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The Predators' Ball

The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond

by Connie Bruck ...

An insightful portrait of junk-bond powerhouse Drexel Burnham Lambert and infamous financier Michael Milken, “one of the most brilliant minds ever to have been dedicated to Wall Street's money games.” (The New York Times).Milken is purported to have offered to pay award-winning journalist Connie Bruck to stop work on this book, the fascinating story of how a singularly brilliant and intensely ... Read more

$14.99 USD

An insightful portrait of junk-bond powerhouse Drexel Burnham Lambert and infamous financier Michael Milken, “one of the most brilliant minds ever to have been dedicated to Wall Street's money games.” (The New York Times).Milken is purported to have offered to pay award-winning journalist Connie Bruck to stop work on this book, the fascinating story of how a singularly brilliant and intensely
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Side Effects

A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial

by Alison Bass ...

As the mental health reporter for the Boston Globe, Alison Bass's front-page reporting on conflicts of interest in medical research stunned readers, and her series on sexual misconduct among psychiatrists earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Now she turns her investigative skills to a controversial case that exposed the increased suicide rates among adolescents taking antidepressants such as Paxil, ... Read more

$12.99 USD

As the mental health reporter for the Boston Globe, Alison Bass's front-page reporting on conflicts of interest in medical research stunned readers, and her series on sexual misconduct among psychiatrists earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Now she turns her investigative skills to a controversial case that exposed the increased suicide rates among adolescents taking antidepressants such as Paxil,
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Equity and Trusts

by Alastair Hudson ...

Alastair Hudson’s Equity and Trusts is an ideal textbook for undergraduate courses on the law of trusts and equitable remedies. It provides a clear, current and comprehensive account of the subject. The author’s enthusiasm and expertise shine through, helping to bring to life an area of the law which students often fi nd challenging.The tenth edition of Equity and Trusts remains the most ... Read more

$56.99 USD

Alastair Hudson’s Equity and Trusts is an ideal textbook for undergraduate courses on the law of trusts and equitable remedies. It provides a clear, current and comprehensive account of the subject. The author’s enthusiasm and expertise shine through, helping to bring to life an area of the law which students often fi nd challenging.The tenth edition of Equity and Trusts remains the most
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Money Laundering

A Concise Guide for All Business

by Doug Hopton ...

Worldwide, anti-money laundering regulations and legislation have become one of the weapons of choice of governments that are fighting global terrorism and criminality. In this updated edition of Money Laundering, Doug Hopton explains how The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 have extended even further the range of UK businesses covered by the Proceeds of Crime Act to include solicitors, lawyers, ... Read more

$51.99 USD

Worldwide, anti-money laundering regulations and legislation have become one of the weapons of choice of governments that are fighting global terrorism and criminality. In this updated edition of Money Laundering, Doug Hopton explains how The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 have extended even further the range of UK businesses covered by the Proceeds of Crime Act to include solicitors, lawyers,
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The Conflict of Laws

by Adrian Briggs ...

Series series Clarendon Law Series
Could you sue in England if you made a contract with someone overseas, or if you had an accident overseas? If you were to sue in England in one of these cases, which country's laws would be applied? Would you have anything to worry about if you were sued overseas but didn't intend to go back to the country concerned? Could you take steps in England to stop someone suing you overseas? The Conflict ... Read more

$98.99 USD

Could you sue in England if you made a contract with someone overseas, or if you had an accident overseas? If you were to sue in England in one of these cases, which country's laws would be applied? Would you have anything to worry about if you were sued overseas but didn't intend to go back to the country concerned? Could you take steps in England to stop someone suing you overseas? The Conflict
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Great Credit Guaranteed

by Arnold Goldstein ...

Proven credit building system. Learn how to turn bad credit or no credit into great credit! ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Proven credit building system. Learn how to turn bad credit or no credit into great credit!
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Business Law Basics: A Legal Handbook for Online Entrepreneurs and Startup Businesses

by James Hart ...

Business Law Basics is an entry-level legal handbook for online entrepreneurs and startup businesses. Written by intellectual property and trademark lawyer James Hart, "BLB" begins with the stories of Fred and Sally, two e-commerce entrepreneurs with entrepreneurial dreams to break free from their 9-5 jobs. Fred's story ends in bankruptcy and illustrates many of the mistakes that the author has ... Read more

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Business Law Basics is an entry-level legal handbook for online entrepreneurs and startup businesses. Written by intellectual property and trademark lawyer James Hart, "BLB" begins with the stories of Fred and Sally, two e-commerce entrepreneurs with entrepreneurial dreams to break free from their 9-5 jobs. Fred's story ends in bankruptcy and illustrates many of the mistakes that the author has
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The LLC and Corporation Start-Up Guide

Your Complete Guide to Launching the Right Business

by Mark Warda Attorney at Law ...

