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By Volume
- 1 Business Planning & Single Owner Businesses by Lieberman
- 1A-1C Joint Ventures & Partnerships by Lieberman
- 1D-1G Limited Liability Companies by Lieberman
- 2-5 Corporations & Business Trusts by Lieberman
- 6-6A Employee Benefit Plans by Lieberman
- 7 Domestic Relations by Winters, Baldwin & Wolfe
- 8 Retirement Plans by Canan
- 9-9A Bankruptcy by Ahern, MacLean & Brown
- 10-11 Non-Bankruptcy Rights & Remedies by Ahern, MacLean & Brown
- 12-12A Sales & Leases by Stone
- 13 Negotiable Instruments by Stone
- 14-14A Secured Transactions by Stone
- 15 Documents of Title & Letters of Credit by Stone
- 16-18 Wills & Trusts by Malouf & Lischer
- 19-23 Real Estate Transactions
- 24 Employment, Agency & Service Agreements by Walzer
- 25 Patents by Goffney
- 25A Copyrights & Trademarks by Kelly & Cohen
- 26 Alternate Dispute Resolution by Grenig
- 27-30 Specialized Forms by Stone, Gillman, Donner, Cohen, Rowe, Mantese, Lowe, Martin & Levin
- General Index Pamphlet
Summary of Contents-in depth
Volumes 1-6A Business Organizations
Volume 1: Business Organization Planning
- Basic Tax Terms and Concepts
- Sources of Tax Laws
- Internal Revenue Service
- Starting Considerations
- Acquisition Check Lists
- Choice of Business Organization Format--Practical Issues
- Choice of Business Organization Formats--Tax Issues
- Taxation of Single Owner Businesses
- Sole Proprietorships
- Single Owner Limited Liability Companies
- Single Owner Limited Liability Company Formation
- Single Owner Professional Limited Liability Company Formation
- Sale Of Proprietorship And Single Owner Limited Liability Company Assets to Others
- Tax-Free Exchanges Of Proprietorship and Single Owner Limited Liability Company Assets
- Sale of Single Owner Limited Liability Company Membership Interest to Others
- Single Owner Limited Liability Company Buy-Sell Agreements
- Single Owner Limited Liability Company Mergers
- Dissolution of Single Owner Limited Liability Companies
Volumes 1A-1C: Joint Ventures and Partnerships
- Joint Ventures
- Introduction to General Partnerships
- Introduction to Limited Partnerships
- Family Partnerships
- Partnership Formation
- Basic Partnership Taxation
- Sophisticated Partnership Taxation
- Basic General Partnership Agreements
- Sophisticated and Special Use General Partnership Agreements
- Basic Limited Partnership Agreements
- Sophisticated and Special Use Limited Partnership Agreements
- Optional and Alternative Partnership Agreement Provisions
- Financing the Partnership
- Operating Agreements
- Partnership Meetings and Operations
- Partnership Buy-Sell Agreements
- Sale of Partnership Assets to Others
- Tax-Free Exchanges of Partnership Assets
- Shifting Partnership Interests (Recapitalizations)
- Transfers of Partnership Interests to Others
- Partnership Mergers
- Partnership Divisions
- Complete Redemptions of a Single Partner Transfers to Controlled Corporations
- Converting the Partnership to a Different Form
- Dissolution of the Partnership
Volumes 1D-1G: Limited Liability Companies
- Introduction to Limited Liability Companies
- Limited Liability Company Operations--State Law
- Family Limited Liability Companies
- Limited Liability Company Formation
- Basic Limited Liability Company Taxation
- Sophisticated Limited Liability Company Taxation
- Basic Articles of Organization and Operating Agreements
- Sophisticated and Special Use Articles of Organization and Operating Agreements
- Basic Professional Articles of Organization and Operating Agreements
- Sophisticated Professional Articles of Organization and Operating Agreements
- Optional and Alternative Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement Provisions
- Membership Certificates and Voting Arrangements
- Admission of New Members--Agreements, Options, Rights, and Warrants
- Meetings--Operations
- Limited Liability Company Buy-Sell Agreements
- Financing the Limited Liability Company
- Operations
- Distributions
- Compensation
- Rents
- Loans to and From Members
- Amendment of Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement
