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Lewis Library - ML128.B49 F67 2007 suppl.

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Fluke Networks' Neal Allen provides a practical, real-world guide to anticipating, finding, and solving network problems before they impact users.

Published: October 2008

This is a nuts and bolts guide for doing international business, and the handbook to read before and during negotiation in order to get the deal done. Power Tools for Negotiating International Business Deals shows how international business works, where to stake high ground, what concessions to make and what mistakes to avoid. Filled with checklists and case examples, this book explains the key issues in an international business deal, be it a product sale, agency/brokerage, consulting agreement, distributorship, license, joint venture or consortium.

James M Klotz is one of Canada’s leading international business lawyers. In addition to co-chairing the International Business Transactions group of one of Canada’s largest law firms, he has written several books and treatises on international business law and negotiation. James lives in Toronto and has taught courses in international business law at Osgoode Hall Law School and in international risk assessment at the University of Toronto.

Table of contents:

• Chapter 1: The basics of International Business Deals
• Chapter 2: Negotiating International Sales of Goods and Services
• Chapter 3: Negotiating International Agency and Consulting Deals
• Chapter 4: Negotiating International Distribution Deals
• Chapter 5: Negotiating International License Deals
• Chapter 6: International Joint Venture and Consortium Deal
• Index

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Published: May 2012

The authors bring an international and methodological perspective to this comprehensive text. Appropriate for a two- to three-hour international trade course, International Trade Law, Second Edition covers all aspects of WTO law, including trade in goods, services, and TRIPS. Using classic and recent cases, stimulating questions and insightful explanatory material, this text provides a balance of positive and normative approaches, mixing legal decisions with analysis of the challenges facing the international trading system.

The second edition has been updated to include recent political and economic events, issues and policy debates, and supplements new developments in case law with additional questions and a revised Teacher’s Manual.

Hallmark features:

• Prepared by two leading WTO scholars – providing a balanced international and methodological perspective
• Up-to-date, discriminating case selection presents both classic cases and recent doctrine
• Contextualizes international trade issues with insights into key economic factors at work
• Key WTO cases are edited and presented to illustrate and teach central concepts and doctrine
• Illuminating introductory and explanatory material throughout
• Helpful summaries of key teaching points are included in each chapter
• Well-crafted questions stimulate class discussion on policy issues
• Manageable length for two- and three-credit courses
• Adaptable to graduate-level courses in international trade
• Comprehensive Teachers Manual with answers to questions as well as teaching suggestions, tips, and supplementary material appropriate for class discussion
• Complemented by a thorough and up-to-date documents supplement

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Published: October 2008

It would be hard to find a more useful guide to international sales agreements. Compared to domestic transactions, the risks associated are greatly multiplied and it is a rare international sales agreement that can rely on minor variations of standard terms, as is so often the case in domestic agreements. Foreign laws, export/import and currency exchange controls, treaties, transit issues, inspection of goods, insurance, tariffs - all these and more must be taken into account in contract negotiations.

For lawyers charged with drafting an international sales contract, this expanded and updated second edition is invaluable. Clause by clause, it clearly details the drafting process, commenting expertly on every issue likely to arise as it goes. Designed to cover every contingency, including definitions, Incoterms, price adjustments, documentation, labeling, delivery dates, limitation of liability, confidentiality, arbitration and antitrust issues, this book also covers relevant national circumstances in the commentary to each clause.

Table of Contents:

• Contents of Sample Clauses
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Preliminary Matters
• Chapter 2: Drafting the Agreement
• Chapter 3: The Goods Being Sold
• Chapter 4: Trade Terms
• Chapter 5: Price
• Chapter 6: Permits, Licenses and Certificates
• Chapter 7: Payment
• Chapter 8: Delivery
• Chapter 9: Transfer of Title and Risk
• Chapter 10: Bills of Lading and Other Documents for Carriage of Goods
• Chapter 11: Insurance
• Chapter 12: Inspection
• Chapter 13: Warranties
• Chapter 14: Force Majeure and Hardship
• Chapter 15: Termination and Penalty Clauses
• Chapter 16: Intellectual Property
• Chapter 17: Other Obligations of the Parties
• Chapter 18: Dispute Resolution
• Chapter 19: Governing Law
• Chapter 20: Language
• Chapter 21: Miscellaneous Provisions
• Appendix 1: The CISG
• Appendix 2: UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
• Appendix 3: The Principles of European Contract Law

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Published April 2014

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Practitioners, academics, clients, institutions and other users of international commercial arbitration will find clear and authoritative guidance in this work.

