21st Century Trials

For the first time, the leading trial lawyers in Massachusetts reveal their secrets for winning plaintiff's cases in today's changed environment. Let Leo Boyle, Mike Mone, Liz Mulvey, Camille Sarrouf and others teach you how to handle Daubert/Lanigan issues, video depositions, juror questions, creative settlement techniques and much more. With commentary by eight Superior Court judges. Produced by the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

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A Copyright Primer

Covers the Copyright Act, protected property, fair use and infringement. Extensive footnotes plus forms! "The best explanation of the copyright law I have read. It is rich in detail yet highly readable. Highly recommended if you quickly need to understand this subject." -- C. Edward Buffington, Irvine, Calif. (Save 20% if you order 10 or more copies; call 800-451-9998.)

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A Guide to Ground Leases (With Forms and Checklists)

If you handle commercial real estate, you need this book! You’ll get an encyclopedic guide to all the issues surrounding ground leases as well as the case law that governs them. You’ll also get a variety of model ground leases and term sheets with different levels of leasehold mortgagee protections, along with explanations of the logic behind each and when they might apply. Plus, you’ll get model language for construction and development provisions, leasehold mortgages, memoranda of lease, and landlord estoppels, as well as a complete ground lease checklist. The final chapter reprints all the criteria the various rating agencies and some other secondary market players have issued for assessing the financeability of a ground lease. A handy CD-Rom lets you easily edit the model provisions. ”Full of practical advice as well as multiple perspectives. Also very readable…A wonderful reference and very useful in negotiations." – Philip Wong. “A masterful job…The most useful treatise on ground leasing I have come across.” – Lawrence F. Haislip.

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A Lawyer's Guide to Estate Planning: Fundamentals for the Legal Practitioner, Third Edition

Here’s a helpful introduction to the basics of estate planning for general practitioners and lawyers who want to develop an estate planning specialty. The text is user-friendly, and cautions, examples, and planning pointers are clearly denoted. An accompanying CD contains numerous will and trust forms that are annotated to make it clear why particular provisions are included. There are also helpful cross-references between the text and the forms. A great introduction to the topic!

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A Lawyer's Guide to Getting Good Press

Want to get your name out in the community, but don't know where to start? This book will give you the answers. Part One explains how to deal with the press: how journalists think, how to develop relationships with them, and how to attract the kind of coverage you want. Part Two is jam-packed with specific, practical suggestions for newsworthy activities that will put your firm in the spotlight. You don't have to be flamboyant to get good press -- you just have to know the secrets of dealing with your local media, and this book will walk you through everything you need to know.

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A Litigator's Guide to Expert Witnesses

Here’s an excellent introduction to expert testimony for litigators. You’ll get solid, practical advice on the rules of evidence and discovery, plus how to select, use, prepare, present, depose, examine, cross-examine and object to experts. You’ll learn the traps in depositions, privilege issues, Daubert analysis, and much more.

One volume, softbound, published in 2006.

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A Practical Guide to Buy-Sell Agreements

Here’s an invaluable guide that explains planning techniques, funding, different types of agreements, payment methods, transfer restrictions, ethical considerations, valuation and much more. You’ll get details on how partnerships, LLCs, S corporations, and recapitalizations affect buy-sell agreements; practical techniques to enhance the agreement; and tips for dealing with community property and procedural details. Numerous practice pointers highlight issues, problems, and traps for the unwary. “[E]very chapter is packed with practical information, just as the book’s title promises.” – Probate and Property.

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A Practical Guide to Drafting Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Second Edition

ILITs can be an excellent way to avoid taxes by passing assets outside a client’s estate. This book will show you how to draft ILITs successfully and with sufficient flexibility to deal with estate tax uncertainty. It also provides you with two comprehensive forms on CD-Rom, including alternative language, more than 100 pages of drafting advice, plus additional forms and a sample memorandum to grantors and trustees explaining how the ILIT works. “This work is impressive for its depth, quality of analysis, clarity, and technical brilliance…Rich in content yet practical.” — Estate Planning magazine.
One volume, hardbound, 950 pages, published late 2007. CD-Rom included.

