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The Right to Know: Your Guide to Using and Defending Freedom of Information Law in the United States
Jacqueline Klosek
The Right to Know: Your Guide to Using and Defending Freedom of Information Law in the United States sets out in plain language freedom-of-information best practices for ordinary citizens, activist organizations, journalists, bloggers, and lawyers.
Jacqueline Klosek, an expert in U.S. information law, educes practical lessons from dozens of case studies to show how readers can use freedom of information laws to protect themselves, but also to protect the environment, and public health and safety, as well as to expose governmental and corporate crime, waste, and corruption. Finally, the book shows American readers how, in contrast to what is going on in most democracies, their right to know is being progressively curtailed, why this is so dangerous to democracy, and what they can do to help reverse the alarming trend.
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The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers
Thomas A. Cromwell
Originally published in 2007, subsequent editions have since been released.
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The War on Privacy
Jacqueline Klosek
In today's globalized society, the war on terror has negatively affected privacy rights not just in the United States, but everywhere. When privacy rights are curtailed around the world, American efforts to spread freedom and democracy are hindered, and as a consequence, Americans are less secure in the world. Ironically, the erosion of individual privacy rights, here and abroad, has been happening in the name of enhancing national security. This book sheds light on this apparent contradiction, and argues that governments must do more to preserve privacy rights while endeavoring to protect their citizens against future terrorist attacks.
It is easy to forget that prior to 9/11, privacy rights were on the march. Plans were in the works, in the areas of legislation and regulation, to protect personal privacy from both governmental intrusion and corporate penetration. The need for such protections arose from the swift advances in information technology of the 1990s. But the attacks of 9/11, and the responses of governments to this new level of the terrorist threat, put an end to all that. Not only is privacy no longer emphasized in legislation, it is being eroded steadily, raising significant questions about the handling of personal information, surveillance, and other invasions into the private lives of ordinary citizens.
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What Is Value Investing?
Lawrence A. Cunningham
Lawrence Cunningham is one of today's leading authorities on value investing. What Is Value Investing? provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to make value investing a profitable part of your financial strategy. It explains how to:
- Measure the true value of a stock, not the value given to it by an emotion-driven marketplace
- Uncover and avoid companies that look impressive but hide serious problems
- Invest only in companies that fall within your "circle of competence"--products and companies you truly understand
- Use the eight key rules of value investing to screen every stock for value before you add it to your portfolio
Value investors don't simply buy low-priced shares; they invest in solid, proven companies. What is Value Investing? will give you the knowledge to become a successful value investor who insists on investing only in high-quality, time-proven companies and getting them for pennies on the dollar.
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Inside the Minds: Alternative Dispute Resolution: Leading Lawyers from Baker & McKenzie, Holland & Knight and More on the Art & Science of Arbitration, Mediation, & More
Michaela Falls
Inside the Minds: Alternative Dispute Resolution is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the essentials behind the successful practice of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and the future of this legal discipline on a nationwide scale. Featuring Department Heads, Group Chairs, and Leading Partners, all representing some of the nation's top firms, this book provides a broad, yet comprehensive overview of this dynamic practice area, discussing the current shape and future state of both mediation and arbitration, domestic and international alike, from the founding doctrines, to the pivotal cases of today. With a detailed explanation of the key differences between arbitration and mediation, identifying the benefits and risks of each area, along with the types of cases to which the disciplines lend themselves best, these authorities articulate the finer points around ADR now, and what will hold true into the future. From the steps involved in preparing for a case, including counseling clients, selecting an arbitrator or mediator, and handling negotiations, to tactics around keeping up to date with the ever-changing laws, these authors offer practical and adaptable strategies to effectively resolve disputes outside of traditional litigation. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today as experts offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-evolving practice area.
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The Legal Guide to E-Business
Jacqueline Klosek
This concise and current guidebook to the legal issues involved with conducting e-business is a one-stop source for both domestic and cross-border laws and regulations. Any business that conducts commerce via a Web site must deal with these issues with regard to numerous situations. This book addresses the legal ramifications of developing and hosting websites, explains how to minimize liability through the use of website Terms of Use and user agreements, explicates specific international issues arising from the conduct of e-commerce, examines online marketing and advertising, online privacy issues, and online intellectual property rights.
Entrepreneurs, executives, and corporate counsel from enterprises of all sizes and in all industries will benefit from this useful legal roadmap.
