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"We need Abe Lincoln now more than ever, not just to inspire us, but to teach us how to live. 'How to Be Abe Lincoln' identifies the seven steps that made Lincoln legendary. Filled with useful tips on how to communicate and inspire others, navigate life's obstacles, and do great things, it is a clear, easy-to-use guide to becoming the best version of whatever it is you choose to be. Equal parts history, philosophy, memoir, and how-to, the book is like Lincoln himself, a true original, filled with humor and insight." --

An essential resource on lawyer ethics - revised and updated: The Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct is the ABA's definitive single-volume resource for information about how courts, disciplinary bodies, and ethics committees apply the lawyer ethics rules. The Tenth Edition incorporates all of the amendments the ABA has made to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct through February 2023 - including the 2020 amendments to Model Rule 1.8, permitting limited financial assistance to indigent clients under certain circumstances. This edition adds an annotation to Rule 1.0 (Terminology) and discussion of ethics issues relating to remote work, virtual law practice, fees paid in cryptocurrency, and recent efforts by some states to allow limited practice by nonlawyers.Comprehensive and authoritative: Each chapter begins with the rule and its comment, a link to charts comparing each state's rule with the Model Rule, and then presents a detailed discussion of how the rule has been applied. The book gives citations to thousands of court cases, ethics opinions, law review articles, and internet resources, as well as treatises, the Restatement (3rd) of the Law Governing Lawyers, and the legislative history of the Model Rules.For all jurisdictions and practice settings: All state jurisdictions base their ethics rules on the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.Most federal courts use a variant of either the Model Rules or the home state's version of the Model Rules as the basis for lawyer discipline.Most specialty tribunals exercising their own disciplinary powers also look to the ethics rules, whether or not they have formally adopted them.State and federal courts constantly turn to the ethics rules when deciding disqualification motions, motions for sanctions, motions to suppress, motions to quash, and disputes over fees and fee division, discovery, class certification, and pro hac vice admission status.Suits involving lawyer malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty now routinely invoke the ethics rules, sometimes even in the jury instructions.

"Model Witness Examinations is a gift to young lawyers and to older lawyers who are called in mid- or late career to try cases. The book demonstrates how to offer testimony on direct examination, how to cross-examine and impeach various types of witnesses, and how to use discovery in the examination of witnesses. Sandler and Archibald not only illustrate model examinations, they also offer citations to rules and cases that can be relied upon by an advocate preparing an examination on an important point. Paul Mark Sandler and James K. Archibald are confident, experienced, talented lawyers who take time from busy trial schedules and demanding practices to offer young lawyers the wisdom they have learned from years of trying cases"--

"This book demystifies career trajectories for law students and young attorneys pursuing careers in the public interest by providing accessible tips for crafting impactful resumes and cover letters, and a professional development strategy to employ using those materials"--

While technology has improved the speed and efficiency for providing legal services, one aspect that may be overlooked is how the rapid growth of social media has affected the landscape of almost everything a lawyer may touch--for better or for worse.Legal Ethics and Social Media: A Practitioner's Handbook, Second Edition covers all areas of social media from both the attorney's perspective as well as that of the attorney's clients. Topics include: Being digitally competentRepresenting and advising clients in this digital ageJudges, courts and legal ethicsGoogle, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTubeAttorney advertising and social mediaPreservation and spoliation of digital evidence"Facebooking" a juryEthically filtering a response to a negative online comment or reviewDigital assets and much moreIn addition, the book includes references to Legal Ethics Advisory Opinions and a Table of Cases. Any lawyer, judge, law student or legal professional who uses social media or has faced obstacles in court with client's social media activity will find this an invaluable--and essential--tool for their practice or firm.

"How to effectively represent and aide a client during mediation"--

A concise resource for practitioners actively involved in managing the unique aspects of PTAB trials, this guide is written by attorneys who have handled hundreds of PTAB proceedings. They share their practical experience in this developing aspect of patent law, and provide a unique perspective for lawyers advising clients and planning strategy during PTAB trials.Trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), introduced to U.S. patent law by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, are a hybrid of conventional patent prosecution and patent litigation practices. Successfully navigating a PTAB trial may entail tasks ranging from analyzing highly technical prior art to deposing scientific experts, drafting patent-claim amendments, and arguing at an oral hearing before an expert panel. Now updated and significantly expanded, the new Third Edition of The Practitioner's Guide to Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is a concise resource for practitioners actively involved in managing the unique aspects of PTAB trials. Having handled several hundred PTAB proceedings, the authors share their practical experience in this developing area and provide a unique perspective for practitioners advising clients and planning strategy during PTAB trials. Organized for ease of use, the book's practice-focused information includes: A quick reference for PTAB statutes and rules, including recent updates and rule changesLessons learned from the growing body of Federal Circuit case law reviewing final PTAB decisionsStrategic considerations for coordinating PTAB trials with your litigation strategyA detailed description of a PTAB trial from petition preparation to appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitHandy references synthesizing supporting laws, rules, and regulationsThe "Practical Tools" chapter compiles, in one place, all of the statutes, rules, and PTAB guidance covering PTAB trials, organized by topic. A busy practitioner can look up a topic, such as discovery, claim construction, or joinder, and have all of the collected guidance in one place. These are organized using a simple, standard framework including CFR citations; PTO comments during rulemaking; PTAB orders and decisions; references to the PTAB trial practice guide; and informal guidance such as PTAB training presentations.