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A Practical Guide to Drafting Marital Deduction Trusts

This book contains everything you will ever need to draft marital deduction trusts, including ways to cope with uncertainty over the future of the estate tax. You’ll get valuable discussions of many alternative drafting approaches, checklists of more than 150 tax and non-tax issues concerning the drafting and funding of these trusts, plus two full sample trust forms and more than 100 drafting examples on CD-Rom. “Everything one could want in a book on this subject….[T]his book should be a part of any serious estate planner's library." – Howard M. Zaritsky. “Stellar.” – Estate Planning magazine.

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A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Massachusetts

Addressing the most commonly encountered planning issues, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Massachusetts is a must-addition to every estate planner's reference library. Each chapter includes scores of useful features, including practice tips, ethical considerations and cautionary notes, all offered by some of the most prominent and experienced estate planners in Massachusetts. Easy-to-read chapters, example scenarios, sample clauses and documents and other features make this book true to its title—"a practical guide." 992 pages in two volumes, plus a disk with forms. Prepared by MCLE. You'll also receive supplements to keep you completely up-to-date; you can cancel this service at any time.

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A Practical Guide to Medicare Appeals

This book will walk you through every step of the very confusing and sometimes self-contradictory rules and help you avoid the many procedural traps in Medicare appeals. Co-authored by a CMS hearing officer and a lawyer with years of Medicare appeals experience, the book also includes the full text of all relevant regulations.

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A Practical Guide to Real Estate Practice

Want to grow your commercial real estate practice? This practical book, written by one of the most accomplished lawyers in the field, shows you how to get the job done and please your clients. You’ll get real-world advice on negotiating the best deal, drafting documents that don’t contain time bombs, distributing documents and getting others to move on them quickly, engineering the perfect closing, using e-mail effectively, how and when to get your bill paid, and much more. "This book is great reading for anyone who is ever involved in a real estate transaction." – Dwight Merriam.

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A Practical Guide to Winning Land Use Approvals and Permits

This book goes beyond the legal requirements to provide practical strategies and advice for obtaining or opposing approvals and permits, including step-by-step case studies and more than 60 forms. It covers zoning requirements; environmental restrictions, audits and impact reviews; use and area variances; special use permits; and special cases such as residential subdivisions, cellular towers, sexually oriented businesses, smart growth, and signage issues. Includes strategies for administrative approvals as well as judicial review and a sample court challenge.
One volume, looseleaf, 1,661 pages. Published in 2007; includes latest periodic update.

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A Practitioner's Guide to Construction Law

Here’s an in-depth resource with practical explanations of construction law issues as well as AIA forms with suggested changes from both the owner’s and contractor’s perspectives. You’ll get detailed advice on construction lending, insurance and indemnification issues, building codes, bonds and sureties, design services agreements and professional liability, contracting and subcontracting issues, the Miller Act, prevailing wage rules, competitive bidding, mechanic’s liens, damages and equitable remedies, ADR and much more. An excellent volume.

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A Trademark Primer

Covers ownership rights, selection and protection of marks and infringement, with extensive footnotes. "Puts cogent explanations of trademark law at our fingertips. We hand them out to our employees." -- Bruce Broder, St. John & Partners, Jacksonville, Fla. (Save 20% if you order 10 or more copies; call 800-451-9998.)

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Advanced Negotiation and Mediation Theory and Practice

Not just another book on “getting to yes,” this is negotiation theory written by lawyers for lawyers. It provides excellent ideas and advice for both face-to-face negotiation and negotiation using a mediator, discusses how to work with clients during the negotiation process, and presents strategies for multi-party negotiations. The book analyzes both the adversarial and problem-solving strategies, and shows you how to respond to both and how to combine the strategies to get the best results for your clients. An excellent work by two of the top speakers at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

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Advocacy Words: A Thesaurus

Here’s verbal dynamite! This book will give you the language you need to persuade a jury or to draft a convincing argument in a brief. Turn dry legal prose into a vivid verbal picture that will move others to your point of view. The book is easy to use, with words arranged alphabetically in one column and the corresponding advocacy words in the opposite column.

