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What's New in Practical Guidance - October 2024 Updates

November 11, 2024 (2 min read)

LexisNexis continues to expand its Practical Guidance offering with a wealth of new resources across practice areas. This month introduces several exciting new tools and content to help legal professionals work more efficiently.

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Cross-Practice Area Resources

One major addition is the new Natural Disaster Response Resource Kit, which compiles planning and response guidance across eight practice areas and topics, including Insurance, Employment & Workplace, Real Estate, Construction, commercial impacts, tax relief implications, estate planning preparation, and climate-related natural disaster response. This comprehensive kit provides a centralized hub for navigating the complex legal issues surrounding natural disasters.

Capital Markets & Corporate Governance

The Capital Markets & Corporate Governance area saw the launch of a new State Law Comparison Tool topic on Intrastate Crowdfunding Rules, with coverage of all 50 states and D.C. There is also new Sustainability & ESG content from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, including a Sustainability & ESG Quarterly Roundup and The Big Three & ESG: A Guide to BlackRock, State Street & Vanguard Proxy Voting Policies & Guidance on Key ESG Issues.

Civil Litigation

For litigators, Practical Guidance added extensive Alabama Pretrial Guidance with comprehensive coverage of civil procedure aspects like discovery and motion practice. The platform now has full pretrial coverage in 29 jurisdictions. Additionally, there is new soft skills content with tips for business development social gatherings.

Commercial Transactions

Commercial Transactions users gain new Contract Basics Checklists for assigning, amending, terminating, and executing commercial contracts. The Advertising and Marketing section has new content from Venable on negative option offers.

Intellectual Property & Technology

The Intellectual Property & Technology area introduces a robust Motion Picture Production Resource Kit with over 50 templates and 15 clauses for motion picture agreements. There is also new AI-focused content like an Artificial Intelligence Agreements Checklist.

Labor & Employment

Labor & Employment saw the addition of a New York City practice note on discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. There is also new guidance from Troutman Pepper on the intersection of AI and employment discrimination issues.

Real Estate

Real Estate gained a new State Law Comparison Tool topic related to foreign investment in real property in AL, CA, FL, and TX. Other new resources cover topics like terminating commercial leases and preferred equity distributions.

Trusts & Estates

Trusts & Estates expanded with new jurisdictional coverage for Louisiana, including estate planning resource kits. There are also new resource kits for Connecticut and additional California content.

The update includes a wide range of other new additions across areas like Business Entities, Construction, Data Security & Privacy, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Federal Government, Finance, Financial Services Regulations, and Tax.

Be sure to check the full update for new resources across other areas.

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With these comprehensive additions, Practical Guidance continues to solidify its position as a trusted and indispensable resource for legal professionals seeking to stay ahead of the curve and deliver exceptional service to their clients. Stay tuned for what’s to come next month!