New Practice Information

Taking of Contaminated Property Actions: Formulating Your Trial Strategy
The eminent domain practitioner should consider all of the authority in this emerging area, but also incorporate methodology used in any trial involving contaminated property. For the beginning steps a general litigation plan should include, read on.
Excerpted from Current Condemnation Law: Takings, Compensation, and Benefits, Second Edition.

"It was completely unfair, but I didn't know what to do about it"
What made best-selling author James Grippando want to become a lawyer? Read on.
Excerpted from Leapholes.

Ethical Witness Preparation
When you are preparing a witness to testify, there are certain things you can and can't encourage the witness to do. Read on.
Excerpted from Preparing Witnesses: A Practical Guide for Lawyers and Their Clients, Second Edition.

Ten Ways Client Loyalty Improves Your Bottom Line
Clients are satisfied only when value – as defined by the client – meets or exceeds expectations. So, how do you create and deliver value to the client? Read on.
Excerpted from The Lawyer’s Guide to Marketing Your Practice, Second Edition.

With Some Cases, You Should Just Say "No"
Abraham Lincoln reputedly advised a new lawyer on passing the bar, “Young man, it’s more important to know what cases not to take than it is to know the law.” When should you turn a case down? Read on.
Excerpted from How to Start and Build a Law Practice, Fifth Edition.

Integrating Women of Color into the Firm
What specific steps can a firm take to integrate woman attorneys of color into the firm's culture and management? Read on.
Excerpted from Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms.

The Power of the Lawyer-Client Relationship
A key piece of informal discovery is getting to know your clients. Why? Read on.
Excerpted from The Trial Lawyer: What It Takes To Win.

Planning a Joint Venture
When forming a joint venture with another company, how does one know what kind of entity to form, and what issues will affect the negotiating process? Read on.
Excerpted from Model Joint Venture Agreement with Commentary.

New Books

2006 Annual Franchise and Distribution Law Developments
(ABA Forum on Franchising)

Amending CERCLA
(ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources)

Model Joint Venture with Commentary
(ABA Section of Business Law)

Reorganizing Failing Businesses, Revised Edition
(ABA Section of Business Law)

Coming Soon!

The ABCs of the UCC: Related Insolvency, Second Edition
(ABA Section of Business Law)

Forms and Substance: Specialized Agreements for the Construction Project
(ABA Forum on Construction)

International Franchise Sales Laws
(ABA Forum on Franchising)

Law Office Policy & Procedures Manual, Fifth Edition
(ABA Law Practice Management Section)

The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet, Third Edition
(ABA Law Practice Management Section)

A Litigators Guide to Expert Witnesses
(ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division)

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