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After Death Tax Planning: Minimizing Tax Liabilities, Third Edition

There are scores of books on how to save taxes before death. This book gives you concise, reliable advice on minimizing taxes after death. You’ll learn step-by-step how to prepare for the decedent’s final income and gift tax returns; plan for distributions of IRD; make valuation elections; use stock redemptions and deferral exceptions; claim the right deductions, in the right ways, at the right times; use disclaimers; use the marital deduction most effectively; and cope with the GST tax. “This is a most accessible and practical volume, well-documented and liberally marbled with useful illustrations and summaries of leading principles. Highly recommended." – Estate Planning magazine.

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Age Discrimination in Employment Law

Age Discrimination in Employment Law is the most comprehensive and detailed book on age discrimination available. It’s a complete guide to bringing and defending claims, from filing a complaint through trial, as well as counseling clients with regard to this burgeoning field. The authors provide detailed guidance on every significant legal issue as well as a wealth of litigation strategies. Case citations are listed by circuit and include detailed parentheticals. Plus, there are sample settlement forms that can be adapted for immediate use.

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An Estate Planner's Guide to Buy-Sell Agreements for the Closely Held Business, Second Edition

Completely revised and updated, this clearly written guide provides comprehensive, practical advice for designing effective buy-sell agreements both as an exit strategy and as part of the succession or estate planning process. The book covers the agreements’ objectives and terms; valuation for estate planning purposes; other tax considerations; special provisions for C and S corporations, LLCs, partnerships, etc.; planning for family disputes or divorce; and much more. With many sample provisions. CD-Rom included.

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An Estate Planner's Guide to Family Business Entities: Family Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and More, Second Edition

This logical, user-friendly guide will completely familiarize you with the different techniques involving trusts, S corporations, C corporations, partnerships and LLCs, enabling you to easily select the most appropriate entity to meet a client's objectives, minimize estate and gift taxes and realize other non-tax benefits. This edition is completely revised and up-to-date.
One volume, softbound, 234 pages.

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An Estate Planner's Guide to Qualified Retirement Plan Benefits, Fourth Edition

Brand-new fourth edition! Here’s comprehensive, practical advice for the non-ERISA specialist. This book lets you structure benefits from qualified retirement plans and IRAs to achieve maximum benefits for your clients. It clarifies the distribution options; alerts you to the dangers of some traditional estate planning techniques; and clearly explains income taxation of benefits, penalties, transfer tax issues, spousal rights, and estate and trust administration issues. You’ll also get an illustration of the tax consequences of hypothetical retirement plan scenarios, plus a wealth of forms, tables, charts, cases, revenue rulings, private letter rulings, and IRS notices and revenue procedures.
One volume, softbound. Fourth edition, published 2007. CD-Rom included.

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Anatomy for Litigators

This easy-to-read book will allow you to understand personal injuries, evaluate medical records and cross-examine experts as never before! You’ll get a complete, profusely illustrated introduction to anatomy for the non-scientist, PLUS explanations throughout of how injuries affect body functioning, the legal significance of injuries, how they are described in medical records, the use (and limits) of diagnostic and orthopedic tests, and the strengths and weaknesses of independent medical exams. And there are a wealth of references and websites for further research of any particular issue.

One volume, hardbound. Published 2006.

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Arbitration Advocacy

This insightful guide will help you achieve the best results in all types of arbitration settings — from commercial to labor, and even cyber-arbitration. You’ll get specific advice on prehearing considerations, advocacy at the hearing, effective openings and closings, tactical considerations, and how to shape the process. Written by John W. Cooley, an experienced judge, trial attorney, arbitrator, and mediator, and Steven Lubet, author of Modern Trial Advocacy. Published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

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Asset Protection Strategies

Here’s a current, state-of-the-art review of asset protection. Bringing together the knowledge of 22 experts, this practice-focused book provides a complete analysis of both foreign and domestic asset protection trusts, how to integrate asset protection into an estate plan, offshore limited partnerships and LLCs, tax compliance and reporting, life insurance strategies, and fraudulent transfer issues. You’ll also get substantial discussion of IRC regulations, sample clauses, and valuable state-by-state reviews of insurance/annuity exemptions, homestead exemptions and marital property issues. This two-volume work is approachable and practical, while still being authoritative and complete.

