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Accountants' Liability

Treatise  Treatise

Published: May 1996
Last Updated: November 2012

The liability exposure of accountants has widened dramatically over the past decade in the wake of numerous front-page corporate and financial scandals. PLI’s Accountants’ Liability has been the reliable and readable resource that accountants have turned to for guidance on how they can meet their professional responsibilities, comply with relevant rules, and avoid the increased number of legal land mines. Accountants see clearly the trouble ...

Consumer Product Safety Regulation: Impact of the 2008 Amendments

Treatise  Treatise

Published: October 2008

PLI’s Consumer Product Safety Regulation gives you comprehensive, compliance-enabling insight into the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the most dramatic overhaul of consumer product safety legislation since the 1970s.   Written by one of the country’s foremost experts in the field, Consumer Product Safety Regulation shows you how the 2008 amendments bring substantially lower lead limits for children’s products; ...

Electronic Discovery Deskbook

Treatise  Treatise

Published: March 2009
Last Updated: October 2012

The discovery stage in litigation is costly in terms of time and expense for attorneys and their clients. Today’s explosion of electronic technologies and data has made the process even more difficult. Written by legal and technical experts in this specialized field, PLI’s new Electronic Discovery Deskbook helps you to reduce the cost and complexity of e-discovery by showing you how to more easily and quickly prepare, collect, prepare, ...

Electronic Discovery Deskbook

Treatise  Treatise

Published: October 2013

The new second edition of Electronic Discovery Deskbook enables you to meet the legal, procedural, and technical challenges of e-discovery while cutting its costs and risks. The Deskbook helps you to develop information and litigation management policies and procedures that guide you to identify, preserve, collect, prepare, and produce discoverable, electronically-stored information (ESI) in cost-effective, legally defensible ways.Written by legal ...

Evidence in Negligence Cases

Treatise  Treatise

Published: September 1997
Last Updated: November 2010

"[Tom Moore] is one of the country’s preeminent medical malpractice lawyers.”  —The New York Times ”Tom Moore is clearly one of the premier medical malpractice lawyers in the nation.”   —Lawyers Weekly ”[Tom Moore’s] success in winning extraordinary verdicts, even in the toughest cases, is legendary.”   —The American Lawyer   In PLI’s Evidence ...

Federal Bail and Detention Handbook 2013

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Published: March 2013

"The savings in time alone, as you try to prepare for an initial or detention hearing, makes the Handbook a bargain.” —Defense Magazine The Bail Reform Act of 1984 and its legislative history are lengthy and complex. Yet all participants—lawyers, judges, and others—are required to understand it thoroughly and apply it swiftly and effectively, often under the pressure of a detention hearing. The Honorable John L. Weinberg’s ...

How to Handle an Appeal

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Published: September 1999
Last Updated: November 2012

”[How to Handle an Appeal is a] gold mine of practical suggestions and down-to-earth wisdom for dealing with each of the many aspects of an appeal … Reading this book should prove worthwhile to every lawyer who handles an appeal, novice and veteran alike.”   —George C. Pratt, Circuit Judge (Retired) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ”Levy is a master of his craft … The title of this ...

Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law & Practice

Treatise  Treatise

Published: March 1996
Last Updated: May 2013

“[Immigration Fundamentals] is a mine of information. This book is recommended as a key weapon in an immigration lawyer’s arsenal.” —Commercial Law Bulletin “[Immigration Fundamentals is] indispensable to even the experienced attorney.” —International Law and Trade Perspective Offering in-depth coverage of bedrock immigration legislation, the latest federal standards, and pivotal court decisions, PLI’s Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law ...

Manning on Estate Planning

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Published: July 2004
Last Updated: December 2012

”[Manning on Estate Planning is a] penetrating, thoughtful treatment presented in a most winning style.”   —Estate Planning ”[Manning on Estate Planning] covers all of the major areas with which the planner must be familiar, and does so in significant detail … an outstanding text.”   —New York Law Journal ”This comprehensive book combines a readable overview for the student or ...

Medical Malpractice: Discovery and Trial

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Published: February 2002
Last Updated: November 2012

"[Tom Moore] is one of the country’s preeminent medical malpractice lawyers.” —The New York Times "Tom Moore is clearly one of the premier medical malpractice lawyers in the nation.” —Lawyers Weekly "[Tom Moore’s] success in winning extraordinary verdicts, even in the toughest cases, is legendary.” —The American Lawyer PLI’s Medical Malpractice: Discovery and Trial shows you ...

