CBA Record September 2017

The Ultimate Resource for the Commercial Litigator

Bankruptcy Judge Donald R. Cassling of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois; and the following well-known Chicago lawyers: Richard C. Godfrey, Catherine L. Fitz- patrick, and R. Chris Heck of Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Anton R. Valukas, Craig C. Martin, Robert R. Stauffer, Michele L. Slachetka, and Christopher Tompkins of Jenner & Block LLP; Robert A. Clifford and Michael S. Krzak of Clifford Law Offices PC; Daniel E. Reidy, Lawrence C. DiNardo, and Nicole C. Henning of Jones Day; Edward L. Foote and Peter C. McCabe III of Winston & Strawn LLP; Sean M. Berkowitz of Latham & Watkins LLP; Julian Solotorovsky and Matthew C. Luzadder of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP; Scott Mendeloff and Gabriel Aizenberg of Greenberg Traurig, LLP; John Hamill of DLA Piper LLP (US); E. King Poor of Quarles & Brady LLP; David M. Stahl and Lisa M. Cipriano of Eimer Stahl LLP; Gregory T. Fouts of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; and Steven D. Pearson of Cozen O’Connor. This Fourth Edition is an amazingly comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the practitioner who litigates commercial cases in federal courts. From jurisdictional and procedural issues to substantive consider- ations, it covers all aspects of practice in the federal courts. Lawyers new to federal court practice–as well as seasoned practi- tioners–will find much guidance and useful information in this fourteen-volume set of Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts. Anyone practicing commercial litiga- tion in the federal courts should have this set readily accessible to assist them in their practice.

Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Fourth Edition Robert Haig, Editor-In-Chief American Bar Association, 2016

& Warren LLP in New York City, served as the Editor-in-Chief of this significant update and publication. The multi-volume set is a unique and invaluable resource, and it has become the definitive work in this area of law. Business and commercial litigation has evolved over the past six years since the Third Edi- tion was published, and the new volume includes a number of new subjects that have become more important in recent years, including marketing to potential business clients, teaching litigation skills, social media, regulatory litigation, civil justice reform, cross-border litigation, securitization and structured finance, advertising, and health care institutions. The Fourth Edition contains approxi- mately 4,400 more pages of text than the Third Edition. The Fourth Edition covers all aspects of a commercial case, from the investiga- tion and assessment that take place at inception, through pleadings, discovery, motions, trial, appeal, and enforcement of judgment. A CD-ROM comes with the set that provides various jury instructions and forms, which are also found in the set. Written by an illustrious team, the 296 principal authors of the Fourth Edition include 28 distinguished judges and many distinguished litigators. Chicagoans have a significant role in the set, including United States District Judges Edmond E. Chang, John W. Darrah, and Ronald A. Guzman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; United States

Reviewed By Daniel A. Cotter M any commercial litigators practice in the federal courts, but until the first edition of Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Court s published in 1998, there was no definitive treatise on the subject. The Fourth Edition, published by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, adds twenty-five chapters to the Third Edition and has grown to fourteen volumes and 17,142 pages. The resource covers every conceivable aspect of com- mercial litigation, including chapters on construction, civil rights, e-commerce and many other substantitive areas. Robert L. Haig, a partner in the firm of Kelley Drye Daniel A. Cotter is a Partner at Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP, where he chairs the Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice. He is also a member of the CBA Record Editorial Board.

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