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Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law

Want a business plan for your firm, but don’t know where to start? Let consultant Edward Poll give you simple but effective rules to make your practice more profitable, attract more clients, get paid on time, and give you more control. This is a practical work that will improve your bottom line and make your work life more enjoyable and less pressured. The second edition has been greatly expanded and adds 27 new chapters on marketing, personnel issues, technology, time management, clients’ trust accounting, opening a new office, and changing from one practice to another. Plus, there are more than 35 forms and checklists that you need to begin, including spreadsheets for projecting expenses, revenues, and overall cash flow.

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Attorney Liability in Bankruptcy

Every lawyer who advises clients on any aspect consumer bankruptcy law is subject to possible liability under the 2005 bankruptcy amendments – even family, small business and tort lawyers! This new and comprehensive book will give you exactly what you need to understand and comply with the law. It covers new sanctions in Chapter 7 cases; the regulation of attorneys as "debt relief agencies"; heightened requirements for reaffirmation agreements; unbundling of legal services; advertising; representation, consultation, and termination agreements; § 521 liability; liability of creditors' attorneys, trustees, and others; pro bono issues and more. Includes a valuable CD-Rom. "Your clients have a fool for a lawyer if you practice consumer bankruptcy without a copy of this book at your fingertips." – Professor G. Ray Warner. "Comprehensive, lively, and readable, this is the book practitioners will reach for day in and day out." – Professor Elizabeth Warren.

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Bankruptcy Basics

Here’s a great introduction to consumer bankruptcy for lawyers who want to develop a new specialty, handle an occasional case, or simply better understand how to advise their clients. You’ll get detailed, step-by-step instructions plus access to a continually updated website where you’ll find forms, editable sample pleadings, software to compute key lookback dates, and more. This is also a great resource for paralegals in your office. Published in 2007.

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Battle of the Lawyers (DVD), Round 1

Enjoy a front-row seat as five leading Massachusetts lawyers recreate their historic closing arguments! Watch Jan Schlichtmann present his 'A Civil Action' argument; Gerry Leone argue the Louise Woodward case; J.W. Carney defend John Salvi, the abortion-clinic killer; Leo Boyle present the Santos defective-minivan case; and U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner argue the 'battered woman syndrome' defense. This one-of-a-kind DVD is marvelously entertaining, historically significant, and highly instructional for new lawyers and trial veterans alike.

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Battle of the Lawyers (DVD), Round 2

Round 2 of the popular "Battle of the Lawyers" DVD features more top Massachusetts lawyers recreating their historic closing arguments. Watch the closings in the Dirk Greineder murder case, the Big Dan's rape trial, and the Dana-Farber/Boston Globe libel case, plus the SJC argument in the gay marriage lawsuit. This DVD is historically significant, entertaining and highly instructional for new lawyers and trial veterans alike.

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Battle of the Lawyers (DVD), Round 3

Round 3 of the popular "Battle of the Lawyers" DVD features more top Massachusetts lawyers recreating their historic closing arguments. Watch the closings in Judge Murphy’s libel suit against the Boston Herald, the sensational Eddie O’Brien murder case, the $101 million verdict for two men framed by FBI agents, and the infamous case of murdered Raynham cheerleader Mary Lou Arruda.

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Battle of the Lawyers, The Complete Set (3 DVDs)

Watch 13 of the top trial lawyers in Massachusetts recreate their closing arguments in their most famous cases. These one-of-a-kind DVDs are marvelously entertaining, historically significant, and highly instructional for new lawyers and trial veterans alike.
Round 1 contains the 'A Civil Action' case, the Louise Woodward trial, the trial of abortion-clinic killer John Salvi, Leo Boyle's Santos defective-minivan case, and U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner's 'battered woman syndrome' defense.
Round 2 features the Dirk Greineder murder trial, the Big Dan's rape case, the Ayash libel case against the Boston Globe and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the SJC case that established same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
Round 3 includes Judge Murphy’s libel suit against the Boston Herald, the sensational Eddie O’Brien murder case, the $101 million verdict for two men framed by FBI agents, and the infamous case of murdered Raynham cheerleader Mary Lou Arruda.

