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Book SynopsisEmployment Law (in Plain English)(R)provides both employers and employees the information they need in order to understand the law as it relates to their working relationship. This helpful guide will enable readers to identify and prevent many of the issues which can and do occur in the employment context, thus saving everyone valuable time and money and establishing a stronger workforce. While this book is not intended to replace the reader's employment lawyer, it will provide the ability to assist one's lawyer in litigation should the need arise. Chapters discuss a variety of topics including: Advertising for new positions and vacancies Interviewing, hiring, and other pre-employment considerations Employment contracts Union shops Collective bargaining agreements Employee handbooks First day on the job Wages hours and other terms and conditions of employment On-the-job rights and responsibilities Employee dignity, privacy, and reputation Ownership of work created by employees Private employment versus public employment Internet concerns Virtual offices Employees versus independent contractor statutes Discipline and termination of the employment relationship Dispute resolution Fringe benefits How to find a lawyer In easy-to-understand terms and with plenty of examples, this essential handbook supplies readers with invaluable insights on the legal nature of their working relationships.

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Book SynopsisA resource for healthcare professionals in beginning, improving, or successfully marketing a career as an expert witness, Becoming an Expert Witness in Healthcare and Litigation: A Beginner's Guide provides fundamental information on the legal process and practical advice for readers across various fields of medicine and allied health.The book draws on the authors’ experiences as both expert witnesses and litigation experts who have trained hundreds of nurses, physicians, and healthcare professionals. Covering topics like the fundamentals of litigation and the legal process and trial preparation, Becoming an Expert Witness in Healthcare and Litigation explores the basic principles of being an expert witness while offering practical advice that will enable expert witnesses and attorneys to maximize their effectiveness.Topics covered include:•Roles and expectations of key players•Courtroom presentation•Depositions and trials•Moral issues•Writing for the court•Business of expert witnessing•Ethical marketingAlso included in Becoming an Expert Witness in Healthcare and Litigation:•Checklists•Example expert witness forms like fee structures, engagement letters, and more•A comprehensive glossary of industry termsThose looking to break into the field and seasoned expert witnesses alike will find that Becoming an Expert Witness in Healthcare and Litigation: A Beginner's Guide offers valuable insights and guidance.Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgments About the Authors Preface Foreword by Eric F. Quandt, JD Chapter 1 What Is an Expert? Chapter 2 Qualifications of an Expert Chapter 3 The Role of an Expert Chapter 4 Preparation for Expert Opinions Chapter 5 Disclosure of Opinions, Basis, and Bias Chapter 6 Presentation of Opinions Chapter 7 Conflicts of Interest Chapter 8 Establishing a Fee Structure Chapter 9 Expert Promotion Chapter 10 Dos and Don’ts of an Expert Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs an archivist or records manager it is essential to keep up to date with the complexities of copyright legislation, and Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers has been described as an ‘unparalleled’ resource for that purpose. What is copyright? Who owns it and for how long? What rights does it confer, and what are the limitations and exceptions? This comprehensive manual uniquely outlines copyright law in the UK with special reference to the unpublished materials commonly found in archive and records collections such as maps, legal records, records of local authorities and parish registers. It also gives comprehensive information on authorship and duration of copyright in older as well as modern works and on the wide range of exceptions and limitations to copyright, particularly those relevant to archivists, records managers, librarians and curators. It offers advice on rights in the electronic environment, moral rights and rights in databases and contains extensive tables of duration of copyright in other countries. Trade Review'For core matters like copyright duration, Padfield’s editions have long been vital in providing a quick and accessible source of information and validation and this edition continues to offer such essential support. Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers remains the main source of revised and pragmatic go-to reference for UK information professionals.' -- Fred Saunderson * Taylor & Francis Online *'Thoroughly "user friendly" in organization and presentation, Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers is an ideal Library Science curriculum textbook and unreservedly recommended as a community, academic, and governmental library staff in-service training instructional reference collections.' -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsCopyright for Archivists and Records Managers