- Sale of Limited Liability Company Assets to Others
- Tax-free Exchanges of Limited Liability Company Assets
- Shifting Limited Liability Company Interests and Conversions (Recapitalizations)
- Transfers of Limited Liability Company Interests to Others
- Mergers
- Divisions
- Complete Redemptions of a Single Member
- Transfers to Controlled Corporations
- Complete Dissolutions
Volume 2: Joint Ventures, Corporations
- Joint Ventures;
- Preincorporation Checklist and Worksheet;
- Selecting the Incorporation State;
- Preincorporation Agreements;
- Special Problems of Close Corporation;
- Entities Treated as Corporations for State Law and Tax Purposes;
- Steps of Incorporation-Generally;
- Articles of Incorporation;
- By-Laws;
- Organization Meeting(s);
- Foreign State Incorporation-Doing Business in More Than One State;
- Taxation of Incorporation Transactions;
- Corporate Finance;
- Subscriptions and Issuance of Shares;
- Authorized Shares;
- Stock Certificates;
- Stock Options, Rights, and Warrants;
- Debt Financing;
- Stockholders-Generally;
- Stockholder Meetings and Consents;
- Board of Directors;
- Voting Of Shares;
- Resolutions and Minutes (Stockholders and Board of Directors);
- Inspection of Books and Records
Volume 3: Corporations, Cooperatives
- Appraisal Rights;
- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation;
- Transfers of Shares-UCC and Forms;
- Corporate Taxation;
- Related Taxpayers;
- Related Corporations;
- Purchase and Sale of Assets;
- Tax-Free Exchanges;
- Tax Problems of Closely Held Corporations;
- Close Corporation Forms;
- Introduction to S Corporations;
- Corporation Formation;
- Corporation Operation and Liquidation
- Introduction to Professional Corporations (Professional ssociations);
- Professional Corporations Formation;
- Articles of Incorporation;
- Operation of Service Corporation;
- Cooperatives-Generally;
- Taxation of Cooperatives;
- Cooperative Forms
Volumes 4 & 4A: Corporations
- Introduction to Methods of Distributing Assets;
- Collapsible Corporations;
- Dividends;
- Compensation;
- Rents;
- Loans To and From Stockholders;
- Stock Buy-Sell Agreements;
- Buy-Sell Agreement Drafting;
- Sales of Stock; Purchases of Stock Followed by a Basis Step-up--IRC '
- Redemptions in General;
- Redemptions Entitled to Capital Gains Treatment;
- Internal Revenue Code ' 303 Death Time Capital Gains Redemption Rules;
- Redemption Forms;
- Introduction to Restructures;
- Recapitalizations;
- Stock Dividends
Volume 5: Corporations and Business Trusts
- Mergers;
- Stock For Stock Reorganizations;
- Stock For Assets Reorganizations;
- Corporate Divisions;
- Bankruptcy Reorganizations;
- Complete Liquidations;
- Liquidation of Subsidiaries;
- Liquidation Forms;
- Business Trusts-Generally; 97. Taxation of Business Trusts;
- Business Trust Buy-Sell Agreements
Volumes 6 & 6A: Employee Benefit Plans
- Introduction to Employee Benefits;
- Employee Handbook;
- Employment Agreements;
- Deferred Compensation Plans and Trusts;
- Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plans
- Incentive Stock Options (ISO's);
- Nonqualified Option and Stock Plans
- Death Benefit Only Plans;
- Split Dollar Insurance Plans
- Reverse Split Dollar Insurance Plans;
- Health Insurance Plans;
- Medial Reimbursement Plans;
- Disability Income Plans;
- Group Life Insurance Plans;
- Vacation Plans;
- Day Car Plan (Child Care Facility);
- Educational Benefit--Work Related;
- Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(9);
- Cafeteria Plans.
- Insured Plans after Educational Benefit--Work Related
Volume 7 Domestic Relations (with Tax Analysis) by Mulloy, Winters & Wolfe
- 1993 Supplements Include:
- Antenuptial Agreements
- Sample letters to Clients
- William P. Mulloy,
- Senior Partner in firm of Mulloy, Walz, Wetterer, Fore & Schwartz, Louisville, Kentucky; J.D. University of Louisville; co-author of Kentucky Family Law; member of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
- Susan Reach Winters,
- Member of law firm of Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, P.C.
- Andrew T. Wolfe,
- Member of firm of Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, P.C.
