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The book surveys the law regarding claims and defenses that commonly arise in a client fraud scenario.

Proof of Conspiracy Under Federal Antitrust Laws discusses the use of direct and indirect evidence to get at the heart of what constitutes an agreement—or as the Supreme Court has termed it a "commitment to a common scheme"—at every stage in litigation.

Proving Antitrust Damages: Legal and Economic Issues is an accessible introduction to the legal and economic concepts of antitrust damages for use by counsel who may be new to the area. Updated content provides more experienced antitrust practitioners a deeper understanding of the legal and economic issues without the need for formal economic training.

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.

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.