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Book SynopsisThis volume deals with various social-science perspectives on law and legal control pertaining to music in a variety of contexts. Under influence of important recent social developments, especially in the realm of communications technology, the world of music has been changing very rapidly and profoundly these past decades. As a result, the world of music, especially popular music, has been subject to a range of new legal issues. This volume brings together some 15 scholars to contribute their respective chapters on the socio-legal aspects involved in music as a social reality. The chapters address various pertinent questions from the perspective of socio-legal studies, sociology of law, jurisprudence, and related social and behavioral sciences. The issues addressed can range from matters of formal law and legislation to law-related behavior, deviance, and informal normative structures and processes that have a relevance to music, whether in a contemporary or historical setting. Thematically diverse within the province of the social and behavioral sciences related to law, the chapters in this volume are not restricted in terms of theoretical approach and methodological orientation.Trade ReviewThis edited volume provides an excellent insight into the diverse subject area and various intersections of music and law. Here, the internationality and interdisciplinarity of authorship is particularly noteworthy and grants fascinating insights into the different local cultures and legal systems.' Christian Wickert, University of Hamburg, Institute for Criminological Research - IKS.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction: The laws of music. If reagan played disco: Rocking out and selling out with the talking heads of political campaigns and their unauthorized use of music. Graduated responses to online piracy: Approaches taken in the united states and around the world. Music identities, individualization, and ownership shifts: Empowering a litigious paradigm of copyright protection. The band: Artistic, legal, and financial structures which shape modern music. The policy of electro-amplified popular music in France: The liberal context and the regulation of rebellious cultures. Strategic Afro-modernism, dynamic hybridity, and bebop’s sociopolitical significance. Cultural norms of Japanese folk and traditional music. Scraping the barrel of analogue amnesia: The soft rescue of magnetic obscurity over the final embers of ‘expanded’ pop stardom. Prison and pop. Understanding deviant music. Stolen or released music? The social construction of piracy in Italy. Empirical insights into recorded music consumer behavior and copyright infringement. Music and law. Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance. Music and law. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisStudies in Law, Politics, and Society provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship. In this latest edition of this highly successful research series, chapters examine a diverse range of legal issues and their impact on and intersections with society. This volume is a collection of chapters exploring expert witnessing in Asylum Cases. Topics covered include: judicial ethnocentrism, political asylum, race identity and cultural defense. This volume brings together leading scholars and will be vital reading for all those researching in this subject area.Trade ReviewAnthropologists explore the use of cultural expert testimony as evidence in legal conflicts that invoke cultural difference. They address knowing the role of expert testimony in a cultural defense, reconciling the job of expert witness with other professional roles, relating to defendants versus informants, employing legal concepts that have little anthropological acceptance, producing testimony in changing historical and political contexts, and helping judges understand culture. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction; Leila Rodriguez 1. Expert Witnessing in Honduran Asylum Cases: What Difference Can Twenty Years Make?; James Phillips 2. Judicial Ethnocentrism vs Expert Witnesses in Asylum Cases; Murray J. Leaf 3. Guilt, Innocence, Informant; Jeffrey Cohen and Lexine Trask 4. Traversing Boundaries: Anthropology, Political Asylum and The Provision of Expert Witness; Kathleen Gallagher 5. Proving "Race" Identity of Chinese Indonesian Asylum Seekers; ChorSwang Ngin 6. State Your Case: Best Practices for Presenting a Cultural Defense in Criminal Litigation; Heather Crabbe, Esq.

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Book Synopsis***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 SHORTLISTED TITLE***Starting a business is one of the most exciting things you can do. It’s also one of the most daunting. There’s so much that can go right, and so much that can go wrong.That’s why you need to understand and minimise the legal and commercial risks involved. When your new business is built on rock, you can relax in the knowledge that you won’t lose access to life-changing opportunities or waste time and energy on fighting legal challenges. Instead, you’re free to get on with what you do best — coming up with fresh ideas, finding ways to make them a reality, and selling your products or services to an ever-expanding customer base.This book makes the complicated aspects of start-up law simple. In everyday language, it walks you through the key legal and commercial considerations. Setting up your corporate structure for maximum advantage Discovering your risks and how to minimise them Finding out the best sources of investment Learning how to value your company Negotiating with investors for long-term success MICHAEL BUCKWORTH is a qualified solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, and the founder of Buckworths (www.buckworths.com), the only law firm in the UK working exclusively with start-ups and high-growth businesses. He has a passion for entrepreneurialism, and has advised countless start-ups over the last ten years. He’s been ‘entrepreneur in residence’ at London South Bank University and University College, London, for several years, and is a regular speaker at industry events.Trade ReviewMichael's book is exactly what every cofounder should have in their locker when embarking on a new venture.Overall the book is a thoroughly comprehensive guide for what to do & what not do when trying to build a sustainable business.Each chapter covers different legal / operational elements that all start ups from ideation to funding ought to be aware of and address.Michael makes the information relatable by ending each chapter with a summary of an example case study of a founder who goes through the regular challenges at each particular stage of getting their business off the ground.The content is in an easily digestible format which is great given the density & complexity of the knowledge being shared. * Amazon *Table of ContentsBuilt on Rock: Table of ContentsBuilding your start-up on rockMeet LucioPART ONE: Launching your business1. Setting up your company: avoid the barriers and traps2. Dodging the pitfalls: identify and manage risk3. Protecting your brand and intellectual property: secure your intangible assets4. Bringing in help: incentivise employees and contractors5. Looking after your liabilities: your customer contract6. Understanding data protection law: use it to your advantagePART TWO: Raising investment7. Where to find funding: the investment landscape8. How to value your company: make your equity go further9. When to raise funds: get your timing right10. Making your business attractive to investors: understand investor tax relief11. Seal the deal: receiving funds and issuing sharesSolid foundationsStart-up checklistThe authorAcknowledgements

