Jenkins Blog

August 24, 2018

What’s It Worth?

This reference guide provides summary coverage of personal injury damage awards for the most popular jurisdictions in the U.S. for the past 3 years. The book is divided according to the type of injury and then by whether the award was deemed adequate, inadequate or excessive on appeal, the location...

Secondary Sources

August 24, 2018

The Law of Modern Commercial Practices

Contains official code text and provides detailed analysis of Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Articles 1 through 9. Covers the governing law and principles and includes expert commentary on commercial law practices. Encompasses historical development of modern commercial practices, consumer product...

Caselaw & the Courts

August 9, 2018

Finding Cases Related to a Court Rule

Researching a court rule and looking for cases? Shepardize or Keycite the rule. Take as an example PARCP 402 which deals with manner and acceptance of service. When you pull up this rule on Westlaw, you get over 1,000 citing references: These citing references can then be filtered by cases,...

Secondary Sources

August 7, 2018

403(b) Answer Book

403(b) Answer Book is the only professional resource that systematically answers hundreds of questions on Section 403(b) plans, 501(c)(3) organizations, and church plans. It provides insight on how to handle complicated issues not yet resolved by the IRS or the courts and includes coverage of plan...

HeinOnline

August 2, 2018

HeinOnline: US Congressional Documents vs. US Federal Legislative History Libraries

Looking for an already pulled together Federal legislative history? Try HeinOnline's US Federal Legislative History Library . Browse by Publication Title , Public Law Number or Popular Name . Have a specific document you need to find, like a report or hearing? Try HeinOnline's US Congressional...

Remote Resources

July 27, 2018

Principles of Business Organizations

Principles of Business Organizations , available on the West Academic Digital Library , "examines the legal rules and doctrines associated with running a business—from formation to dissolution to everything in between". By Richard D. Freer and Douglas K. Moll, this title broadly covers the topics...

Family Law

July 26, 2018

Pennsylvania Custody Law Updates for Grandparents and Third Parties

Changes to Pennsylvania's child custody laws went into effect earlier this month. The new law, Act 21 of 2018 , amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania statutes as it relates to "providing for standing for any form of physical custody or legal custody, for standing for partial...

News & Events

July 19, 2018

2018 Survey of Federal Class Action Law: A Circuit-by-Circuit Analysis

To understand the differences in each circuit's laws, 2018 Survey of Federal Class Action Law: A Circuit-by-Circuit Analysis contains an up-to-date analysis of class action law in each of the Federal Circuits. It is a valuable tool for both in-house and outside counsels who confront the prospect of...

Caselaw & the Courts

July 12, 2018

Searching Pennsylvania County Case Opinions with Jenkins Member Databases

In Pennsylvania, only select common pleas (or trial level) court opinions are published and there is no one place to search for all county decisions. However, Jenkins has three member database options for our members to search for Pennsylvania county decisions. Jenkins recently launched our own...

HeinOnline

July 10, 2018

Introducing New Icons in HeinOnline

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. New informational icons are now available in HeinOnline! These icons will help to keep you updated on the latest enhancements, newest titles, more information, MARC records, and more! To locate these icons in...

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