The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.
Annotation The first comprehensive guide to insurance law written from the corporate policyholder's perspective, Policyholder's Guide to the Law of Insurance Coverage provides expert guidance through the labyrinth of legal issues surrounding insuring instruments and underlying claims, plus practical strategies and legal arguments to help you secure coverage for contested claims. Policyholder's Guide addresses virtually every insurance-related legal issue you are likely to encounter in the regular course of business, as well as those issues unique to specialized industries or unusual situations including: Liability policies -- Special liability policies -- First-party policies -- Specialty first-party property policies -- Environmental -- Marine and aviation -- Toxic tort -- Copyright claims issues Litigation in insurance coverage disputes. Policyholder's Guide gives you in-depth analysis of the latest court decisions plus current policy language and cutting-edge legal arguments thatyou may use to advance your case. You also get hundreds of case citations, footnotes, cross-references, checklists and other useful aids to make legal research easy.
The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
This book provides a number of windows into homeland security and emergency management law - covering both the basic structure of the homeland security and emergency management system and presenting detailed analysis of specific areas (such as applying for federal preparedness funds, negotiating intergovernmental agreements, applying for disaster assistance, and managing the impact of catastrophic events).
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE BIGGEST CRISIS EVER TO THREATEN MODERN CIVILIZATION? The Y2K computer crisis, the inability of computers to recognize the two-digit year "00", is about to affect every aspect of our lives. This may well be how the new millennium starts: -- There's no electricity, water, or telephone service -- You can't refill your prescription -- your pharmacy is unable to access your health plan's records -- You won't receive a Social Security or VA check for months -- the government is in complete chaos -- All ATMs are down -- no bank transactions are possible and there's a shortage of currency -- Airplanes can't fly, traffic lights don't work, and cars with computer systems can't be operated -- Your balances at your bank or investment company, your credit card records, your insurance policy, and any contracts you hold are in dire jeopardy ...and that's just the tip of the iceberg! But you can protect yourself, your family, and your assets...and even take financial advantage of this once-in-a-millennium event. From protecting your finances and your credit to properly stocking your pantry and medicine cabinet, to making copies of important documents, discover step by step the...