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Book SynopsisBusiness Law for Entrepreneurs covers the unique business and legal issues of startups and small businesses. Outlining critical knowledge on the complete range of topics for entrepreneurs, the textbook covers invention ownership, the use and protection of trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets, as well as entity formation, funding and management, employment, regulatory compliance and liquidity events. This cutting-edge textbook provides students with the competence and practical insights required to identify and respond to emerging challenges in our rapidly evolving business and legal environment.The textbook includes: Key terms and managers' checklists, as well as chapter summaries and key questions to reinforce student learning An instructors' manual, featuring detailed responses to case studies, case questions and ethical considerations >Carefully selected cases that highlight the practical implications of legal issues for entrepreneurs. Expertly combining business and legal strategies for entrepreneurs, this textbook perfectly complements undergraduate and graduate programs that feature entrepreneurship, as well as practitioners preparing to solve real-world business and legal challenges.Trade Review'Business Law for Entrepreneurs highlights the most important legal issues facing a new start-up. Up-to-date examples and ideas make this text interesting and relevant. This book is an important contribution for anyone wanting to start a new business, protect their rights, and stay on the right side of the law.' -- - Robert Bird, UConn School of Business, US

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Book SynopsisBusiness Law for Entrepreneurs covers the unique business and legal issues of startups and small businesses. Outlining critical knowledge on the complete range of topics for entrepreneurs, the textbook covers invention ownership, the use and protection of trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets, as well as entity formation, funding and management, employment, regulatory compliance and liquidity events. This cutting-edge textbook provides students with the competence and practical insights required to identify and respond to emerging challenges in our rapidly evolving business and legal environment.The textbook includes: Key terms and managers' checklists, as well as chapter summaries and key questions to reinforce student learning An instructors' manual, featuring detailed responses to case studies, case questions and ethical considerations >Carefully selected cases that highlight the practical implications of legal issues for entrepreneurs. Expertly combining business and legal strategies for entrepreneurs, this textbook perfectly complements undergraduate and graduate programs that feature entrepreneurship, as well as practitioners preparing to solve real-world business and legal challenges.Trade Review'Business Law for Entrepreneurs highlights the most important legal issues facing a new start-up. Up-to-date examples and ideas make this text interesting and relevant. This book is an important contribution for anyone wanting to start a new business, protect their rights, and stay on the right side of the law.' -- - Robert Bird, UConn School of Business, US