Patent Litigation

Treatise  Treatise

Published: April 2012
Last Updated: September 2013

The new Second Edition of Patent Litigation enhances your ability to prevail at trial while helping you cut the costs and complexity of litigation. Many of America’s leading patent litigators guide you through all the litigation stages, helping you to understand various infringement actions and their respective burdens of proof; conduct comprehensive pre-suit investigations that streamline your cases; develop potent case themes; assemble strong litigation ...

Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Treatise  Treatise

Published: June 2013

The America Invents Act created the Patent Trial and Appeal Board which is akin to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and which will preside over various new proceedings designed to provide parties with a more effective venue in which to litigate patent validity. The most commonly used procedure will be inter partes review, which effectively replaces inter partes reexamination as of September 16, 2012.  Other post-grant proceeding ...

Product Liability Litigation: Current Law, Strategies and Best Practices

Treatise  Treatise

Published: October 2009
Last Updated: December 2012

PLI’s Product Liability Litigation: Current Law, Strategies, and Best Practices provides comprehensive legal, technical, and strategic knowledge that maximizes your ability to prevail in consumer product liability cases, whether you’re the plaintiff’s or defendant’s attorney. Product Liability Litigation also gives you current regulatory information, including the latest product safety standards, which enables you to help ...

Sack on Defamation

Treatise  Treatise

Published: May 2010
Last Updated: May 2013

"Judge Robert Sack is the leading expert on the Law of Defamation. His book is, or should be at the elbow of every lawyer who practices media law.”—James C. Goodale, Debevoise & Plimpton  “[Sack on Defamation] is a wonderful book.” —Michael Gartner, former President of NBC News and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist The new Fourth Edition of Sack of Defamation gives you the latest insight into how the law of defamation, invasion of privacy, ...

Securities Investigations

Treatise  Treatise

Published: August 2010
Last Updated: August 2013

“[Securities Investigations] collects the experience of many of the most experienced lawyers in securities law enforcement. This book belongs on the desk of every practitioner whose clients have a stake in securities investigations, whether civil or criminal.” —Peter J. Romatowski, Partner, Jones Day; former Chief of Securities and Commodity Frauds Unit, U.S. Attorneys’ Office, Southern District of New York In the wake of ...

Securities Litigation: A Practitioner's Guide

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Published: November 2006
Last Updated: September 2013

A recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that after a significant surge in federal securities class actions last year, U.S. companies can expect an even greater increase in the future as the global financial crisis unfolds. PLI’s Securities Litigation: A Practitioner‘s Guide can help companies cope effectively with this major challenge, by providing you with the guidance you need to help your clients get the competitive edge in ...

Sinclair on Federal Civil Practice

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Published: November 2008
Last Updated: September 2013

“[Sinclair on Federal Civil Practice is] complete and authoritative.” —James R. Hawkins II, Robinson & Cole, Stamford, CT PLI’s Sinclair on Federal Civil Practice offers you comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the principal rules and tactical considerations guiding lawsuits in the federal courts, focusing on the meaning and consequences of the statutes, court rules, and leading decisions. These two volumes explain ...

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

Treatise  Treatise

Published: October 2008

"Armstrong and Terrell’s lawyer’s guide to effective writing and editing is simply the best book ever written on legal writing. I would advise lawyers, judges, and paralegals to buy it, read it, and use it.” —Theodore Hess, practicing attorney and former Marine Corps Staff Judge Advocate PLI’s Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer’s Guide to Effective Writing and Editing gives you the specialized knowledge ...

Trial Handbook

Treatise  Treatise

Published: September 2013

“A valuable reference tool that should be a part of every litigator’s library.”— New York Law Journal Trial Handbook is the one-stop resource you can trust in the planning, trial and post-trial stages of litigation – now in an all-new format designed for ease of use both in your office and in the courtroom. Designed for quick reference at trial, the Handbook is keyed to the Federal Rules of Evidence, and focuses on the presentation of proof and the ...
Featured Faculty/Authors
Nathan A. Schachtman

Nathan A. Schachtman ~ Nathan A. Schachtman, Esq., PC

Gary A. Adler

Gary A. Adler ~ Bingham McCutchen LLP

Sabine Chalmers

Sabine Chalmers ~ Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer, Anheuser-Busch InBev