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American Bar Association Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation
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American Bar Association How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times
The weak economy and large number of firm layoffs have resulted in a flood of potential new solo and small firm lawyers starting their own practices in the wake of the exodus from BigLaw. Small practice lawyers, well seasoned or just starting out, can gain immeasurably by just applying even a few of the myriad tips within this book.
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American Bar Association Business Torts Litigation Model Jury Instructions
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American Bar Association World War II Law and Lawyers: Issues, Cases, and Characters
The Second World War saw the rise not only of new technologies, new freedoms, new terrors, and a new world order, but of new legal issues. This book takes a global perspective in looking at the legal situations in seven major countries affected by the war. Fifty legal issues are identified from the war, ranging from subverting the judiciary and creating a divine military to economic and social issues to genocide and nuclear weapons. And more than 300 lawyers and judges, from more than 20 countries around the world, are brought to life. Whether you want to read this book to gain a global perspective to WWII legal issues or gain a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues involved this book has something for everyone, lawyer, history buff, or general reader.
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American Bar Association Bar Exam MPT Preparation & Experiential Learning for Law Students, Second Edition
Bar exams—the notoriously rigorous multi-day tests required to become a licensed lawyer—include essays, multiple choice questions, and a practical section called the performance test ("PT"). Most jurisdictions use a multi-state performance test ("MPT"). Without a doubt, MPTs and PTs generally are the best parts of modern bar exams, and the best time to master them is during law school. Do not wait until bar review after graduation. Train now and pass your first bar exam.Performance tests are practical and realistic; they are open-book skills exams that require the kind of critical reading, analysis, and writing work that today's lawyers actually do. They do not require memorization; they include libraries so you can look up relevant rules during the exam—just as you would in practice. Because PTs test skills and not memory, once you learn how to successfully complete a performance test, you can take and pass any MPT the bar examiners throw at you. All you need is to 1) understand the exam and the skills it tests, 2) develop a success strategy, and 3) practice, practice, practice.This book provides everything necessary for MPT success—a clear and logical explanation of what you need to know; test-taking strategies, tips, and tools; and a bank of online resources with practice exams and sample answers.Reading Bar Exam MPT Preparation & Experiential Learning for Law Students during law school: Gives you a down payment for success on the bar exam; Provides exposure to practical lawyering skills that will help you transition effectively to law practice; Helps law school come alive, especially if it sometimes feels like you are just reading and briefing cases; and Empowers you to see beyond your student identity and envision yourself as a future professional. With this book's practice exams, you will act as the lawyer and "represent" almost a dozen clients—some facing criminal charges, others embroiled in civil litigation, and some dealing with business transactions. You will draft memos, briefs, discovery plans, affidavits, closing arguments, cross examinations, letters to clients, and more. So, dig in! Enjoy the read, and prepare for a successful future.
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American Bar Association Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathways to Success
Much has changed in the ten years since the publication of the first edition of Women-at-Law. But, unfortunately, much has also stayed the same. Women are still confronting issues of promotions and equal pay, while also struggling to maintain a healthy work/life balance. But no woman is alone in the legal profession, and Women-at-Law, Second Edition is the guide that proves it. Author Phyllis Epstein has interviewed over 500 women lawyers of all ages, backgrounds, and lifestyles nationwide to address how women today are meeting the challenges of competing in the legal profession without sacrificing their home and family lives as well. This updated edition includes: * Wisdom and experience from women lawyers sharing their life experiences* Taking a time out from a legal careerand making a comeback* The intricacies and rewards of juggling a personal and professional life* If the option of part-time work is right, and how to make it work* Updated research on topics like attrition of women lawyers, schedule demands, and the unique focus women can bring to the profession Women-at-Law provides women with ideas and suggestions about how to deal with their professional and personal goals and challenges and make the compromises required to "have it all"even when "having it all" can be different for each individual. You'll learn that, with some effort, a woman can redirect her career, home life, and interests in the long journey that is a successful life.