Volume 7: Domestic Relations
- Office Procedures
- Client Information Gathering
- Pretrial Procedures
- Antenuptial Agreements
- Marital Dissolution/Property Settlement Agreements--Generally
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Spousal Support
- Property Distribution
- Separation Agreements
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Reconciliation Agreements
- Modification Agreements
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
- Qualified Medical Child Support Orders
- Intra-Family Transfers
- Tax Considerations
Volume 8: Retirement Plans
- An Overview;
- Basic Types of Qualified Retirement Plans;
- Required Provisions For Qualified Retirement Plans;
- Participation Requirements;
- Accrual of Benefits and Vesting;
- Discrimination In Coverage or Benefits;
- Procedural Requirements of Adopting or Amending a Plan;
- Deductibility of Employer Contributions;
- Participant Contributions;
- Taxation of Distributions to Participants;
- Fiduciary Responsibility;
- Reporting and Disclosure Requirements;
- Profit Sharing Plan;
- Cash or Deferred (401(k)) Plan;
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust;
- Money Purchase Pension Plan;
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan;
- Administrative Matters
Volumes 9-11 Debtor and Creditor Relations
Volumes 9 & 9A: Bankruptcy
- General Considerations
- Chapter 7 Liquidation
- Chapter 9 Municipal Debt Adjustment
- Chapter 11 Reorganization
- Chapter 12 Debt Adjustment of Family Farmer
- Chapter 13 Individual's Debt Adjustment
- Creditors' Claims
- Contested Matters
- Adversary Proceedings
Volumes 10 & 11: Non-Bankruptcy Rights and Remedies
- The Laws Governing the Rights and Remedies of Debtors and Creditors
- Attorneys' Forms For Communication with Creditor Clients
- Lessors' Demand Letters
- Unsecured Creditors' Demand Letters
- Secured Creditors' Demand Letters and Foreclosure
- Debt Collectors' Demand Letters
- Debtors', Buyers', and Tenants' Letters and Notices
- Other Creditors With Special Rights
- Assignments of Wages
- Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors
- Composition and Extension Agreements
- Compromise, Settlement and Reaffirmation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Enforcement of Rights to Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Small Debt Collection Procedures
- Prejudgment Remedies
- Creditors' Causes of Action
- Debtors' Defenses and Remedies
- Discovery
- Obtaining a Judgment
- Letters to Judgment Debtors
- Garnishment
- Execution
- Introduction to Supplementary Proceedings
- Judgment Liens
- Injunctions
- Contempt Proceedings
- Receivership
- Fraudulent Conveyances
- Partnerships
- Revival of Judgments
Volumes 12-15 Commercial Transactions
Volumes 12 & 12A: Sale of Goods; Lease of Goods
- Scope of UCC Article 2 Sales
- Formation of Contract
- Terms of Contract
- Assignment and Delegation
- Property Incidents of Contract
- Property Incidents of Contract
- Warranty
- Performance of the Contract
- Remedies
- Rights of third Parties
- Particular Contracts
- Bulk Sales and Transfers
- Scope of UCC Article 2A Leases
- Formation of Lease
- Terms of Lease
- Property Incidents
- Warranty
- Performance
- Effect
- Default on Lease
Volume 13: Negotiable Instruments
- Introduction to Negotiable Instruments
- Introduction to The Negotiability Concept
- Effectiveness of Defenses and Claims in Recoupment of Obligors on Negotiable Instruments as Against Subsequent Takers of These Instruments
- Effectiveness of Claims to a Negotiable Instrument as Against Subsequent Takers of These Instruments
- Defense of the Jus Tertii
- Liabilities of Parties in Contract, Transfer Warranty, Tort
- The Relationship Between Payor Bank (Drawee) and Its Customer (Drawer)
- Collection of Items: Depositary, Collecting and Payor Banks
- Finality of Payment or Acceptance: The Relationship Between Payor or Acceptor and the Person Who Presents for Payment or Acceptance
- Review and Overview of Liabilities Regarding Altered and Forged Instruments
