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Two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes to win millions of dollars and ends up nearly losing everything -- including his sanity.

A Civil Action is the searing, compelling tale of a legal system gone awry -- one in which greed and power fight an unending struggle against justice. Yet it is also the story of how one man can ultimately make a difference. With an unstoppable narrative power reminiscent of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, A Civil Action is an unforgettable reading experience that leaves the reader both shocked and enlightened.

Titles in BarronÂ?s Business Review series are widely used as classroom supplements to college textbooks, and often serve as a main textbook in business brush-up programs. Business Law focuses on the importance of legal theory in the everyday business world, explaining such subjects as tort responsibility, government regulations, contracts, environmental law, product liability, consumer protection, and international law, among many other topics. Also discussed in detail are the legal aspects partnerships, franchises, and corporations, and special topics that include business crimes, property as a legal concept, intellectual property, and similar pertinent topics. A study aid labeled Key Terms appears at the beginning of each chapter, and You Should Remember summaries are strategically interspersed throughout the text.

Contains easy-to-understand tear-out living trust forms and explains all aspects of living trusts, including how to create one, how one works, how property is transferred to the trust, and the benefits of having one. Original.

This highly effective text provides superior legal, ethical, and regulatory coverage while fully integrating practical business practices for tomorrow's business managers. Legal topics are explored and explained through real-world business examples (over 300 references to business are made in the text). In addition to a solid foundation in the law, students learn valuable legal and ethical reasoning skills through a variety of critical thinking exercises. Readers receive -- and appreciate -- practical advice on when it is necessary to call a lawyer, how best to use legal aid services and how to avoid legal trouble in the first place. This text fulfills current curricular and AACSB accrediting standards.

For one/two-semester courses in Business Law. Exceptionally comprehensive-and praised for its writing style and accessibility-this texts offers longer edited cases, with more of the actual language of the court renderings. It includes numerous business-oriented features that make the course relevant to future managers and integrates throughout ethics and social responsibility, international, contemporary business issues, and e-commerce in every morsel of the text.

The tenth edition of this up-to-date teaching-learning system is written in an easy-to-understand style and provides comprehensive information about all facets of business law.

Material is presented in nine sections, which include relevant case studies featuring excerpts from the court's opinion. Content has been updated to reflect the many recent changes in the legal field and color photos throughout the text help students relate the material to their own lives.

Continuing the tradition that has made it a leader in its field, Problems on Professional Responsibility uses problems to provide an overview of lawyers' professional responsibility. One of the most rapidly changing fields in American law, professional responsibility sees new issues, rules and cases each year, all of which are covered in this book. The Ninth Edition covers the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which were extensively rewritten in 2002; the American Law Institute's Restatement Third, The Law Governing Lawyers, and issues raised by federal agencies that play an important role in determining lawyer standards. Other changes to this edition include more citing authorities, fewer black letter questions and issues in each problem to allow more time for discussion and questions; and the integration of readings into discussion materials.

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We all have great ideas, and every day, ordinary people turn their simple, clever ideas into products or services that earn them millions in royalties. So what separates those who earn money exploiting their ideas from those who don t? The answer is in your hands; this book gives you all the information and all the motivation you need to turn your ideas into money without investment or financial risk.

In How to License Your Million Dollar Idea, Second Edition, Harvey Reese, a successful new product developer, consultant, and licensing agent, reveals his system for creating commercially profitable ideas and his secrets for turning them into lucrative licensing agreements. Not only will you find nuts-and-bolts information on the licensing process, you ll also learn how to formulate an idea and find the motivation to grow that idea into a fortune.

Totally revised and updated, this Second Edition covers recent changes in patent law and how the Internet has impacted modern licensing. Reese includes his proven step-by-step process for formulating an idea that manufacturers are willing to pay for, researching its authenticity, obtaining patents, finding prospects, negotiating the deal, and beyond. Filled with examples of successful, well-known licensing ventures, How to License Your Million Dollar Idea, Second Edition also features an expanded appendix of sample patent forms, licensing agreements, disclosure statements, publications, contact information, and more.

This comprehensive legal environment text takes a managerial focus with many business-oriented features that present cutting-edge issues and cases. To illustrate key legal concepts, this text utilizes both summarized and excerpted cases.

The second edition of Charles Fox's bestselling paperback guide, Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You, updates the original edition published in 2002. The perfect resource for new associates, law school students, business people, or anyone who frequently deals with complex contracts, the Second Edition expands existing material on contract covenants and remedies for breach of a covenant; due diligence conditions; organization of the agreement; credit-related provisions; acquisition-related provisions; the integration clause; and indemnification. Other miscellaneous revisions are found in every chapter of the second edition. In addition, the glossary and the index have been thoroughly revised. In its updated form, Working with Contracts remains the most useful and practical guide for anyone dealing with sophisticated agreements.