Series series Quick Start Your Business
Navigate the complexities of starting your business with this thorough guide that demystifies the process of establishing a business entity, making it accessible for entrepreneurs at all stages.The book offers step-by-step instructions for forming your business entity, covering topics such as drafting an operating agreement or bylaws, filing necessary paperwork with the state, and understanding ... Read more

$15.89 USD

Navigate the complexities of starting your business with this thorough guide that demystifies the process of establishing a business entity, making it accessible for entrepreneurs at all stages.The book offers step-by-step instructions for forming your business entity, covering topics such as drafting an operating agreement or bylaws, filing necessary paperwork with the state, and understanding
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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

A Biography of the First Amendment

by Anthony Lewis ...

More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance, but just fourteen words in our most fundamental legal document: the free expression clauses of the First ... Read more

$12.99 USD

More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance, but just fourteen words in our most fundamental legal document: the free expression clauses of the First
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Unequal Protection

How Corporations Became "People"—and How You Can Fight Back

by Thom Hartmann ...

"This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies." —Paul Hawken, New York Times-bestselling authorNEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDUnequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal control of the media, unequal access to natural resources—corporations have gained these privileges and more ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies." —Paul Hawken, New York Times-bestselling authorNEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDUnequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal control of the media, unequal access to natural resources—corporations have gained these privileges and more
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For Profit

A History of Corporations

by William Magnuson ...

**An “eloquent” (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley **Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs. In For ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**An “eloquent” (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley **Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs. In For
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Corporate Crime and Punishment

The Crisis of Underenforcement

by John C. Coffee ...

A study and analysis of lack of enforcement against criminal actions in corporate America and what can be done to fix it.In the early 2000s, federal enforcement efforts sent white collar criminals at Enron and WorldCom to prison. But since the 2008 financial collapse, this famously hasn't happened. Corporations have been permitted to enter into deferred prosecution agreements and avoid criminal ... Read more

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A study and analysis of lack of enforcement against criminal actions in corporate America and what can be done to fix it.In the early 2000s, federal enforcement efforts sent white collar criminals at Enron and WorldCom to prison. But since the 2008 financial collapse, this famously hasn't happened. Corporations have been permitted to enter into deferred prosecution agreements and avoid criminal
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Contabilidad para Abogados

by Emiliano Godoy ...

Con mayor asiduidad los abogados, externos e internos, se vinculan directa o indirectamente con la empresa. Por ello, resulta impensable penetrar o ingresar en el mundo empresarial si se desconoce el abc de un funcionamiento contable integral y su relación con el encuadre fiscal, laboral y comercial. Así cómo ningún contador debe desconocer aspectos esenciales del área jurídica, ningún abogado ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Con mayor asiduidad los abogados, externos e internos, se vinculan directa o indirectamente con la empresa. Por ello, resulta impensable penetrar o ingresar en el mundo empresarial si se desconoce el abc de un funcionamiento contable integral y su relación con el encuadre fiscal, laboral y comercial. Así cómo ningún contador debe desconocer aspectos esenciales del área jurídica, ningún abogado
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Start Your Own Medical Practice

A Guide to All the Things They Don't Teach You in Medical School about Starting Your Own Practice

by Judge William Huss, Marlene M Coleman M.D ...

Series series Open for Business
After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business owner.Whether you are looking to open a single practice office or wanting to go into partnership with other ... Read more

$17.99 USD

After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business owner.Whether you are looking to open a single practice office or wanting to go into partnership with other
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Too Big to Jail

How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations

by Brandon L. Garrett ...

American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individual convicts, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. Too Big to Jail takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charges are brought against a major company in the United States.Federal prosecutors benefit from expansive statutes ... Read more

$23.09 USD

American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individual convicts, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. Too Big to Jail takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charges are brought against a major company in the United States.Federal prosecutors benefit from expansive statutes
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Haiti Business Law & Finance

by Dennis Kelly, Esq. ...

Since 2000, a new generation of Haitians has emerged and come into their own, fully aware of how the world works and committed to the proposition that Haiti can engage the world as a strong and self-sufficient people able to determine their own future.Expressing a commitment to move Haiti "from Aid to Trade" by being "Committed, Competitive, and Close", Haiti's Government has initiated what may be ... Read more

$25.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Since 2000, a new generation of Haitians has emerged and come into their own, fully aware of how the world works and committed to the proposition that Haiti can engage the world as a strong and self-sufficient people able to determine their own future.Expressing a commitment to move Haiti "from Aid to Trade" by being "Committed, Competitive, and Close", Haiti's Government has initiated what may be
... Read more
Corporate Sovereignty

Law and Government under Capitalism

by Joshua Barkan ...