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Business Valuation: A Primer for the Legal Professional

Here’s excellent guidance for any attorney who has to work with a business valuation professional – in litigation, corporate planning, tax reporting, etc. It will quickly enable you to understand the context of the valuation, ask well-thought out questions about the analysis, intelligently challenge assumptions and play “devil’s advocate,” determine if the assumptions are consistent with the law or your legal arguments, and design effective questions for direct or cross-examination.
One volume, 196 pages, softbound, published 2007.

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Case Dismissed! Taking Your Harassment Prevention Training to Trial

Many employment lawyers are called on to provide sexual harassment training for employees – yet while they know the law, they might not know the best way to communicate it to a diverse group of workers. Lawyers are not used to training and instead they often just give a lecture. This practical, nuts-and-bolts book will show you how to succeed at training, so your clients can head off (or win) any lawsuits later. Avoid the most common mistakes in developing content, introducing yourself, dealing with skeptical participants, eliciting responses, using humor, and making the training interactive. Plus get helpful advice on visual aids, props, pre-tests, games, slides, simulations, role-playing and other techniques.
One volume, softbound, 326 pages, published in 2005.

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Chapter 93A: Rights and Remedies

Chapter 93A Rights and Remedies will teach you everything you need to know to successfully use the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act to obtain multiple damages, attorney fees and injunctive relief, as well as standard compensatory damages. Prepared by MCLE, the book covers motor vehicle complaints, debtor-creditor issues, real estate transactions, business disputes, insurance violations and more. 734 pages. You'll also receive supplements to keep you completely up-to-date; you can cancel this service at any time.

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Charitable Gift Planning, Second Edition

Brand-new second edition! Charitable gift planning is a hot topic because it’s no longer just for the super-rich: A growing number of middle-class families are using the techniques to achieve estate and financial planning goals while establishing a charitable legacy for their family. This practice-focused book provides clear and insightful explanations of tax law, financial considerations, drafting guidelines, and sample forms. Plus, you’ll get flow-charts, spreadsheets and calculations to explain numerically and visually how the concepts work. And there are very helpful practice pointers and case studies that demonstrate how to use planning tools in a variety of situations.
One volume, softbound, published 2007. 846 pages. CD-Rom included.

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Closed-Head Injury

Don’t try a closed-head injury case without this book! Written by one of the country’s leading neurologists and consultants, this is a detailed and practical guide for litigating these cases. It covers the medical and neuropsychological analysis of closed-head injury including its causes and effects; evaluation of damages; medical, psychological and pain treatments; ANS monitoring; special issues involving children; forensic evidence; insurance issues; trial techniques and more.

One volume, published in 2005.

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Collecting Your Fee: Getting Paid From Intake to Invoice

This practical, user-friendly guide provides proven strategies to make collecting your fees simpler, easier, and more effective! Noted authority Edward Poll shows you how to set expectations at the initial client meeting, how to implement a collection policy, what to put in a fee agreement letter, and how to motivate clients to pay you. A CD-Rom gives you sample forms, bills, letters, agreements and more that you can easily customize to your needs. "Reading this book is like having Ed Poll as your accounts receivable consultant sitting across the table from you, and there are no better." - Peter Zeughauser. "If you read this book, you'll have a lot less trouble getting paid for your work." - Larry Bodine.

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Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code

Here’s a plain-English guide every divorce lawyer needs to understand what happens to a family law case when a spouse files bankruptcy. You’ll learn how to determine the debtor’s interest in marital property; the effect on alimony, support and modification actions; how the automatic stay impacts the divorce; special rules for community property; the overlap of bankruptcy court and family court jurisdiction; and much more! This is a practice-oriented guide for both the general practitioner and the matrimonial specialist.

One volume, looseleaf, regularly updated.

