Estate Law

Estate Law for Attorneys in the United States

Help clients maximize their estate planning benefit with these essential tools

The Estate Planning entries in the Encyclopedia of Law provide you with the necessary tools to help your clients retain their accumulated wealth for retirement and estate planning purposes.

Estate Law entries and resources coverage includes:

• Guide to Estate Planning, a quick-answer resource covering the most-pressing estate planning topics.
• Estate Planning Dictionary, an easy-to-understand explanations of complexestate planning issues.
• Multistate Estate Planning, organized by topic for all 50 states to assist your clients in any jurisdiction.
• Estate and Gift Tax Guide, a well-regarded reference for in-depth analysis of complex tax laws and all estate and gift tax forms—geared to minimize estate and gift taxation.
• Estate and Retirement Planning Answers, in easy Q&A format, providing insights and strategies to help your clients with the preservation of wealth for both retirement and estate planning.
• Title 26 – Internal Revenue Code.

Evidence Law

Evidence Law in the United States

The Evidence Law entries and resources of the Encyclopedia of Law provides coverage of all evidence federal and state rules, with expert analysis and links to related cases. Changes to this area of law have implications for attorneys in every practice area, making the Evidence Law entries and resources of the Encyclopedia of Law the perfect complement to our General Litigation entries and resources content.

Evidence Law entries and resources of the Encyclopedia of Law provide practical guidance on such evidence law issues as admissibility, relevancy, privileges, witnesses, hearsay, scientific evidence and expert testimony:

• Guide of Evidence, a comprehensive online authority on rules of evidence (federal and all 50 states) and the common law, providing analysis and links to related cases.
• Scientific Evidence, a how-to guide for preparing your scientific information for trial, getting it into evidence and finding an expert
• Dictionary of Evidence scientific terms
• Destruction of Evidence entries, with analysis of the laws governing destruction of evidence as well as procedural issues, from discovery sanctions and the spoliation inference to routine destruction and appellate review
• Evidence Practice and Rules, about entries the litigators need for citing cases, justifying objections and supporting offers of proof, planning litigation strategy and analyzing or weighing evidence.
• Evidence Experts Guidance

State coverage includes:

• Connecticut Evidence
• California Evidence
• Illinois Evidence
• Texas Evidence
• Massachusetts Evidence
• New York Evidence
• Pennsylvania Evidence

Construction Law

One source for in-depth analysis, forms and practice tips to best represent any or all parties involved in a construction project.

The Encyclopedia of Law covers it all—bidding, drafting contracts, financing and litigating construction disputes. It offers detailed guidance and pertinent forms on such timely issues as determining liability and attaching liens.

Whatever your client’s role in the construction process—owner, architect, contractor or subcontractor–this insightful treatise library has the answers.

Construction Law in the United States

Topic coverage includes:

Construction Law Handbook, plain-English practice tips from an unrivaled panel of construction industry professionals, including architects, engineers, attorneys, accountants and consultants.
Construction Disputes: Practice Guide with Forms, in-depth discussion of all phases of construction litigation—including pre-trial, claims, trial, appeals, settlement and releases—complete with checklists and forms.
Alternative Clauses to Standard Construction Contracts, providing instant access to all documents in use throughout the construction industry, including amendments to AIA, AGC, EJDC and Consensus DOCS for owners, architects and contractors—with modifications that strengthen the language on behalf of your clients.
Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law, state-by-state guide to the unique procedures and proper filing and follow-through of bid bonds, payment bonds, performance bonds and mechanics’ liens—including forms.
Forms and checklists are pulled from the following treatises for easy searching:

Construction Disputes: Practice Guide with Forms
Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law