New ABA book provides overview of case management, best practices in business courts
The American Bar Association Business Law Section’s recently published book, “The Business Courts Benchbook,” is the work of the Section’s Judges Initiative Committee and Business and Corporate Litigation Committee.
The book provides a comprehensive overview of case management, best practices and decision-making in U.S. business courts. It identifies and details business court administration, procedures and best practices nationwide, and addresses common legal issues decided by business courts and complex litigation courts handling business and commercial litigation.
Written by business and complex litigation court judges familiar with the procedures, practices and decision-making, as well as practice leaders, “Benchbook” includes valuable appendices, including resources for judges, resources for practitioners and valuable forms used by business courts.
The book discusses the history and function of business courts as well as:
• Overview of 25 states with business courts and their jurisdictions
• Examination of discovery management
• Analysis of electronic discovery issues
• Treatment of recurring legal issues
• Overview of settlement, ADR and trials in business courts
• Examination of the use of technology in courtrooms
“Benchbook” is edited by Vanessa R. Tiradentes, a partner at Gould & Ratner LLP in Chicago, where she practices corporate and commercial litigation in both federal and state courts. Her experience includes handling allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, business divorces, contract disputes, and advancement and indemnification claims, among other commercial matters. She was assisted by Superior Court of Delaware Judge Meghan A. Adams and Douglas W. Eyre, a commercial litigator at McAlpine PC in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
New ABA book provides a thorough introduction to the Housing Credit
Just published by the American Bar Association, “Beginner’s Guide to the Housing Credit, Second Edition” by Mark H. Shelburne is a practical resource for professionals who are beginning the process of learning about the federal low-income housing tax credit, also known as the Housing Credit. The Housing Credit is America’s only remaining affordable rental housing production program of any material scale. Housing credits have been responsible for building and rehabilitating more than 3.13 million apartments across the country and adding over 100,000 units every year.
Unlike other references that cover the same subject, “Beginner’s Guide to the Housing Credit” is designed to be read from beginning to end. It breaks down the rules and practices that are incredibly complex, particularly those governing compliance. Not only does this new release share an accessible overview of the Housing Credit, it also includes a list summarizing the provisions of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 that would change what is addressed in the book.
Shelburne is a housing policy consultant with Novogradac & Company LLP. Previously he served as an affordable housing program administrator for the state agencies in Georgia and North Carolina. In these capacities, Shelburne has revised 22 qualified allocation plans, testified before Congress, provided resources to create more than 25,000 units and led work resulting in four national awards.
This book was published in conjunction with the Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development.