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Outsmarting the Smart Money : Understand How Markets Really Work and Win the Wealth Game
Lawrence A. Cunningham
While market pundits argue the rational market theory, one theory gets almost universal consensusthat of the irrational investor. Outsmarting the Smart Money outlines where most investors go wrong and explains how to instead approach the markets with intelligence and calm. Filled with hard-hitting insights and useful lessons, it shows how to use market-proven techniques and strategies to overcome biases, myths, and mistakesand beat the pros at their own game. Cunningham presents flexible security analysis guidelines for investors who want to guide their own portfolios, but don't want to devote all of their free time to the effort including:
- How to overcome personal biases, misleading information, and market inefficiencies
- Methods to avoid being cheated by money managers, and identify "spin" reporting
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A Medieval Woman's Mirror of Honor: The Treasury of the City of Ladies
Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Christine de Pisan, and Charity Cannon Willard
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How To Think Like Benjamin Graham and Invest Like Warren Buffett
Lawrence A. Cunningham
How to Think Like Benjamin Graham and Invest Like Warren Buffett wraps a lifetime of investing wisdom into one highly accessible package. An intelligent guide to analyzing and valuing investment targets, it tells investors what questions to ask, what answers to expect, and how to approach any stock as a skeptical, common-sense business analyst.
Above all, this fast-paced book provides investors with the tools they need to thoroughly value any business in which they might invest. A common-sense approach to investing, this book discusses:
- Three things investors must get from a financial statement
- Valuation examples from today's top companies including GE, Amazon, Microsoft, and Disney
- Why prices deviate from actual values
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Data Privacy in the Information Age
Jacqueline Klosek
Passage of the European Data Protection Directive and other national laws have increased the need for companies and other entities to improve their data protection and privacy controls. Clients, stakeholders, and the public are clamoring for it. Klosek introduces the various legal means to protect personal data in the United States and the European Union, targeting her book at American and international businesses that may have difficulty complying with the European Directive. She explains its main elements and practical effects, presents primary components of national privacy laws abroad and in the United States, and gives advice on some steps companies can take to improve the level of protection they afford to the data they possess.
Klosek offers a comprehensive review of the American and European systems for providing protection to personal information in the Internet age. She explains the European Data Protection Directive, the national data protection laws of the fifteen countries of the European Union, and the laws and other initiatives for protecting individual personal data. She endeavors to discuss the protection of personal data in general but focuses on, and emphasizes, the protection of personal data within the context of the Internet. In doing so, she provides much useful, fascinating information on the obvious and non-obvious means of collecting and processing personal data through the Internet. Among its unusual features, the book helps United States corporate decision makers assess the effect data protection laws will have in Europe and the U.S., and how companies that are operating web sites that cross international boundaries can ensure they stay in compliance with data protection laws in countries in which their web sites may be accessible. The book is essential reading for corporate compliance executives, corporate communications and other top-level organizational administrators, particularly in Internet industries.
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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America
Warren Buffett and Lawrence A. Cunningham
Originally published in 1997, there have been subsequent editions released since then.
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Introductory Accounting, Finance and Auditing for Lawyers
Lawrence A. Cunningham
Originally published in 1997, there have been subsequent editions released since then.
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The ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations: A Comparison of Cross-cultural Issues and Successful Approaches
James R. Silkenat, Jeffrey M. Aresty, and Jacqueline Klosek
Originally published in 1994, Jacqueline Klosek co-edited the 3rd edition (released in 2009).
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Corporate Finance and Governance: Cases, Materials, and Problems for an Advanced Course in Corporations
Lawrence A. Cunningham, Lawrence E. Mitchell, Jeffrey J. Haas, and Lewis D. Solomon
Originally published in 1992, there have been subsequent editions released since then.
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Medieval Holidays and Festivals: A Calendar of Celebrations
Madeleine Pelner Cosman
Describes customs and activities associated with twelve medieval holidays and festivals, from Twelfth Night through Midsummer Eve and Halloween to Christmas. Also includes recipes and instructions for making banners, decorations, and costumes.
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Machaut's World: Science and Art in the Fourteenth Century
Madeleine Pelner Cosman and Bruce Chandler
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Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony
Madeleine Pelner Cosman
What did people who lived during the Middle Ages eat? How did they eat? Dr. Cosman proves just how endlessly intriguing the answers to these questions are in this fascinating exploration of medieval food habits in service, table manners, menu, and courtly magnificence. Also provided are tempting recipes for the modern-day host and hostess who would like to delight their guests with a medieval feast. Fabulous Feasts received nominations for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
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