The first edition of International Commercial Arbitration is widely acknowledged as the preeminent commentary in the field. It was awarded the 2011 Certificate of Merit by the American Society of International Law and was voted the “International Dispute Resolution Book of the Year” by the Oil, Gas, Mining and Infrastructure Dispute Management list serve in 2010. The first edition has been extensively cited in national court decisions and arbitral awards around the world.
The treatise comprehensively examines the law and practice of contemporary international commercial arbitration, thoroughly explicating all relevant international conventions, national arbitration statutes and institutional arbitration rules. It focuses on both international instruments (particularly the New York Convention) and national law provisions in all leading jurisdictions (including the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration).

Please click here to read an introduction to this treatise.

The second edition of International Commercial Arbitration has been extensively revised, expanded and updated, to include all legislative, judicial and arbitral authorities material in the field of international arbitration prior to January 2014. It also includes expanded treatment of annulment, recognition of awards, counsel ethics, arbitrator independence and impartiality and applicable law.The revised 4,000 page text contains references to more than 20,000 cases, awards and other authorities.

Overview of volumes:
Volume I, covering International Arbitration Agreements, provides a comprehensive discussion of international commercial arbitration agreements. It includes chapters dealing with the legal framework for enforcing international arbitration agreements; the separability presumption; choice of law; formation and validity; nonarbitrability; competence-competence and the allocation of jurisdictional competence; the effects of arbitration agreements; interpretation and non-signatory issues.

Volume II, covering International Arbitration Procedures, provides a detailed discussion of international arbitral procedures. It includes chapters dealing with the legal framework for international arbitral proceedings; the selection, challenge and replacement of arbitrators; the rights and duties of international arbitrators; selection of the arbitral seat; arbitration procedures; disclosure and discovery; provisional

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Drafting Internet Agreements, Second Edition is the most comprehensive single volume collection of annotated forms for the internet. The book also offers valuable insights for business executives who want to know how internet transactions are structured and how to negotiate the best deals.

This easy-to-use reference with accompanying CD-ROM offers instant access to more than 40 sample agreements for every area of internet practice including:

• Internet advertising
• Internet consulting
• Electronic commerce
• Internet joint ventures
• Internet licensing
• Technology development
• Website agreements 

Each form has been developed by the authors or other experienced internet law practitioners and has been used in actual transactions.

Organized by type of transaction, each chapter includes a full agreement that illustrates the entire transaction as a seamless whole, as well as a variety of agreements for closely related issues. For each form, the authors provide a brief overview, an analysis of the different kinds of forms that relate to the topic, and a description of the form's applicability and use.

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A favorite reference tool for over a decade, Drafting Effective Contracts combines a clear analysis of how effective agreements are structured, a practical breakdown of its essential elements and an overview of the overall process, from conducting the initial client meeting to closing the deal.

This completely updated guide presents consistent structural analysis and a set of fundamentals that can be used from contract to contract. You are led step-by-step through the creation process and offered direction around the obstacles that may be encountered along the way, in drafting agreements for goods and services, promissory notes, guaranties and secured transactions.

You will find a detailed discussion of the 11 drafting elements that every contract may have: parties; recitals; subject; consideration; warranties and representations; risk allocation; conditions; performance; dates and term; boilerplate; and signatures. You also get an array of sample contracts and statutory material, making this the most complete tool for building legal agreements that work.

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Process
  • Chapter 1: Getting Started
  • Chapter 2: Drafting Elements
  • Chapter 3: Negotiations and Closings
• Part 2: Applications
  • Chapter 4: Agreements for the Sale of Goods and Services - Overview
  • Chapter 5: Agreements for the Sale of Goods and Services - Structural Analysis
  • Chapter 6: Promissory Notes - Overview
  • Chapter 7: Promissory Notes - Structural Analysis
  • Chapter 8: Guaranties - Overview
  • Chapter 9: Guaranties - Structural Analysis
  • Chapter 10: Security Agreements - Overview
  • Chapter 11: Security Agreements - Structural Analysis
• Appendix A: Litigated Language

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In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Signature Financial v. State Street Bank held that business methods may be patented. Recently, the US Supreme Court in Bilski v. Kappos left the door open for the availability of patents for business methods. These holdings, together with the explosive growth of electronic commerce and technology, make the business method patent an important growth area of intellectual property.

