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Legal Opinion Letters Formbook, 3rd Edition

Legal Opinion Letters Formbook, 3rd Edition

Author: A. Sidney Holderness, Jr., Esq.; Brooke Wunnicke, Esq.
Publisher: Aspen
ISBN: 9780735593282
Published In: August 2011
Format: Hardback , 1206 pages
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
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When You Need to Render a Legal Opinion Letter, Turn to this Comprehensive Forms Library

Legal Opinion Letters Formbook, Third Edition, is an invaluable resource when you need to render a legal opinion letter for various types of financing transactions. Basics and advanced topics about legal opinion writing are included. Numerous forms, with commentary, are featured from contributors with expertise in their respective fields. The book has a unique chapter on intellectual property, and forms and examples are included in the appendices and the CD.

Legal Opinion Letters Formbook, Third Edition, includes:

Legal opinion letter forms and commentary for bank loans, secured and unsecured, private offerings of debt and equity, real estate deed of trust, securities law, entity status; officers' certificates; allocation of opinions between counsel; and special topics
Numerous forms, in both its text and appendixes with commentary by contributors with expertise in their respective fields of corporate financing transactions, securities law, and forms for other matters relevant to third-party transactions
The basics of legal writing and third-party legal opinion writing with a self-test on an example (with answers)
Customary practice applied to the negotiation and preparation of third-party legal opinion letters
Details about legal conclusions that opinion preparers are often asked to include in third-party opinions
Description of the preparers’ duties to assemble the facts upon which the opinion is based
A chapter, not about third-party opinions, but a useful presentation of intellectual property opinion forms with commentary for patent, trade-dress, and trade-secret opinions to the client.
AND a CD for ready and convenient access to the book’s forms.

Legal Opinion Letters Formbook, Third Edition is not a treatise but a “how to” book for both lawyers who want to become proficient in third-party legal opinion practice, and for lawyers experienced in this practice who want to renew their knowledge in this area.

PREFACE

PART I: LEGAL OPINIONS: IN GENERAL

Chapter 1. Third-Party Legal Opinions: Introduction to This Legal Area

PART II: HOW TO WRITE A THIRD PARTY LEGAL OPINION LETTER

Chapter 2. Basics of Writing
Chapter 3. Basics of Writing a Third-Party Legal Opinion: For The Newcomer to This Practice Area
Chapter 4. Example of a Horrible Opinion

PART III: THIRD-PARTY LEGAL OPINION PRACTICE:LAWYER’S RISK AND ETHICAL DUTIES