- Sample Forms
- Investment Securities as Negotiable Instruments
- Funds Transfers Under UCC Article 4A
Volumes 14 & 14A: Secured Transactions
- Introduction to Secured Transactions
- Scope or Subject Matter of UCC Article 9
- Requisites to the Creation of An Enforceable Security Interest in Collateral--Attachment of a Security Interest
- Requisites to Protection of Secured Party Against Claims of Third Parties to Collateral--Perfection of a Security Interest
- Consequences of Perfection and Non-perfection--Priorities Among Conflicting Interests in the Same Collateral
- Perfection of Security Interests in Multiple State Transactions
- Rights and Obligations of Debtor and Secured Party--Before Default
- Rights and Obligations of Third Parties--Before Default
- Procedures Available to Secured Party After Debtor's Default
- Default Procedure Under Part Five Of UCC Article 9 (Foreclosure)
- Federal Consumer Credit Legislation and Regulations
- Installment Sale Contracts
- Secured Loans
- Sale of Accounts and Chattel Paper
- Leases, Consignments, Subordination Agreements
- Non-Code And Pre-Code Security Agreements
- Other Forms
Volume 15: Documents of Title; Letters of Credit
- Introduction to Documents of Title
- Obligation of Bailee-Warehouseman or Carrier to Deliver to a "person Entitled Under the Document"
- To Permit Delivery: Obligation of Bailee-Warehouseman To Keep Separate the Goods
- Negotiation and Transfer of Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading--the Document as Passing Greater Rights to Good Faith Purchasers
- Excuses to Bailee-Warehouseman's or Carrier's Obligation to Deliver to a "Person Entitled Under the Document"
- Bailee's Liability for Non-Receipt, Misdescription or Misdating
- Bailee's Liability for Forged or Altered Documents
- Letters of Credit
Volumes 16-18 Estate Planning
- Financial and family Information and Objectives
- Correspondence and Closing Agenda
- Document Assembly and Other Computer-Based Systems for the Preparation of Estate Planning Documents
- Powers of Attorney
- Anatomical Gifts
- Wills for Unmarried Persons Without Children
- Wills for Unmarried Persons With Children
- Wills for Married Persons Without Children
- Wills for Married Persons With Children
- Wills for Married Persons With Children: Separate Estates are Not Subject to Federal Estate Tax But the Combined Total of the Two Estates Is Subject to Tax
- Wills for Married Persons With Children: Separate Estates Are Subject to Federal Estate Tax and Marital Deduction to Be Used
- Wills for Married Persons Without Children and With Taxable Estates
- Revocable Living Trusts With Pour Over Wills
- Codicils
- Disclaimers
- Transfers Under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act and Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
- Present Interest (Section 2503(C)) Trusts for Gifts to Persons Less Than the Age of Twenty-One
- Long-Term ("crummey") Trusts
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
Volumes 19-23 Real Estate Transactions
- Aloysius A. Leopold, Professor, St. Mary's University of San Antonio School of Law. Author of "West's Texas Forms"; "Texas Law of Wills."
- Gerry W. Beyer, Professor, St. Mary's University of San Antonio School of Law.
- Alan R. Chesler, Senior Attorney, American Telephone and Telegraph.
Volume 19: Purchase and Sale of Real Estate
- Checklists for Real Estate Transactions;
- GENERAL FORMS OF PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACTS;
- INSTALLMENT SALE CONTRACTS FOR DEEDS;
- COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SALE CONTRACTS;
- Offer to Purchase and Deposit Receipt Contracts;
- Contracts for Exchange of Land;
- Contracts for Options on Land;
- Sample Clauses for Use In Real Estate Sale Contracts;
- Contracts With Sales Agents;
- Timber Contracts;
- Farm Contracts;
- Notices;
- Escrows;
- How to Search a Title;
- Abstracts of Title;
- Opinions of Title;
- Title Insurance
Volume 20: Purchase and Sale of Real Estate-Continued & Deeds and Ack.
