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Lynette Benton, a QuickBooks certified ProAdvisor and consultant who has helped hundreds of attorneys and small firms with financial management, will teach you to use this popular accounting software in your law practice.’QuickBooks in One Hour for Lawyers’ offers step-by-step guidance for getting started with QuickBooks and putting it to work tracking income, expenses, time, billing, and much more.

Law firm partners have no shortage of opinions about associates. And associates have plenty to say about working with partners. This new book gives both parties a forum to express their views about the current practice of law. Among the rantings and pushback are invaluable tips and advice for succeeding in a law firm.

Reasonable Expectations: Interpreting Insurance Policies in Common Law Jurisdictions is a reference guide for lawyers needing a quick orientation to the law of insurance in specific jurisdictions, particularly when faced with difficult conflict-of-law questions.

This annual chapter from Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation produced by the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee features the latest and most significant developments in class action jurisprudence in 2015, including highly anticipated decisions issued by the U.S. Supreme Court. The main sections of this chapter set forth the basic legal framework and concepts governing federal class actions in the United States and highlight key developments in class action law during 2015. It also addresses the basics of Canadian class action law and recent developments in Canadian and cross-border class actions. In the interests of efficiency, this work focuses on developments under Rule 23, which governs class actions in federal courts nationwide and is the model for most state class action law.

New this year, the Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation compilation has been published chapter by chapter. This annual chapter produced by the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee the latest and most significant developments in securities litigation in 2015.

Provides effective and practical strategies that you can incorporate immediately into your law firm's recruitment procedures.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Knick v. Township of Scott has been aptly described by some commentators as the most significant property rights case of the last decade.

This book shows how the common approach to witness preparation can foul up a case and hand victory to the other side. Kenneth Brown introduces a new and enlightened approach to witness preparation: that witnesses need to give answers that actually help their cases, and the best time to give the best answer is when the question is first asked.

Dan Dalton, a nationally recognized litigator of religious property disputes, shares expert insights that will be valuable for religious organizations and their counsel.

Why is a party's second number often the most revealing in negotiations? Should you "hold something back" for trial? What are "hallway moments"and how can they help you? Should you ever tell the mediator your bottom line? You'll find advice on these topics and many, many others in Representing Clients in Mediation: A Guide to Optimal Results. This comprehensive, 600-page book helps both experienced counsel and rookies advance their clients' cause more effectively at every stage of the mediation process. A unique feature of this book is that it is based on extensive research, not just the author's own views.