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This book guides lawyers, employers, and union advocates in preparing and presenting labor arbitration cases.

"This title addresses the challenges modern day supply chain managers face. Today the global supply chain is undergoing significant changes and dislocations due to a multitude of world events and industry trends"--

Until now, there has been no single reference to guide cannabis lawyers along the full continuum of potential legal needs challenging the industry. This treatise fills that gap from a sophisticated perspective by flagging key issues in more than a dozen practice areas and covering the impact of cannabis law from U.S. state and federal, as well as Canadian, enforcement and regulatory agencies.

To help understand the intricacies of Section 1983, Sword and Shield: A Practical Approach to Section 1983 Litigation, Fith Edition, contains expert analysis regarding issues in a Section 1983 case. Fully updated and substantially reorganized with the practitioner in mind, this guide provides a practical approach to this technically difficult and ever-evolving area of law.

A practical guide for lawyers who are either just starting out in practicing health law or handling a case in an unfamiliar area.

This book covers construction issues of any project and examines new issues in the design and construction industries.

Be an agent of positive change to humanize business in a collaborative manner and foster a culture of camaraderie. This cross-generational guide is packed with self-assessment checklists, suggested action steps, multiple best-practice lists, and thought-provoking questions that will help you manage generational issues both within the organization and in dealing with valued clients.

Offering litigation strategies and defenses, this book focuses on a number of issues raised in the law and news, as well as the predominant recurring issues when dealing with a foreclosure. The second edition is completely updated and offers convenient, downloadable forms.

This book provides state-by-state information on advance directives and living wills. It also touches on other end-of-life planning devices and looks at special problems that may come up when an individual is considering end-of-life planning and executing an advance directive.

Regulatory Takings after Knick summarizes the Supreme Court's recent decision in Knick v. Township of Scott which does away with the state action prong of the Court's former ripeness test and what it means for the law of regulatory taking of property. It emphasizes total takings after Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Commission and the exceptions which permit government to so strictly regulate property as to permit no economically beneficial use of it.

This invaluable resource offers a topic-by-topic comparison of the forms of agreements from the AIA, the EJCDC, and ConsensusDOCS.

This practical guide through the unique and difficult issues involved when a past or current service member divorces includes a CD-ROM with forms.

This book is about how to successfully fight for the payment of medically reasonable and necessary services when Medicare erroneously denies payment, or when Medicare erroneously demands a repayment of overpayment.

This easy-to-use guide to housing choices helps you make the best choice for you.

This authoritative resource surveys federal securities laws and rules applicable to the organization, capitalization and operations of private U.S. domestic investment partnerships that invest and trade mainly in the public securities markets. Includes a detailed index.

If you want meetings that run more efficiently, for a shorter period of time, and with a minimum of disagreements, then you need this framework of established procedures for business meetings. Simpler and more effective than Robert's Rules, this concise book focuses on promoting timely consideration of the substance of the meeting, rather than ritualistic procedure. This easy-to-follow guidebook is now updated in a new fifth edition and is perfect for running more productive meetings!

Persons with disabilities and their family members and caregivers face numerous challenges every day. But beyond those day-to-day issues, they often need assistance navigating bureaucracies and in developing plans for long-term care and financial security. This book, written by a special needs attorney, supplies essential information and valuable guidance to the issues involved in representing these clients. The book begins with advice on understanding and representing special needs clients and their families, including key questions to ask to tailor an appropriate plan. Subsequent chapters address other aspects of representing special needs clients, including: - Public benefits, including SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid- Special needs education issues- Special needs trusts- Financial issues- Ethical and practice risks- How to build a special needs legal practice

Crimes and Punishments: Entering the Mind of a Sentencing Judge provides a cross-section of different crimes for which Judge Frederic Block sentenced a convicted criminal.

Contract Drafting: Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice, Third Edition offers an expansive approach to studying the transactional lawyer's responsibilities as contract drafter.

The newly revised and updated Construction Law, Second Edition provides a complete orientation to the construction industry and its processes, and it can be used for introductory survey courses or more advanced courses oriented towards litigation or transactions.

A Lawyers' Guide to Filing Long-Term Disability Claims and Appeals is for legal advisors of individuals who are filing disability claims or appeals with their disability insurer, the Social Security Administration, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.

For proven guidance and techniques for handling a commercial real estate deal, this practical guide will help you negotiate and close the deal. The authors cover each step of a real estate transaction in the order in which it generally arises, and offers pertinent advice, practice comments, and sample forms throughout. Because much of the real estate lawyer's practice revolves around transactional documents, the book's chapters emphasize the drafting, negotiation, and revision needed to get a deal closed. Written by a law professor and two real estate practitioners, this book offers a useful combination of text overview and practice pointers. It helps lawyers with less experience navigate through the maze of steps involved in a real estate transaction. At the same time, it serves as a valuable reference for more seasoned attorneys as well as those whose practice is concentrated in other areas of the law. Downloadable forms are available online.

All too often, the professionals in charge of a custody decision -- lawyers, judges, and mental health experts -- approach parenting plans as a routine exercise, often resulting in a cookie-cutter plan that revolves around the basic concepts of alternate weekends or 50/50 time with each parent. To facilitate the creation of high-quality parenting plans, Parenting Plans: Meeting the Challenges with Facts and Analysis combines practical considerations along with extensive research, theory, and scholarly debate to present a thorough, focused, and useful guide for attorneys and related professionals. Beginning with the basic considerations for an effective plan, further chapters offer tools for attorneys and others to craft appropriate and workable plans for their clients. Topics address all-too-common issues, such as difficult parenting plan cases involving very young children, domestic violence, or other family conflict; child mental health and/or special needs; dealing with parental mental health and related problems; cases involving allegations of parental alienation; gay and lesbian parents, as well as never married parents; child abuse and/or neglect; and more.

Untangling Fear in Lawyering is a practical resource for law students, lawyers, legal educators, and law practice mentors to eliminate unnecessary drivers of fear in our profession that impact learning, performance, and individual well-being.

This practical guide provides a simplified, easy to read concise overview of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and its jurisprudence. It is useful to attorneys or law-trained readers who are new to the FTCA and its procedures or have had limited recent dealings with the statute. It also provides a ready reference for readers of all levels who are about to begin detailed research on particular FTCA issues.

As procedures governing the rulemaking process have proliferated since the Administrative Procedure Act was enacted, the potential procedural pitfalls have multiplied. This 6th edition brings the Guide up-to-date with respect to recent cases and changes introduced during the latter half of the Obama Administration and the early years of the Trump Administration.