- Documents Clearing Title;
- Uniform Acts Concerning Sale of Real Estate;
- Interstate Land Sales Disclosure Act;
- Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act;
- Closing the Sale;
- Federal Tax Aspects of Real Estate Transactions;
- General Information and Common Deed Forms;
- Describing the Parties and Estates;
- Deeds for Particular Circumstances;
- Describing the Property;
- Encumbrances and "Subject to" Clauses;
- Restrictions;
- Covenants for Title;
- Miscellaneous Deed Clauses;
- Statutory Deed Provisions and Forms in Use in Each of the States;
Volume 21: Easements, Licenses, Party Walls, Condominiums, Cooperatives, Financing
- Easements;
- Licenses;
- Party Walls;
- General Information on Condominiums;
- State Condominium Laws;
- Creation of Condominiums;
- Administration of Condominiums;
- Purchase and Sale of Condominiums;
- FHA Forms Relating to Condominium Ownership;
- Condominium Time-Sharing Arrangements;
- General Information on Cooperatives;
- State Cooperative Laws;
- Creation of Cooperatives;
- Administration of Cooperatives;
- Purchase, Sale, and Lease of Cooperatives; FHA Forms Relating to Cooperatives;
- Other Cooperative Forms;
- General Information on Homes Associations; Homes Association Forms;
- Introduction to Real Estate Financing;
- Mortgage Loan Applications and Related Documents;
- Federal Truth in Lending Act
Volume 22: Financing-Continued & Landlord and Tenant
- Ordinary Mortgages;
- Trust Deeds;
- Statutorily Prescribed Forms of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust;Mortgage Notes; Corporate Mortgages and Bonds;
- Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, and Other Federal Forms;
- Special Forms of Mortgages;
- Particular Mortgage and Deed of Trust Provisions;
- Assignment of Mortgages,
- Satisfaction, Release, and Discharge of Mortgages;
- Extension of Mortgages;
- Subordination Agreements;
- Foreclosure Documents;
- Miscellaneous Mortgage Forms;
- General Information About Landlord and Tenant;
- Agreements for Leases;
- Dwelling House Leases;
- Apartment Leases;
- Condominium Leases;
- Commercial Leases
Volume 23: Landlord and Tenant-Continued
- Long Term Leases;
- Farm Leases;
- Farm Lease Clauses;
- Farm Operating Agreements;
- Percentage Leases;
- Clauses-Description of Premises;
- Term of Lease;
- Delivery of Possession;
- Insurance;
- Rent;
- Security Deposits;
- Alterations and Improvements;
- Maintenance and Repair of Premises;
- Use of Premises;
- Destruction and Condemnation of Premises;
- Renewal and Extension of Lease;
- Non-Liability and Indemnity;
- Assignments and Subleases;
- Default Rights and Remedies;
- Rights on Termination; Options; Taxes and Utilities; Miscellaneous; Notices; Assignments and Subleases; Modification of Leases; Agreements Concerning Leases;
- State Statutory Provisions Concerning Leases;
- Plain Language Requirements-Residential Leases;
- Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;
- Truth in Lending Act;
- Warranty of Habitability Act;
- Mobile Home Park Space Leases; Table of Cases; Table of Rulings; Table of Regulations; Index
Volume 24: Employment, Agency & Service Agreements
- General Considerations;
- Contracts with Employees;
- Agents and Brokers;
- Independent Contractors;
- Agreements Restricting Conduct;
- Agreements Regarding Inventions and Patents
- Charter Party Agreements
Volumes 25 & 25A Intellectual Property
Volume 25: Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights
- General Information About Patents
- Forms For Use In Patent Office Proceedings
- European Patent Applications
- Patent Cooperation Treaty ("PCT") Patent Applications
- Assignments of Inventions, Applications and Patents
- Licensing of Inventions, Applications and Patents
- Transfers of Information
- Patent Financing, Consultant and Know-How Agreements
- Trademarks--Generally
- Forms For Use During "Trademark" Proceedings In the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Assignment and Licensing Of Trademarks
- Appeals From the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the Courts
- General Information About Copyrights
- Forms For Use In the United States Copyright Office
- Assignment and Licensing of Copyrights
- Forms for Use In the United States District Courts
- Forms for Use In Post-Judgment and Appellate Proceedings
Volume 25A: Copyrights & Trademarks
- General Information About Copyrights
- Registration of Copyright
- Approved Forms for Registering U.S. Copyrights
- Assignment and Licensing of Copyrights
- Trademarks--Generally
- Patent and Trademark Office Practice Forms
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Forms
- District Court Forms
- Assignment, Licensing and Franchise Agreements
- Appeals From the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the Courts
- Forms for Use in Post-Judgement and Appellate Proceedings
Volume 26: Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Introduction
- Methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Arbitration
- Securities Disputes
- Construction Disputes
- International Disputes
- Technology, Trade Secret and Intellectual Property Disputes
- Automobile Insurance Disputes
- Health Care Disputes
- Family Disputes
- Labor and Employment Disputes
- Court-annexed Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
- Judicial Procedures
Volumes 26-30 Specialized Forms
- Acknowledgments
- Affidavits and Certificates
- Agreements
- Assignments
- Auctions
- Aviation and Airline Services
- Bonds
- Buildings Agreements
- Cemeteries and Funeral Services
- Indemnities
- Information Requests
- Insurance
- Labor Agreements
- Minerals, Oil and Gas
- Motor Vehicles and Transportation Services
- Movies and Videos
- Nonprofit Corporations and Associations
- Notices
- Novation
- Powers of Attorney
- Receipts And Acknowledgments
- Releases
- Schools, Colleges and Universities
- Shipping and Boating
- Theaters
- Tickets