Director and Officer Liability in Financial Institutions: A Deskbook

By Samuel Rosenthal

This new guide is designed to protect those at the forefront of liability, directors and officers, and to offer the practitioner a guide in defending them against civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings by either governmental or private parties. The Deskbook is the only reference that covers all three major types of liability. It provides an understanding of the liability that may arise in several areas, exploring what lawsuits have been filed seeking damages; whether criminal exposure exists; what criminal statutory provisions may be triggered by conduct at issue; and whether administrative agencies are likely to bring charges, triggering yet another area of liability.

2012/1,084 pp. Hardcover/ISBN 978-1-61746-225-2/Order #2225/$395.00

Post-Grant Patent Practice

By Nancy J. Linck; Bruce H. Stoner, Jr.; Lee E. Barrett; and Carol A. Spiegel

This new treatise marks a turning point between the ebb of the first-to-invent system and the flow of the “first-inventor-to-file” system, capturing the full nuance of the still-persisting “patent interference” practice before the USPTO and the now-superseded “inter partes reexamination.” Post-grant practice has expanded significantly due to the availability of inter partes proceedings, particularly those introduced by the America Invents Act (AIA). Post-Grant Patent Practice analyzes the procedures introduced by the AIA beginning September 16, 2012, both in text and in charts, explaining them from pre-filing considerations through appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, or, alternatively, to a district court and then the Federal Circuit.

2012/870 pp. Hardcover/ISBN 978-1-61746-039-5/Order #2039/$395.00

Fiber Optic Telecommunications Networks: Lit Fiber Services Agreements

By James F. Booth

Fiber Optic Telecommunications Networks: Lit Fiber Services Agreements provides numerous tools for providers and customers to negotiate contracts that protect their interests most effectively. It offers step-by-step guidance through the process of drafting a strong and enforceable lit fiber services agreement by clearly explaining the use and purpose of the three major components of these agreements: the Master Services Agreement, the Service Description, and the Service Order Form.

2012/400 pp. Softcover/ISBN 978-1-61746-167-5/Order #2167/$295.00