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Comparative Negligence, Fourth Edition

At last, here’s one volume that answers every question about comparative negligence, including the effect of intentional, reckless, and grossly negligent conduct, last clear chance, assumption of risk, strict liability, diminished capacity defenses, choice of law, multiple tortfeasors, setoffs, punitive damages and a host of other issues. This is a renowned treatise and where the law is unclear, it can be cited with great authority.

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Compensation Plans for Law Firms, Fourth Edition

This newly updated fourth edition will answer your questions about how to set up a compensation system for your firm, and show you how your firm compares to similar firms throughout the country! You’ll get detailed analysis and advice on compensation plans for partners and shareholders, of counsel, associates, paralegals and staff, including bonuses, increases, and incentives, plus difficult issues such as client production credits and the prevalence of various fringe benefits. Finally, you’ll have the resources you need to set up a well-functioning compensation system, defend the system you have, or re-evaluate your system to make it work better for you.

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Condominium and Homeowner Association Practice, Third Edition

Here’s an indispensable tool for lawyers who represent condominium owners and community associations. The book explains the functions, responsibilities, and powers of the association, gives you the rules for the development and sale period (including many traps for the unwary), tells you each document that must be drafted and the crucial "rules of thumb" for drafting that will avoid costly mistakes, and provides seasoned advice on handling the many difficult roles a lawyer is called on to play in dealing with association issues. Includes the latest supplement covering board liability, bylaw amendments and attorney fees in enforcement actions.

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Construction Accident Law

This book will guide you through the maze of construction, personal injury, insurance, workers’ compensation, occupational safety, and criminal law that arises when there is a construction accident. Organized for quick reference, it is chock-full of citations and puts hundreds of hours of research at your fingertips. It will also prepare you for cutting-edge issues involving criminal liability of contractors; the newest standard form contracts; A/E, CM and general contractor liability under OSHA; liability for employment of an independent contractor; insurance coverage where a contract’s indemnity provision is unenforceable; and other insurance issues for contractors, managers and design professionals.

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Construction Damages and Remedies

This book analyzes the types of damages and equitable remedies available in construction-related cases, including how to measure and prove them, and provides extensive practical advice for dealing with damages in a dispute. It will be valuable not only for going to trial but for drafting or evaluating a settlement offer and for drafting a construction or design contract that involves risk allocation.

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Consumer Arbitration Agreements

Everything you need to challenge a consumer arbitration agreement! Complete analysis of strategies based on high fees, limits on statutory remedies, unconscionability, waiver, the Federal Arbitration Act, and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, plus judicial review of arbitration decisions. A CD-Rom provides sample discovery requests, sample briefs and useful AAA materials. Fifth edition, published in 2007, includes CD-Rom. Shipping is free!

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Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice

This is the definitive manual for representing consumers in bankruptcy, by renowned author Henry Sommer. The text covers every aspect of Chapters 7, 12 and 13, and a CD-Rom provides client questionnaires and handouts, software to complete the petitions and schedules, sample completed forms with annotations, 150 sample pleadings and all relevant statutes, rules and fees. Completely updated with the latest amendments, including how to compute allowable expenses, median income and other new standards. Shipping is free!

Eighth edition, published 2006. Two volumes, plus latest supplement and CD-Rom.

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Consumer Class Actions

A practical, how-to guide for a small law office on every aspect of consumer class actions. Covers arbitration clauses, forum selection, discovery, preliminary motions, depositions, certification, notices, negotiation of attorney fees, Rule 68 offers, the new Rule 23(f) and much more. A handy CD-Rom includes sample complaints, retainers, co-counsel agreements, discovery requests, motions, briefs, notices, objections and settlement agreements. Sixth edition, published in 2006, plus latest supplement and CD-Rom. Shipping is free!

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Consumer Law Pleadings on CD-Rom

Get more than 700 sample pleadings that you can instantly copy into your word processor! Covers all varieties of consumer law, including auto fraud, truth in lending, landlord/tenant, collections, nursing homes, home sales and more. Get complaints, demand letters, document requests, depositions, motions in limine, motions for summary judgment, opening statements, jury instructions, fee requests, etc. Fully indexed by type of law and type of pleading. 2007 edition. Shipping is free!