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American Bar Association The Little Book of Holiday Law
Holidays are deeply personal and emotional times, and as such have a way of provoking strong feelings in just about everyone over just about any issue. And then we liberally mix in booze, sugary foods, and wild parties. In twelve chapters-one for each month-The Little Book of Holiday Law covers holidays big and small, religious and secular, and looks at many different types of cases covering everything from public displays of religious celebration to Halloween pranks gone bad. Enjoy and share this fun and fascinating look at holiday culture, facts, and humor, and the occasionally litigious reactions provoked by crosses, cauldrons, and celebrations.
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American Bar Association The Lawyer's Guide to LexisNexis Casemap
LexisNexis CaseMap is a computer program that makes analyzing cases easier and allows lawyers to do a better job for their clients in less time. This guide is filled with many tips designed to help you get the most from LexisNexis CaseMap. It includes step-by-step instructions and illustrations. It is suitable for beginners and longtime users.
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American Bar Association International Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence
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American Bar Association Expert Witnesses, Valuation, and Damages: The Expert's Point of View
The demand for economic damages analysis and valuation for litigation, arbitration, and mediation is ever-growing. Elements of IP and intangible assets affect disputes in nearly every area of law, from real estate to complex software transactions. Expert Witnesses, Valuation & Damages discusses how to best use experts, when to hire them, how to find good ones, and how to test whether they have adequate knowledge. It can be used whenever expert skills in economics, IP valuation analysis, and IP business management issues are needed. Additional topics include: * Guidance on how to use the witness in pretrial phases and during negotiations * How to discuss the expert's role in discovery * The use of the expert's report in pretrial strategy
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American Bar Association International Construction Law A Guide for Crossborder Transactions and Legal Disputes
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American Bar Association Antitrust Issues in Intellectual Property Law
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American Bar Association The U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook: A Compendium of National Security Related Laws and Policy Documents: 2014
Now updated, this acclaimed resource is your complete guide to important national security law source material. This edition is now expanded, and for 2014 now includes: President Barack Obama's remarks on issues of national security and signals intelligence; Congressional Statements by key intelligence officials; New Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Directive and Framework; New Privacy and Surveillance Reports and Guidelines, and more! Annually updated with feedback from leading national security law practitioners, this comprehensive collection of the laws, rules and regulations governing the United States Intelligence Community, and the carefully chosen context material is an invaluable resource for lawyers, academics, journalists and corporate officers alike.
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American Bar Association Brand Integrity: Strategies for Fighting Contraband and Counterfeit Goods
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American Bar Association Facebook(r) in One Hour for Lawyers
Many lawyers use Facebook(R), the world's most popular social networking platform, to communicate with friends and family across the globe. But lawyers are missing a major opportunity if they do not consider the business possibilities of their Facebook(R) accounts. With a few simple steps, lawyers can harness Facebook(R) to market their services, grow their practices, and expand their legal network--all by using the same methods they already use to communicate with friends and family. Facebook(R) in One Hour for Lawyers will show any attorney--from Facebook(R) novices to advanced users--how to use this powerful tool for both professional and personal purposes. In just one hour, you will learn to: *Set up a Facebook(R) account *Optimize privacy and other settings *Create a profile and manage your timeline *Find, organize, and manage friends *Use Facebook(R) search and navigation *Participate on Facebook(R) with updates, comments, likes, and timelines *Send messages, join groups, and subscribe to feeds *Establish a business page *Monitor your Facebook(R) network *Develop a Facebook(R) strategy to grow your legal network
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American Bar Association ESG in the Boardroom: A Guidebook for Directors
ESG, CSR, and sustainability have become a dynamic and critical focus of corporate governance. The ESG challenges for corporate boards are complicated and this valuable guide sets out to carefully explore what happens when governance meets sustainability. The book serves as a guide to current ideas about ESG and governance and provides insight to directors on their role with respect to ESG matters. Written by a team of corporate governance experts, the guide begins with a valuable lexicon of ESG and sustainability terminology so that corporate directors have a baseline to understand the conversation. Divided into five parts, the book covers important issues, practical tips, and key take-aways for board members with discussions on: What is sustainability and how has it evolved? The role of the board and the role of the audit committee in the board's management of sustainability and ESG issues. What are the drivers of sustainability and who are the stakeholders? Board oversight of the dynamic ESG landscape. How does ESG affect corporate strategy and risk oversight and what are the mission-critical responsibilities of the boards of directors? Legislation, mandatory and voluntary reporting requirements, and litigation and risk management. Operations management: supply chain, employees, and customers. Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the boardroom and beyond. And much more!
