers, law students, professors, and anyone who
works closely with intellectual property issues, The Intellectual
Property Law Dictionary contains four sections explaining the
meaning and legal background of terms used in copyright, trademark,
patent, and trade dress, both in the U.S. and internationally.
More than just a dictionary, it provides detailed citations to
source materials with every definition. You'll also find an “Overview
of Intellectual Property,” explaining the essentials of
each type of intellectual property, and appendices offering concise
histories of the law of copyright, patents, trademark and trade
dress.
$189.00 |
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Computer
Law: Drafting and Negotiating Forms and Agreements, With Forms
on Disk
by Richard Raysman and Peter Brown
Computer Law includes an overview of computer technology, featuring
a unique computer law glossary, and keeps you up to date on the
latest legislative developments and significant Supreme Court
decisions. This two-volume desk set comes complete with a CD-ROM
containing all the forms discussed in the text. You'll be able
to draft high-quality legal documents with less work and in less
time than ever before.
$325.00 |
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Cyberlaw:
Intellectual Property in the Digital Millennium
Jay Dratler, Jr.
This book explains the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking
rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Act's provisions
for protecting copyright management information, and its attempts
to reduce Internet service providers' exposure to primary and
secondary liability for copyright infringement. It parses the
anti-trafficking rules into its various elements and discusses
in detail how each applies to such “noncopyright locks”
as garage-door openers and aftermarket-protection devices. The
book also explains how these rules derived from the emerging “federal
common law” of copyright and how, in some cases, the still
developing federal common law may make resort to these rules unnecessary.
$189.00 |
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Doing
Business On The Internet: Forms and Analysis, With Forms on Disk
Julian S. Millstein, Jeffrey D. Neuburger & Jeffrey P. Weingart
With over 65 forms and checklists from actual Internet deals
and transactions, Doing Business on the Internet: Forms and Analysis
is a hands-on guide to the law of Internet commerce. Whether you
are a novice or a “Webmaster,” it provides you with
both practical guidance you can immediately put to use and the
legal underpinnings you need to do business online. From registering
and protecting your domain name, to contracting for Internet and
Web site services, to patent, trademark and copyright issues,
Doing Business on the Internet: Forms and Analysis shows you how
to adapt your business plans and strategies to evolving legal
requirements. You'll read about: licensing of Internet content;
enforceability of online contracts; domestic and foreign tax treatment
of Internet transactions; international obligations involved in
doing business online; patentability of business methods; precedents
in trademark infringement; drafting a privacy policy; and other
important areas - all buttressed by state-of-the-art model agreements.
$195.00 |
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Emerging
Technologies and the Law: Forms and Analysis
Richard Raysman, Peter Brown, Jeffrey D. Neuburger & William
E. Bandon, III
Formerly published as Multimedia Law: Forms and Analysis, this
revised edition addresses the many legal issues presented by complex
cross-technology transactions. It features over 60 ready-to-use
forms on CD-ROM that eliminate guesswork and lead you through
every critical step in structuring different kinds of agreements.
You'll find clear explanations of the technological and legal
issues involved; an overview of patent law as it applies to emerging
technologies; checklists of important factors to consider before
beginning a complex cross-technology transaction; and more.
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Internet
Law & Strategy (Newsletter)
Editor-in-Chief Samuel Fineman
This pioneering newsletter is the best single source of news,
advice and analysis for lawyers and their clients who are involved
with the Internet. Internet Law & Strategy looks beyond
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and practical pointers of genuine value. Each issue combines the
expertise of Internet specialists and the experience of practicing
attorneys to make sense of the mountains of data available on
the Web. It brings you the latest on doing legal research online,
managing and marketing your law practice, and communicating with
other attorneys and clients. You'll find out how lawyers are putting
new technology to use and how they are coping with complex new
problems. You'll also get up-to-date reports on the law of the
Internet and how it may affect your practice.
Published Monthly
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LJN's
Legal Tech Newsletter
Editor-in-Chief, Adam J. Schlagman
How can your law office run more smoothly -and more profitably?
How can you find your way around the Internet- and market successfully
on it? How can you keep your network secure? Should your firm
outsource its information management? What is the latest software
available for demonstrative evidence? What do you need to know
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Will your firm benefit from legal expert systems? Desktop publishing?
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objective evaluations and recommendations of systems and equipment.
In feature articles and in regular sections like ""Practice
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""Bits and Bytes"" and ""Browsing
the Web,"" you'll find out what's working in law firms
like yours - and perhaps more important, what's not.
Published Monthly
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Representing
High Tech Companies
Gary M. Lawrence and Carl Baranowski
You'll find out about financing and documenting joint ventures
and early-stage strategic partnerships; devising workable non-disclosure
agreements; managing an intellectual property portfolio; minimizing
litigation risk for public technology companies; designing employment
contracts and benefit plans in a highly competitive industry;
handling securities laws, import/export controls, and other aspects
of the regulatory scheme; and much more. Featuring forms, checklists,
and a remarkable high-tech glossary of industry terms, phrases,
and acronyms, Representing High-Tech Companies
will quickly become your favorite legal reference for solving
problems in this area.
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The
Internet and Dispute Resolution: Untangling the Web #00671
Norman Solovay & Cynthia Reed
This book explains how alternative dispute resolution first moved
online, how it evolved, and how ODR is now being applied. You'll
find out about the different types of ODR methods and how to incorporate
them into your own practice. You'll also benefit from a helpful
survey of ODR providers around the U.S. and internationally. The
authors bring you in-depth discussion of the legal issues raised
by this trend, including: questions involving jurisdiction; conflicts
of law; e-commerce regulations; privacy; consumer protection;
and security. This complete treatment of ODR is both an excellent
introduction to this increasingly popular technique and a useful
manual for practitioners.
