Treatise Spotlight: Epstein on Intellectual Property

Title: Epstein on Intellectual Property

Author: Michael A. Epstein
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (Aspen)
Edition: Fifth Edition
Last Update: 2012 Supplement

Description: Packed with insightful analysis, expert guidance, and clear, practical examples, this key resource provide up-to-date, integrated coverage of the law of trade secrets, copyright, trademarks and patents, ideas, and noncompetition agreements.

Epstein on Intellectual Property, Fifth Edition covers the latest legal developments in such hot areas as biotechnology, intellectual property, due diligence, software protection, copyright infringement, ownership of employee inventions, and more.

You will consult this reference for expert answers to questions such as how to:

• Prevent the unauthorized use and disclosure of your company's trade secrets
• Determine what types of materials and information are covered by the copyright laws
• Apply for and enforce patents
• Reduce the risk of claims under the "law of ideas"
• Make effective use of noncompetition agreements
• Deal with the unique problems of biotechnology

(Description taken from publisher’s website)

1040 Instructions Have Arrived

Thanks to the staff at the Nevada State Library and Archives, we now have the 2012 1040 Instructions available for the public.  (NLSA obtains the forms and makes them available at the Supreme Court Law Library as a service to our patrons.)

We do not have all forms obtained by the NSLA, but do have the following:

1040, 1040 A, 1040 EZ, 1040-V, 1040 X, 1040 Schedules A, B, C, C-EZ, D, E, EIC, F, R and SE, 2106, 2441, 3903, 4562, 4868 (First Extension), 5695, 8283, 8812, 8822, 8829, 8863, and 8949.  We have the instructions for forms 1040, 1040 A, 1040 EZ, 1040 X, 1040 Schedule R, 2106, 2441, 4562, 8283, 8812, 8829 and 8863. 

If you need a W-2, W-3, W-4, 1096, 1098, 1099-DIV, 1099-G, 1099-INT, 1099-MISC, 1099-OID or 1099-R, they are available at the State Library.  Also, you can obtain copies of most forms and instructions from the IRS website.

NSLA also has some California State Tax forms:  CA 540, 540 NR and 540 2EZ. 

Treatise Spotlight: Legal Opinion Letters: A Comprehensive Guide to Opinion Letter Practice

Treatise Spotlight:  Legal Opinion Letters: a Comprehensive Guide to Opinion Letter Practice

 

Title:  Legal Opinion Letters: A Comprehensive Guide to Opinion Letter Practice

Author: M. John Sterba

Edition: Third

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
 

Description: Legal Opinion Letters provides comprehensive coverage not only of the standard corporate and securities third-party opinion letters, but also real estate opinions, tax, intellectual property, bankruptcy, letters to auditors, international opinions, and liability just to name a few. Special attention is given to exposure to liability, an area of great concern to the opinion practice attorney. It also examines the current content of actual letters used to address these topics. All of this valuable information is provided in light of current case law, the ABA Legal Opinion Report, The TriBar Report and several excellent state bar reports.
 

It is a contributed work with introductory chapters by M. John Sterba, Jr., and additional chapters by a host of other expert practioners. Description from publisher’s website.

Part of Treatise Spotlight, an occasional series highlighting publications in the law library's collection.

Treatise Spotlight: Law of Defamation

Title: Law of Defamation, 2d

Author(s):  Rodney Smolla
Publisher: West
Last Release:  November, 2012   

Description:  Law of Defamation offers a comprehensive analysis of defamation law, useful to legal practitioners and other professionals, including professors, publishers, and media industry experts. Updated every year, this two-volume set provides step-by-step guidance to all the legal and business complexities posed by modern libel law and addresses topics, such as:

• Definition of public employee
• Corporate speech
• Recipient approach to determining defamatory character of words
• Criminalization of mere “lies”
• Preliminary injunctions and the “Occupy Wall Street” protests
• Right of publicity and the First Amendment
• Public figure/private figure dichotomy
• Fault requirements
• Defamatory meaning
• Truth as a constitutional defense
• Opinion and fair comment
• Special harm
• Libel and slander rules
• Common law privileges
• Damages and other remedies
• Invasion of privacy
• Emotional distress
• Injurious falsehood
• Negligent publication
• Litigation
• Counseling and strategy
• Defamation in the workplace

 

(description from publisher's website)

 

Part of Treatise Spotlight, an occasional series highlighting publications in the law library's collection.

 

How to Locate Free Case Law on the Internet

There's a good post on the Law Librarians of Congress In Custodia Legis blog this morning titled How to Locate Free Case Law on the Internet:

One of the defining features of the common law system is the emphasis placed on the precedential value of case law. Until recently, case law has not been widely available on the Internet, leaving researchers with no choice but to seek out print reporters and commercial electronic databases to locate cases of interest. This situation has started to change, however, and now researchers have several free, online databases at their disposal. These resources do not replace the use of commercial print and electronic resources, since they are often limited in coverage, do not provide a digest, and do not contain a quick and effective citator, but researchers’ use of free online materials as a starting point can save them time and money. 

The Nevada Supreme Court posts its advance opinions online for a limited period of time (as of today they go back one year to February 2012).  Earlier opinions are available on Findlaw (back to January 1997).

HeinOnline Tip of the Week: How to Find the Text of a Public Law When All You Have is the Popular Name

Check out HeinOnline's blog for the Tip of the Week on finding a public law when you only have the popular name. 

Have you ever found yourself looking for the text of a public law or an act, but you don’t have the public law number or Statutes at Large citation? This week’s tip will illustrate how you can utilize two different sources in HeinOnline to search for the text by the popular name.
Watch the Tip of the Week on YouTube, or continue reading below the video for the full-text version.

The Law Library maintains a subscription to HeinOnline free for law library users (in library access only).  Documents may be printed for $0.10 per page or delivered by email.  Court employees may access HeinOnline remotely and should contact the Reference Desk to obtain a password.

Treatise Spotlight: State and Local Government Employment Liability

Title:  State and Local Government Employment Liability

Author:  John E. Sanchez

Publisher:  Thomson Reuters

Last update:  October 2012

Description:  State and Local Government Employment Liability provides the vital information you need to deal with the employment liability issues that arise in the public sector, such as:

• Hiring and firing
• Laws governing the terms and conditions of employment
• Pension plans
• Areas of public and private employment that are governed by the same federal statute

(description from publisher's website)

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From the Treatise Spotlight series, highlighting treatises in the law library's collection.