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American Bar Association Physician Law: Evolving Trends and Hot Topics: 2015
Physicians Law: Evolving Trends & Hot Topics 2015 was produced in conjunction with the Chicago Medical Society and the American Medical Association and is specifically tailored to an audience that includes physicians, lawyers, and healthcare administrators along with business healthcare affiliates. This incomparable health law resource includes eight peer-reviewed chapters on core physician-centric legal topics: * Entrepreneurial Medicine (including fraud and abuse risk areas) * Physician-Hospital Contracting * Medical Professional Liability * Telemedicine * HIPAA * Accountable Care Organizations * Peer Review: Physician Plaintiffs and Medical Staff Members * Physician Well-Being
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American Bar Association The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: From Legislation to Implementation to Litigation
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American Bar Association Transforming the Global Supply Chain: Cyber Warfare, Technology, and Politics
Watch the author describe his take on critical supply chain threats in his most current NBC/WPXI-Pittsburgh interview. The global supply chain is broken. Because COVID-19 brought this issue to the forefront, many assume that the pandemic is the reason for the collapse. It is not. Instead, four MaxTrends™ are largely responsible for the transformations already underway. Transforming the Global Supply Chain describes these MaxTrends™ in detail––the growing presence of cyber threats, the revolutionary impact of 3-D printing, the rapid adoption of robotics, and the new ways nations everywhere are seeking to protect their domestic economies from foreign competitors. For many reasons, the biggest casualty over the next five years will be China. Some companies are already beginning the process of moving their supply chains out of China to other locations in Southeast Asia, India, and the Americas. Those U.S. companies that are aggressively reacting to economic and political pressures by reshoring their supply chains back to America are poised to be the most successful over the long run.
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ACC Art Books American Spirit in the English Garden
Exploration of the New World offered far reaching possibilities for the acquisition of new plants and for trees, but the impact that the introduction of plants from the New World had, and still has, on the English garden is frequently forgotten. Gardens and landscapes were transformed by an influx of American roots and through the past three centuries gardens have displayed important links with the United States of America. The ancestral homes of George Washington, the residence of the American Ambassador in London, the American Museum in Britain and Bletchley Park are of cultural and political importance. Many Dollar Princesses - American heiresses - took an active part in the aristocratic role of garden creation and ex-patriots too, continue to leave a legacy of beautiful gardens. Finally, the book includes memorial gardens of honoured Americans: Princess Pocahontas; Mohamet Weyonoman; John F. Kennedy; the Magna Carta Memorial built by the American Bar Association, and at Cambridge, the American Military Cemetery, dedicated to the American Armed Services. The American Spirit in the English Garden is unique in bringing together the story of the first influx of American plant species and an important collection of gardens influenced and/or created by Americans, reflecting social history and often overlooked links between Britain and the United States of America.
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New York University Press Habeas Corpus after 9/11: Confronting America’s New Global Detention System
2012 American Bar Association Gavel Award Honorable Mention for Books 2012 Scribes Book Silver Medal Award presented by the American Society of Legal Writers The U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay has long been synonymous with torture, secrecy, and the abuse of executive power. It has come to epitomize lawlessness and has sparked protracted legal battles and political debate. For too long, however, Guantánamo has been viewed in isolation and has overshadowed a larger, interconnected global detention system that includes other military prisons such as Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, secret CIA jails, and the transfer of prisoners to other countries for torture. Guantánamo is simply—and alarmingly—the most visible example of a much larger prison system designed to operate outside the law. Habeas Corpus after 9/11 examines the rise of the U.S.-run global detention system that emerged after 9/11 and the efforts to challenge it through habeas corpus (a petition to appear in court to claim unlawful imprisonment). Habeas expert and litigator Jonathan Hafetz gives us an insider’s view of the detention of “enemy combatants” and an accessible explanation of the complex forces that keep these systems running. In the age of terrorism, some argue that habeas corpus is impractical and unwise. Hafetz advocates that it remains the single most important check against arbitrary and unlawful detention, torture, and the abuse of executive power.
£23.39