$179.00
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Law
Firm Partnership Agreements
Leslie D. Corwin and Arthur J. Ciampi
Law Firm Partnership Agreements tackles the key "life events"
of a law firm partnership - formation, compensation, partner departures,
partner admissions, retirement, death, disability, dissolution,
termination of the partnership, mergers & acquisitions, and
much more. You'll find discussion of partnership classification,
firm management, ethical obligations when there are changes in
firm membership, and other issues that can have a huge impact
on the conduct of your practice. You'll get insightful analysis
of everything from the fiduciary duty owed by firm members to
one another to "eat what you kill" compensation arrangements.
$195.00 |
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Law
Firm Partnership & Benefits Report
Editor-in-Chief, Silvia L. Coulter
Decision-makers and policy-setters at law firms, from managing
partners to firm administrators to human resource executives,
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sexual harassment and employment discrimination; associate training;
lateral partners; funding pension plans; compliance with the ADA,
ERISA, the IRC; what other firms are doing; and rulings affecting
partners, employees, and clients.
Published Monthly
$349.00
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Marketing
the Law Firm: Business Development Techniques
Sally J. Schmidt
Marketing the Law Firm: Business Development Techniques shows
you how to use advertising as a marketing tool, for both corporate
and consumer practices. It brings you the findings of the latest
surveys on law firm advertising, marketing materials, Web site
use by clients and law firm growth issues. It also features detailed
coverage of how to measure the return on investment of various
marketing activities.
$195.00 |
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Marketing
the Law Firm (Newsletter)
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Anne Tursi
How can you increase your business? Find out in Marketing for
Law Firm, the monthly report that shows you the most sophisticated,
most effective strategies your colleagues are using today. You'll
read articles on subjects such as: ten ways not to market your
practice; seven principles for dealing with the press; co-sponsoring
seminars -how small firms can benefit from strategic alliances;
making the most of hot cases and hot lawyers; the myths about
client surveys; running a marketing department; finding your firm's
next hot practice area; using automated marketing databases; developing
an effective referral network; renewing business relationships
with former clients; developing potential rainmakers. and more.
Regular
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Courtroom
Psychology and Trial Advocacy
Richard C. Waites, J.D., Ph.D
Courtroom Psychology and Trial Advocacy is a comprehensive look
at how courtroom decision makers make their decisions on specific
issues. It explains the research methods used to study their likely
decisions in individual cases and how to apply this new understanding
to every aspect of trial advocacy, from jury selection through
closing argument. This innovative guide differs from current trial
advocacy primers by offering the most advanced information available
about persuasion psychology in the courtroom and by translating
this information into practical suggestions you can use effectively.
In addition to the author's recommendations, you'll find helpful
tips from some of the nation's most experienced and successful
trial judges and trial partners in major law firms.
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Health
Care Fraud: Enforcement and Compliance
Robert Fabrikant / Paul E. Kalb, M.D./ Mark D. Hopson / Pamela
H. Bucy
Health Care Fraud is the most complete, essential and up-to-date
guide to a rapidly growing, multi-disciplinary field - required
reading for criminal and civil lawyers, law enforcement officials,
health care providers, and anyone interested in the health care
industry. Health Care Fraud contains analysis and advice that
can prevent career-ending mistakes. You'll find the latest anti-fraud
initiatives from Congress, state legislatures, enforcement agencies
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lawyers cannot afford to ignore; and point-by-point analysis of
the key decisions, laws and regulations.
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Hospital
Liability
James Walker Smith
Hospital Liability investigates issues such as HMO liability
for medical malpractice; nonmedical liability; liability for negligent
ambulance service; which states permit recovery for the wrongful
death of a fetus; informed consent and damages for both disclosed
and undisclosed complications; standards for alternative methods
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evidence preservation requirements in child abuse and sexual assault
cases; pregnancy-related actions; liability in the areas of blood
services, bacterial infections, anesthesia, radiology, surgery,
autopsy, and donation; circumstances under which a hospital can
be liable for the acts of a private physician; the degree to which
the hospital owes an independent duty of care to the patient;
hospital antitrust liability; and the "right to die,"
including a discussion of decision-making tools such as "living
wills" and durable powers of attorney; liability insurance;
and tort reform.
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Employment
Litigiation #00669
Mary A. Gambardella
Employment Litigation provides complete procedural guidance to
the booming field of employment law. Whether you represent employers
or employees, you'll save avoid unpleasant surprises, and gain
the upper hand at every stage of your case. Coverage includes
a step-by-step examination of agency and court proceedings on
both the federal and state level, as well as tactical considerations
for settlement negotiations. Filled with helpful insights, it
also provides sample documents for every situation -- complaints,
responses, motions, discovery requests, jury instructions, settlement
agreements, and more.
$189.00 |
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Federal
Tax Litigation
Susan A. Berson
Federal Tax Litigation, written by a former litigator for the
Tax Division of the Justice Department, offers an insider's perspective
on the legal questions and the practical considerations involved
in handling a federal tax controversy from start to finish --
audit, appeal, problems resolution office, collection, and subsequent
judicial proceedings --all in light of the IRS Restructuring and
Reform Act of 1998.
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