The Collected ABA and TriBar Opinion Reports

The Collected ABA and TriBar Opinion Reports
Author:
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590315682

For the first time, the TriBar Opinion Committee and ABA Committee on Legal Opinions reports (1994-2004) are now available in a single, convenient, portable volume. These influential reports simplify and clarify the score and content of legal opinions in third-party transactions.

Opinion Letters in Securities Matters

Opinion Letters in Securities Matters
Author: Arnold S. Jacobs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1498
Release: 1980
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This two volume looseleaf work provides a detailed examination of the definition, purpose, and content of opinion letters. The use of special counsel "back-up" opinions and the liabilities for false opinions are discussed in detail. Sixteen commonly used clauses from opinion letters are analyzed.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

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.

Securities Finance

Securities Finance
Author: Frank J. Fabozzi
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2005-08-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471678910

In Securities Finance, editors Frank Fabozzi and Steven Mann assemble a group of prominent practitioners in the securities finance industry to provide readers with an enhanced understanding of the various arrangements in the securities finance market. Divided into three comprehensive parts—Securities Lending, Bond Financing via the Repo Market, and Equity Financing Alternatives to Securities Lending—this book covers a wide range of securities finance issues, including alternative routes to the securities lending market, evaluating risks in securities lending transactions, U.S. and European repo markets, dollar rolls and their impact on MBS valuation and strategies, derivatives for financing equity positions and equity repos, and more. Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Securities Finance contains the information readers need to succeed in this rapidly expanding market.

Legal Opinions in Business Transactions

Legal Opinions in Business Transactions
Author: Arthur Norman Field
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Business enterprises
ISBN: 9781402407703

Providing the guidance that law schools and most law firms don't offer, Legal Opinions in Business Transactions is the first practical, tool-filled guide to the step-by-step preparation of third-party closing opinions.Emphasizing how legal opinions reduce the risk of delays, disputes, and lawsuits in business deals, this unique resource shows you how to quickly and easily draft acceptable opinions using guidelines developed through custom and sanctioned by the TriBar Opinion Committee and ABA Business Section Opinion Committee. Packed with dozens of ready-to-insert opinion clauses and sample opinion letters, Legal Opinions in Business Transactions gives you a firm grasp of the:. Rights, obligations, and expectations of opinion givers, preparers, and recipients.. Customary terms, components, and structure of third-party opinion letters including how the law, documents, and factual assumptions are used.. Many types of interrelated opinions that form closing opinions including remedies opinions.. Perils of departing from customary opinion practice including the danger of botched transactions and even lawsuits.