Refinery explosions. Accounting scandals. Bank meltdowns. All of these catastrophes—and many more—might rightfully be blamed on corporations. In response, advocates have suggested reforms ranging from increased government regulation to corporate codes of conduct to stop corporate abuses. Joshua Barkan writes that these reactions, which view law as a limit on corporations, misunderstand the role of ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Refinery explosions. Accounting scandals. Bank meltdowns. All of these catastrophes—and many more—might rightfully be blamed on corporations. In response, advocates have suggested reforms ranging from increased government regulation to corporate codes of conduct to stop corporate abuses. Joshua Barkan writes that these reactions, which view law as a limit on corporations, misunderstand the role of
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Hilarious Lawyer Jokes

An Illustrated Caseload of Jurisprudential Jests

by Steven D. Price ...

What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone-including lawyers and judges themselves-has had a hearty chuckle over attorney-aimed humor. Hilarious Lawyer Jokes pokes the most fun (and malice) at a profession that has been targeted with humorous jabs for centuries.From this single hilarious source, with full ... Read more

$10.99 USD

What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone-including lawyers and judges themselves-has had a hearty chuckle over attorney-aimed humor. Hilarious Lawyer Jokes pokes the most fun (and malice) at a profession that has been targeted with humorous jabs for centuries.From this single hilarious source, with full
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Social Enterprises

by Alan S. Gutterman ...

For a long time, a significant potential impediment for sustainability initiatives that required investment of resources in activities that may appear to be unrelated to the traditional focus of corporations on maximizing profits for the stockholders was the fiduciary duties of the directors of the corporation. However, as time has gone by, support has developed and increased for expanding the ... Read more

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For a long time, a significant potential impediment for sustainability initiatives that required investment of resources in activities that may appear to be unrelated to the traditional focus of corporations on maximizing profits for the stockholders was the fiduciary duties of the directors of the corporation. However, as time has gone by, support has developed and increased for expanding the
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Great Credit Guaranteed - Revised Edition

by Arnold Goldstein ...

$2.99 USD
Texas Business Litigation 2022

by Sofia Adrogué, Caroline Baker ...

Sofia Adrogué, Editor, a native of Argentina and commercial litigator for over 25 years, is a partner with the Houston office of Diamond McCarthy LLP.Caroline Baker, Co-Editor, a fifth-generation Texan, served the citizens of Harris County as a judge 21 years before retiring at the end of 2018.In Texas Business Litigation you’ll find thorough treatment of:Discovery—Kim J. Askew, K&L Gates, ... Read more

$208.79 USD

Sofia Adrogué, Editor, a native of Argentina and commercial litigator for over 25 years, is a partner with the Houston office of Diamond McCarthy LLP.Caroline Baker, Co-Editor, a fifth-generation Texan, served the citizens of Harris County as a judge 21 years before retiring at the end of 2018.In Texas Business Litigation you’ll find thorough treatment of:Discovery—Kim J. Askew, K&L Gates,
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Comparative Corporate Governance

Legal Perspectives

by Veronique Magnier ...

Comparative Corporate Governance considers the impact of globalization on corporate governance issues and highlights how, despite the effect it has clearly had, predictions of legal convergence have not come true. By adopting a comparative legal approach, this book explores the tensions that exist between convergence attempts and the persistence of local models of governance in the US, Europe and ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Comparative Corporate Governance considers the impact of globalization on corporate governance issues and highlights how, despite the effect it has clearly had, predictions of legal convergence have not come true. By adopting a comparative legal approach, this book explores the tensions that exist between convergence attempts and the persistence of local models of governance in the US, Europe and
... Read more
Human Rights in Business

Removal of Barriers to Access to Justice in the European Union

Edited by Juan José Álvarez Rubio, Katerina Yiannibas ...

The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time, it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multinational companies in such a way that they conform to international human, labour and environmental ... Read more

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The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time, it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multinational companies in such a way that they conform to international human, labour and environmental
... Read more
The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives

by Stewart Landefeld, Andrew Moore, Jens Fischer, Jason Day, John R. Thomas ...

The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives (5th edition) written by Perkins Coie lawyers, is a "plain English" guide for directors, officers and other executives seeking to familiarize themselves with legal and other board and management issues facing public or soon-to-be-public companies. This guide incorporates changes to SEC, NYSE, ... Read more

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The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives (5th edition) written by Perkins Coie lawyers, is a "plain English" guide for directors, officers and other executives seeking to familiarize themselves with legal and other board and management issues facing public or soon-to-be-public companies. This guide incorporates changes to SEC, NYSE,
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