"Fifteen authors from ten countries describe efforts to secure women's right to vote and the related effects over the past century. Contributing authors brilliantly outline what has been accomplished and what tasks remain to close political gender gaps. They underscore the transformational leadership role women have played to achieve gains that all of us, women and men, enjoy today"--

"The content in this book, focuses on just the most important points that financial crime lawyers in London, New York, Los Angeles, or Washington are likely to encounter. The rationale for writing this book was to create a resource that many may have wished existed when they began a cross border practice: a holistic, easy-to-follow explanation of the American and British statutes and procedural rules that govern the investigation and prosecution of white collar crime, along with their key differences. The author has sought to present this information objectively, and hopes that it may be equally useful to those in law enforcement and other lawyers in private practice"--

This guide focuses on key issues in impact investing, including legal structure, measurement and reporting, forming an impact investment fund, and doing the deal. It also examines regional and country coverage using the comparative approach and drawing on the expertise of local experts across multiple jurisdictions.

Design Your Law Practice: Using Design Thinking to Get Next Level Results is a one-stop resource to learn the basics of design thinking, gain insight into how design thinking principles have been successfully applied in the legal services sectors, and equip the reader to immediately apply different design thinking approaches to gain tangible improvements and increased lawyer and client happiness. The book introduces each of the key design thinking steps, with different expert contributors demonstrating how each step can be adapted to address challenges faced by lawyers, law firms and our justice systems. Design Your Law Practice also provides real, practical case studies of how design thinking has been successfully used in a range of law firm and legal services contexts. With action-oriented summaries and downloadable design tools, readers can take their learnings from off the page and into action.

A must-read for anyone preparing for trial before the U.S. Tax Court, this book takes the reader step-by-step through the Federal Rules of Evidence as applied by the Tax Court and brings coverage of Tax Court opinions current through 2021.This compilation results in an easy-to-follow collection of cases to support or guide a practitioner facing an evidentiary problem before the Tax Court. New material in the third edition includes a discussion of the scope of review for different types of cases and additional examples of how the Tax Court has applied the rules of evidence.

A valuable contribution to legal jurisprudence, this book examines in detail the progression of law that affects animal law in general, and the various aspects that particularly impacts pets and companion animals. Unique, inspiring, and interesting, author Barbara Gislason clarifies how scientific knowledge about the cognitive abilities and emotional characteristics of other animals should lead to legal developments.Pet Law and Custody provides synthesizes legal and ethical information on how the law affects pets with pertinent case law analysis. This is a very useful and well-crafted work for lawyers. The book takes an in-depth look at the subject of pet custody disputes from many angles. Not only explaining legal topics, such as what judges do in a practical way and how they might approach a case, the book also considers how cultural perspectives, cognitive biases, and points of view impact negotiations, alternative dispute resolutions, and decision-making processes. Topics include: Family law and replevin actionsAlternative dispute resolutionEstate planning for animalsContract law and the Uniform Commercial CodeProperty lawTort law affecting pet lawAnimal crueltyDangerous dogsScience and bioethicsPractical advice for the animal lawyer, including law office basics, handling a legal case, and identifying expertsAppendices include sample pleadings, agreements, rescue adoption contract, pet custody questionnaire, and more."This splendid book thoroughly and exhaustively for the first time explores all aspects of law pertaining to companion animals. Such a book has long been needed, and no one could have done it better than Barbara Gislason. This book is an instant classic, and will remain so for the foreseeable future."¿ Prof. Bernard E. Rollin, Author of Animal Rights and Human Morality and Veterinary Medical Ethics"Essential reading for lawyers and anybody who is interested in animal legal issues. Barbara Gislason¿s work is pioneering and will help you think deeply about the relationship between people and animals."¿ Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior

This primer provides a guide to the current version of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, which governs the ownership and transfer of securities and, to a limited extent, other financial assets. This book also discusses the portions of Article 9 that relate to security interests in these assets.Article 8 is concerned with the settlement of transactions in securities and with certain aspects of the relationships between issuers and investors, intermediaries and those for whom securities accounts are maintained, and sellers or pledgers and their purchasers.A re-release of The ABCs of the UCC Article 8 that first published in 2004.

Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS is a comprehensive collection of everything a tax professional should know when dealing with the IRS.

What do sexual assault survivors expect of the enabler-bystander? In this powerful book, Amos N. Guiora shares the stories of survivors to expose how individual and institutional enablers allow predators to perpetrate their crimes through silence and other failures to act. He then proposes legal, cultural, and social measures aimed at the enabler from the survivor¿s perspective.Based on thousands of pages of grand jury indictments, civil lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, special reports, media accounts, and personal interviews with numerous survivors and their attorneys, Amos N. Guiora poses this critical question:What do sexual assault survivors expect of the enabler-bystander?Focusing on cases of sexual assault from USA Gymnastics, Michigan State University, Penn State University, The Ohio State University, and the Catholic Church, interview after interview sheds compelling light on two powerful responses: that this question had not been previously asked and that survivor expectation of protection and support from the enabler-bystander was rarely, if ever, met.Clearly the perpetrator benefitted from the complicity of the enabler. From the survivor's perspective, both bear responsibility for their plight and must be held accountable. This book emphasizes individual and institutional enablers alike; in fact, armies of enablers.With emotions ranging from deep disappointment to seething anger and extreme frustration, all articulate profound abandonment by the person in a position to assist them in the face of sexual assaults.Guiora proposes legal, cultural, and social measures aimed at the enabler from the survivor¿s perspective. The proposed changes will address, and impact, both broader society and specific communities including higher education, elite athletics, sports organizations, religious institutions, law enforcement, the entertainment industry, and elected officials.With this book, Guiora is committed to sharing survivor stories and to propel change, which is essential to protect future survivors. Only by hearing their stories, do we fully understand the power of the enabler and the pain they cause the survivor. Their voices must propel us to change.

Like so many other professionals, lawyers can benefit from a coach, a mentor, as you embark on your legal career. This book is suitable for lawyers who are just beginning their careers, who want to do more than show up, act eagerly, and not get fired.

Based on a questionnaire that provided a common framework, this survey focuses on the choice-of-law complexities and substantive similarities and differences involved in international secured transactions. Covering more than 40 jurisdictions, this resource reveals the richness and complexity of commercial law in respect of security interests in financial collateral for international transactions.

Litigating Fiduciary Duty Claims is a practical guide for lawyers who are either beginning a fiduciary litigation practice or handling a fiduciary duty case in an unfamiliar area.

An essential resource for anyone working on an acquisition of a company that performs government contracts.

This step-by-step manual helps family lawyers navigate through the complexities of domestic litigation - a much-needed resource as divorce lawyers spend more time in court than in other legal practices. A complete rewrite of the first edition, this hands-on book puts into words the lessons taught during the renowned Trial Advocacy Institute, providing divorce lawyers a comprehensive guide to managing and trying a divorce case.

Many states have established trusts that offer the protection of the trust assets from the settlor's creditors which are generally referred to as Domestic Asset Protection Trusts (DAPTs). This resource provides information on the trust rules and regulations in the states that have allowed them, as well as general guidance on key issues, such as selecting a DAPT state, defending or challenging a DAPT, and how trust assets are handled in bankruptcy.

Draft strong patents, avoid problems, and maximize leverage with the detailed advise in this treatise. Now in its fourth edition, this two-volume hardcover resource helps practitioners draft the broadest possible patent that can sustain a validity challenge by synthesizing and applying lessons from the case law.

For concise, specific information in an easy-to-use format, this Essentials resource is a practical starting point for answers to basic Clean Air Act questions. A practical overview of the CAA and its implementing regulations, this book covers the act's historical developments as well as the impact of recent cases and regulatory developments. Includes FAQs, case descriptions, glossary, websites, and bibliography.

Construction Defects, Second Edition provides an analytical guide to the non-uniform construction defects law in the United States.

When policyholders believe their loss is covered but the insurer disagrees, the parties may ultimately find themselves in litigation. This practice-focused book examines the fundamentals of how first-party property claims are litigated.

Providing balanced coverage from both in-house and outside counsel, this is a practical yet comprehensive guide to establishing and maintaining a successful corporate compliance program. From intellectual property to termination, this guide covers every aspect of franchise law and will help you protect the franchisor's property, limit liability, and prepare for and limit the inevitable tensions of a franchise system.