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Book SynopsisThe Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented. It addresses each of the nine characteristics protected by the Act in turn, examining the research and practice issue associated with each and offering positive guidance. Contributors also highlight the broader issues associated with achieving equality in mental health, including conflicts between different forms of discrimination, the impact of budget cuts and the issue of inequality in wider society and how it relates to the mental health services. Finally, the book tackles organisational change and the implications for management practice, organisational structures and staff training. This book will be a valuable resource for those involved in providing mental health services, including managers and frontline workers across health and social care.Trade ReviewIt consolidates and extends a range of previous legislation in respect of race relations, gender discrimination and disability discrimination by outlining nine 'protected characteristics'. A number of guides have been written to help practitioners implement the Act but this appears to be the first with a specific focus on its possible implications for all those working within mental health services. This book aims to be an accessible guide to legal and technical information on the Act and attempts to provide practical ways of putting equality into mental health practice. -- The Psychiatric BulletinThis is an accessible, easy to understand and stimulating book on what can often be seen as either a theoretical topic or about addressing political correctness. -- British Journal of Occupational TherapyThis book is both rich and fascinating. It combines deep theoretical insight with acute pragmatism and never fails to engage the reader. The book will provide an indispensable guide to anyone who wishes to understand the context in which equality legislation must be implemented, or, frankly, why that legislation became necessary in the first place. -- David Hewitt, Solicitor and partner at Weightmans LLP, UK and author of The Nearest Relative Handbook 2nd editionTable of ContentsForeword. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Hári Sewell, HS Consultancy, UK. Part I. 1. The Equality Act 2010: The Letter and Spirit of the Law. Jo Honigmann, Just Equality, UK. 2. The Case for a Single Equalities Approach. Melba Wilson, HS Consultancy, UK. Part II: Evidence of Inequality. 3. Beyond Categories: Service Users as Complex Beings. Eleanor Hope, Sussex Partnership, UK. 4. Gendered Practice. Sue Waterhouse, HS Consultancy, UK. 5. Pregnancy and Maternity. Sue Waterhouse. 6. Marriage and Civil Partnership. Hári Sewell. 7. Age Equality. Barbara Vincent, Sussex Partnership, UK. 8. Disability. Hári Sewell. 9. Out and Equal: Towards Mental Health Equality for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) People. Sarah Carr, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), UK. 10. Race and Mental Health. Marcel Vige, National Mind, UK and Hári Sewell. 11. Gender Reassignment. Scott Durairaj and Jourdan Durairaj, Sussex Partnership Trust, UK. 12. Spirituality and Equalities. Peter Duncan Gilbert, Staffordshire University, UK. Part III: Essential Considerations. 13. The Prevalence of Traditional Psychiatric Models and Inherent Drivers of Inequality. Hári Sewell. 14. Conflicts within the Equalities Agenda. Hári Sewell. 15. The Impact of Cost Cutting on Equalities. Hári Sewell. 16. Good Enough Plans and Strategies: Getting the Balance Right for Effective Planning and Decision-Making - From Expediency to Pragmatism. Melba Wilson. Part IV: Change and Equalities.17. Applying Management Rigours to the Equality Agenda. Hári Sewell. 18. The Financial Case for Tackling Inequality. Melba Wilson and Hári Sewell. 19. Organisational Development Approaches. Hári Sewell and Cheryl Brodie, HS Consultancy, UK. 20. Skilling the Workforce. Hári Sewell and Cheryl Brodie. 21. Engaging Stakeholders and Communities. Hári Sewell. 22. Knowledge Management, New Technologies and Equalities. Tony Jameson-Allen, Evolution Networking Ltd, UK. Conclusion. Hári Sewell.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an accessible and informed outline of the law relating to counselling and psychotherapy, for use by trainees, therapists, trainers, supervisors and managers. At a time when concerns about record keeping, confidentiality and litigation are rising, this book provides an essential and user-friendly point of reference for practitioners. Based on a question and answer format, the book covers key areas such as legal context of therapy, liability, data protection, training, research and supervision. In this way, the book addresses the very real practice concerns now facing therapists, such as implications of keeping records, using contracts, and facing complaint or legal action. Limits of confidentiality are covered, with regard to child abuse, duty to warn others and working with clients who self-harm or use drugs. This is an essential source for reference and professional updating, written by three experts in the field.Table of ContentsThe Law, Friend or Foe?. Therapy and The Law. Contracts and Liability. The Law in Specific Contexts. Risk and Responsibility. Record Keeping. Training. Supervision and The Law. Professional Activities and The Law. Resources.

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Book SynopsisEach manager of a department, or a specific responsibility, must assess the data issues and risks as are relevant to their individual department. The manager must assess what data exists; whether it is permitted for use; filter out (including deletion of) data that is over-broad or otherwise not permitted; and ensuring procedures to identify and eliminate processes that open up the risk of future unjustified data collections. While other agents of the company or organisation will have responsibilities in relation to data protection compliance, the manager of a department must also engage in best practices that focus on the data protection obligations of the department. Data protection compliance requires not just adherence to specific data protection legal provisions, but a full understanding of what data exists in the department, company or organisation, where it is located and for what purpose. The personnel manager needs to be satisfied that all of the internal personnel records are fully data protection complaint. Just one of the dangers is that these issues are not addressed in appropriate reviews, contracts and policies. Another risk gap is that there may be policies, etc., but the manager omitted to appropriately include other non full time employees, such as those whom may be contractors, temporary staff, interns, or family members. The marketing manager needs to be satisfied that all of the current and proposed marketing activities, customer lists, and user lists are all compliant with the new data protection rules. Organisations should have undergone an A – Z review of data protection compliance in the lead up to the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) go-live date. In many organisations there will be many activities and actions which carried over from the GDPR review. These need to continue to be actioned. In addition, there is also a new Data Protection Act 2018 to consider. Organisations should also have appointed a new Data Protection Officer (DPO) to assist in these efforts and to be the official point of contact internally and externally (for data protection supervisory authorities and for customers and users). Critically, all Managers need to be aware of data protection compliance and related issues within their own Department. The Manager has duties and responsibilities. The Manager cannot simply assume that someone else will do it, or that all data protection issues for their Department are already being dealt with by the DPO or some other Department.Table of ContentsPART 1: OBLIGATIONS  Definitions and Concepts  Types of Personal Data  Principles  The GDPR  Records  Children  Outsourcing  Data Protection Officer PART 2: MANAGER DATA REVIEW  Manager Duties: Mapping the Data  Manger Duties: Manager and Department Compliance  Manager and Principles  Manager Duties: Implementation  Manager Duties: Deep Data Review  Manager and Training Issues PART 3: MANAGERS DUTIES & DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS  Personnel Manager  Sales Manager  Marketing Manager  IT Manager  Operation Manager  Customer Service Manager  Accounts Manager  Research Manager  Legal Manager  Recommendations  Appendices