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Consumer Warranty Law

The complete guide to representing consumers with claims for defective products and services: new and used cars, houses, condominiums, auto repair, home improvements, mobile homes and more. Covers Magnuson-Moss, UCC, lemon laws and other statutes, as well as how to defeat warranty disclaimers, contractual limitations on remedies and privity requirements. Also covers non-warranty theories such as tort, fraud and deception. Third edition, published in 2006, plus latest supplement. Shipping is free!

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Creating Effective Parenting Plans

The old days of cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all custody arrangements are ending. This book will show you how to create parenting plans that work – that are geared to children’s developmental stages, and that adapt over time as the needs of the children change. The result is happier families and more satisfied clients. The book also considers special situations such as parental relocation, siblings at widely different ages, high-conflict parents, children with special needs, etc. Includes a CD-Rom with forms and materials to use with clients.

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Criminal Procedure in North Carolina, Third Edition

Here’s a comprehensive reference to the rules, statutes, and case law affecting criminal procedure in North Carolina. In one convenient volume, you’ll get answers on every issue from arrest to appeal. Separate chapters discuss jurisdiction; arrest, seizure and detention; processing after arrest; discovery; the right to counsel; motion practice; speedy trial rights; securing witnesses; trial procedures; sentencing; probation; post-conviction relief and appellate review.

One volume, 2005 edition, hardbound, plus current supplement.

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Cross-Examining Doctors: A Practical Guide

Doctors are the toughest witnesses to cross-examine – they’re poised and articulate, have tremendous jury appeal, and know more about the relevant medicine than the attorney. This book will level the playing field and help you cross-examine them successfully. You’ll learn how to take a deposition that pins down the doctor’s opinion, makes the doctor’s file and records available, elicits admissions, and does not reveal the framework of the trial cross-examination. You’ll learn how to choose what to cover at the trial, what specific cross-examination techniques to use and when to use them, and how to start strong and finish strong. Plus, you’ll get illustrative excerpts from real trial transcripts. “[A]n excellent guide.” – Trial magazine. “[W]ell organized and fascinating.” – The Colorado Lawyer.

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David Ball on Damages: A Plaintiff's Attorney's Guide to Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases

Get the new second edition! Based on extensive research, this book explains how jurors make decisions about money, and how to influence them. Popular author David Ball discusses juror motivations for awarding money; why some jurors are reluctant to award compensation; intangible damages; and specific strategies to enhance damages for voir dire, opening, direct and cross-examination, and closing. While the book focuses on techniques for plaintiff’s lawyers, any defense attorney would also benefit from Ball’s instructions. Published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

“Throw your old copy away and get David Ball’s second edition immediately. He has made a great book even better and more essential. His tort reform solutions are worth the price alone.” — Donald H. Beskind, Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland, & Rabenau, Raleigh, N.C.

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Dealing with the IRS: Law, Forms, and Practice

Here’s an indispensable reference tool for IRS dispute matters, providing hundreds of practice points for both novice and experienced attorneys as well as more than 215 forms and exhibits on disk. You’ll get detailed explanations, advice and checklists on client engagements, audits, administrative summonses, statutes of limitations, Tax Court procedure, appeals, collections, criminal issues, claims practice, penalties, obtaining information from the IRS and much more. "For anyone involved in tax practice, this excellent and practical volume is essential." – Legal Information Alert.

Includes 2006-2007 cumulative supplement.

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Depositions

This best-seller gives you the best articles on depositions ever published in the journal “Litigation.” Clearly written and with a practical, how-to approach, the book gives you innovative ideas from the country’s top litigators and will make you much better at handling depositions. It covers preparing witnesses (and why this usually doesn’t work well), techniques and strategies for a variety of different situations, documents, multi-level depositions, using depositions at trial, dealing with expert witnesses, and much more.
One volume, softbound, published 2006. 372 pages.

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Directory of Massachusetts Lobbyists 2008

Here's your guide to lobbyists in Massachusetts! The 2008 Directory lists nearly 600 lobbyists and government relations professionals, both alphabetically and by area of expertise. You’ll also find a summary of the rules that apply to lobbyists.