Now in a revised Looseleaf format, this completely updated second edition is your guide to the unique opportunities and risks in this emerging area of intellectual property law.

Business Method Patents, Second Edition is your authoritative source for expert guidance on:

• The landmark Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos
• USPTO view on business method patents, including an overview of BPAI rulings
• Mechanics of the patent application
• Prior art searches
• Drafting claims for business method or model and e-commerce inventions
• Drafting the complete specification
• Drawings required for business method patents
• Building a strategic patent portfolio
• Litigating business method patents
• International protection for business methods

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The new five volume Blumberg on Corporate Groups, 2nd Edition provides a complete treatment of corporate groups and the legal interrelationships of their component parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies. It offers in-depth coverage of statutory and judicial law, federal and state, that affects parent and subsidiaries, franchisors and franchisees, licensors and licensees, health care institutions and medical staff as well as other corporate groups.

Traditional corporation law and "piercing the veil" no longer provide adequate guides to the law of parent and subsidiary corporations. In numerous areas, courts and legislatures are today allocating legal rights and liabilities according to modern enterprise principles. Blumberg's ground-breaking analysis of the law of corporate groups, with thousands of cases and detailed review of major regulatory areas provides the bench, the bar and the academy with a comprehensive review of the new legal principles at work.

Table of Contents:

• Volume 1: Introduction to Corporate Groups
  • Part II: Common Law Veil Piercing Theory
  • Part III: Jurisdiction, Practice & Procedure
• Volume 2
  • Part IV: Substantive Common Law (Contracts, Torts, Property, Conflicts of Law)
  • Part V: Bankcruptcy
• Volume 3
  • Part VI: General Statutory Law
  • Part VII: Enterprise Statutes
• Volume 4
  • Part VIII: World Trade and Enterprise Regulation
• Volume 5
  • Part IX: Franchising and Other Relational Law (Successors, Licensors, Subcontractors)
• Table of Cases
• Table of Statutes
• Index

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Rotch Library - NA1469.H33 A4 2018

Published: July 2012

Anticipate, evaluate and litigate claims and get up-to-date with the latest methods for determining value of work, with the definitive guide to construction change orders. Commonly encountered claim issues are covered in detail, including surety issues, evaluating changes resulting from ambiguous specifications or inadequate design, measuring the cost impact of delays and proving the price of damages. Construction Change Order Claims delivers innovative defenses and offers practical tips and accounting tools to evaluate progress and calculate payments.

Is a change order on a construction project an “extra”? When does an owner’s unintentional interference cross the line between a mere hindrance to an alteration of the contractor’s intended methods of performance? What specific circumstances support the use of the cardinal change doctrine? When should the Percentage of Completion accounting method be employed? This all-in-one resource helps you quickly answer these difficult questions and steers you through every type of change claim, offering hands-on guidance and analysis from 25 experienced practitioners.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: The Owner’s Right to Make Changes and the Contractor’s Right to be Paid
• Chapter 2: Scope of Typical Clauses
• Chapter 3: Authority to Order Changes
• Chapter 4: Formal Change Orders and Constructive Changes
• Chapter 5: Challenging the Finality of an Executed Change Order
• Chapter 6: Contractor Certifications and False Claims
• Chapter 7: Changes Resulting from Breach of Implied Warranties, Misrepresentation, and Non-Disclosure of Superior Knowledge
• Chapter 8: Changes Resulting from Ambiguous Specifications
• Chapter 9: Changes That Result from Delays and Interferences
• Chapter 10: Changes Resulting from Impossibility or Impracticability of Performance
• Chapter 11: The Cardinal Change
• Chapter 12: Changes Resulting from Termination
• Chapter 13: Notice Requirements for Changes and Related Claims
• Chapter 14: Pre-Litigation Advice for Change Order Claims
• Chapter 15: Preparing and Defending a Claim for Damages: A Practical Guide
• Chapter 16: Surety Issues Pertaining to Changes
• Chapter 17: Accounting for Change Orders: How and When to Recognize Revenue from Change Orders
• Chapter 18: Proving and Pricing Damages
• Table of cases
• Index

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