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Book SynopsisAreas addressed include: maternal deaths, deaths in psychiatric care, human rights and causation issues. Other topics covered are: practice and procedure in medical inquests, evidence, documentation and pandemics/Covid-19. Medical Inquests critically assesses the pace of change of the law on coroner’s inquests and examines the case for change. The work is eagerly awaited in an area of law which is topical and specialised, yet of great public interest. This book will appeal to all sitting coroners, as well as barristers, solicitors, law students, bereaved families and all those who must interact with the coroner’s service, following a patient’s death, including doctors, nurses and hospital managers.Table of Contents• The Coroner’s Court: History and Function • The Changing Landscape: The 2019 Coroners Act • Causation and The Coroner’s Court • Practice and Procedure At Inquest Part I • Practice and Procedure At Inquest Part II • Documents At Inquest • Verdicts and Recommendations • Human Rights • Maternal Deaths • Judicial Review • Covid-19 and Major Disaster

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Book SynopsisDesigned and modeled after a six-week introductory food law course taught at Northeastern University, Food Law and Regulation for Non-Lawyers offers a succinct overview of key topics and core concepts for food scientists, quality managers, and others who need to understand the regulation of food in the U.S. This second edition includes critical updates on the Food Safety Modernization Act-- the first change to the food safety laws in over 70 years. The seven foundational rules, finalized in 2015, are discussed in detail. The new edition also includes other regulatory updates such as the new Nutrition Fact Panel, changes to the definition of fiber, and the FDA’s attempt to regulate the widely used “healthy” claim. These timely updates, along with the core concepts of the first edition, make the volume an essential and practical tool for regulatory professionals.Table of Contents1. Introduction to Statutory Framework and Case Law.- 2. Federal Inspection and Enforcement.- 3. Adulteration.- 4. Misbranding.- 5. Food Safety Modernization Act 6. Regulation of Dietary Supplements and Other Specialized Categories.- 7. Food Additives.- 8. Private Actions and Personal Liability.

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Book SynopsisTäglich muss jeder von uns verhandeln. Dabei macht es einen Unterschied, ob Männer oder Frauen dies tun. So neigen Frauen dazu, sich mit schlechteren Ergebnissen zufrieden zu geben als Männer. Nach der Forschung lässt sich das mit dem gesellschaftlichen Rollenbild erklären. Wenn Frauen in Konflikten „tough“ auftreten, fürchten sie, ihrem Rollenbild nicht zu entsprechen und negative Gegenreaktionen – zum Beispiel in Form von Sympathieverlust – hervorzurufen (so genannter Backlash-Effekt). Welchen Ausweg gibt es? Dieser Frage geht die genderspezifische Verhandlungsforschung nach. Die Forschungsergebnisse werden in dem vorliegenden essential so vorgestellt, dass sie von jeder Leserin in einer Verhandlungssituation genutzt werden können.Die Autorin Dr. Julia Sophia Habbe ist spezialisiert auf Konfliktlösung, Prozessführung sowie interne Untersuchungen. Sie ist Partnerin einer internationalen Wirtschaftskanzlei in Frankfurt am Main und Lehrbeauftragte der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität im Bereich genderspezifische Verhandlungsführung. Table of ContentsZur Omnipräsenz von Verhandlungen.- Das Dilemma von Frauen in Verhandlungen.- Weibliche Verhandlungsstrategien: praktische Handlungsempfehlungen.

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