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Disability Discrimination and the Workplace

Disability Discrimination and the Workplace is not just the best treatise available about the ADA. It goes beyond, comprehensively analyzing the interaction between the ADA and state statutes, FMLA, the NLRA, ERISA, regulatory requirements and more. These varying and intersecting laws have created a minefield for employment litigators, but this book will guide you through with unsurpassed authority, combining thousands of citations to case law with an excellent discussion of strategy. This is an essential work for anyone who handles disability issues.

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Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Planning for Law Firms

Are you prepared? Every law firm needs a contingency plan for a disaster, whether it’s a fire, flood, or computer meltdown. This easy-to-read book will guide you in developing a strategy so you can recover and ensure your firm’s survival. You’ll learn what you need in a plan, what insurance to buy, how to protect your data, how to meet your ethical obligations and much more. "Excellent guidance…I highly recommend it for attorneys and law firms." – Michael Hirsch, Former FEMA Deputy General Counsel.
One volume, softbound, 146 pages. Published in 2007.

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Discovery from Current and Former Employees

This unique book will guide you through the myriad legal, ethical and practical problems and the complex rules and guidelines for obtaining discovery from current and former employees of clients and adversaries. You will learn how to handle informal, ex parte interviews; the new mandatory disclosure rules; guidelines for interrogatories, depositions, and subpoenas; and the effect of attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, trade secret protection, and other privileges. This area can be a minefield for the uninitiated, and this book will provide everything you need to know.

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EEOC Litigation and Charge Resolution

A former EEOC general counsel gives expert guidance and practical tips on how to successfully deal with the agency. Here it is: the first book to provide nuts and bolts information on how the EEOC really works, including how to access its internal files, what really affects mediation settlements and findings of reasonable cause, what it looks for in position statements, its primary litigation and settlement strategies, and how it uses expert testimony and investigative subpoenas. This is the treatise you’ll want to have on hand when you interact with the agency. It demystifies the EEOC so you can effectively negotiate its framework – and secure the best possible outcome for your client. (Published in 2005.)

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Effective Expert Testimony, Second Edition

This is a high-level book filled with effective, real-world tactics that will be pure gold for any lawyer who deals with experts regularly. There are gems of advice on preparation of experts, discovery, depositions, and direct examination. The section on cross-examination is brilliant, with a highly detailed analysis of the many ways to attack an expert and the most effective means of accomplishing each of them. You’ll feel you’ve been let in on the secrets of the masters. An appendix gives you key appellate cases specific to a wide variety of types of experts.

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Electronic Evidence and Discovery: What Every Lawyer Should Know

This cutting-edge, practical guide demystifies the technology and lets you get what you need in discovery. Become a master at requesting electronic evidence, dealing with defenses, spoliation issues, cost-shifting, computer forensics and working with experts. A must for any litigator today.

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Environmental Aspects of Real Estate and Commercial Transactions, Third Edition

A unique and practical resource, this book covers the entire range of environmental issues that arise when real estate is developed, operated, sold, or financed. You’ll find answers on lender liability; disclosure requirements; the audit process; allocating risks; landlord-tenant, tax, securities and bankruptcy issues; valuation of impacted properties; brownfields; environmental insurance; common problems such as underground storage tanks, asbestos, lead paint, radon, indoor air pollution, and electro-magnetic fields; and development issues such as wetlands, endangered species, stormwater, takings, conservation easements and smart growth. If you handle commercial transactions involving real estate, you need this book.

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Estate and Trust Planning

Jeffrey Pennell and Alan Newman’s work is a classic in the field for two reasons: First, the book clearly and concisely walks you through the substantive rules and policies of the law of wills, trusts, and estates, making the maze of terminology clearly understandable. And second, the book is a practical guide that shows you how estate planners use a wide variety of tools and leads you through the process of applying them in an estate planning practice. If you could have only one book on your estate planning bookshelf, this would undoubtedly be the one.

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Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples

The legal landscape for same-sex relationships is changing, and this book will show you how to develop creative estate plans for lesbian and gay clients that protect both parties to the relationship and their children. You’ll also get a CD with forms and documents you’ll need as part of a complete estate plan.

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