(Part 2) Best business law books according to redditors

My property professor worked with several others from different universities to create an open source property textbook, available for free in a pdf. If you wanted it in hard copy, as I did, it was the cost of the printing.

Open Source Property Spring 2019 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1729562140/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ARaBDbEP0YGQY

It's the cheapest textbook I've ever gotten.

I own a condo at Bishops Landing; I have some advice.

The first thing you should do is go to CMHC and read their reports and publications. They have a lot of stuff on buying condos and the Halifax market in general. The last time I read a report was about 4 years ago when i bought my place and what I took away from it was that housing starts are up and expected to increase supply, keeping supply/demand balanced. The one exception is on the peninsula, where development is slow and there is no land for sprawl.

My take on the market is that Nova Scotia has an aging population who will move from homes to condos, but really it is a question of demand and supply as to whether developers meet that demand. In a rising interest rate environment, I expect that will slow development but it also slows the real estate market. Also, students are choosing to stay, driving some demand, but mostly for condos as rentals.

Owning a condo is not for everyone. Make sure you read minutes of previous condo association meetings. Bishops Landing has a very professional board, property management company, etc, and the meetings are attended by mature adults and very business-like. My father-in-law's former damn disaster of child-like owners doing stupid things that eroded property value. Biggest risk of owning a condo is a special assessment that could mean you suddenly have to write a cheque for a big number to cover some unexpected event. You need to be prepared for that, but Nova Scotia us great because there are laws that require reserve and contingency funds to be evaluated and supported by an engineering study, so you don't get the "Surprise! The roof needs replacing!" email.

Cost is also a concern. Some condos have horrible efficiency and that translates to high fees. Others have lots of benefits that translates to high fees. I don't mind high fees, because I get 24x7 concierge, pool, gym, car wash, guest suite, etc. Some condos have similar fees but offer nothing; they are just aging and expensive to maintain. Make sure you do an apples-to-apples comparison on fees. Buildings with higher fees have lower perceived value and therefore lower prices, so sometimes a bargain unit is actually expensive in terms of total cost. Finally, taxes for condos in Halifax need to be reformed - you pay twice what a comparable apartment building would, and nowhere else in the country does that.

Finally, there is a good book called "Never Buy a Condo and Other Things I Have Learned from the Practice of Law".

A good starting point:

Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You (PLI's Corporate and Securities Law Library) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ASFPLO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_FSsSCb6X7QBFX

A good reference guide:

Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do https://www.amazon.com/dp/073556339X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_CUsSCbTDARNN9

I would highly recommend taking a transactional drafting course if your law school offers one.

WL and Lexis both have very good searchable libraries for finding boilerplate clauses and commonly negotiated provisions like indemnities. If you plan to go into real estate, check with your state's real estate council or bar association. They often publish annotated contract clauses that comform to state law.

Edit: spelling

If you want the long answer, I recommend this book: Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law. It's actually very readable. The author specifically talks about the Olympics and the NFL.

Basically, they have no standing. They are overstating their rights as trademark holders. In trademark disputes, there are very specific criteria that have to be met for a violation to have occurred. They have to prove that misuse of a trademark led to actual confusion of consumers (ie, by surveying a large sample of them) and correlate it to a actual substantial economic loss. They wouldn't win these cases if they tried, but they don't need to. The threat is enough.

If the NFL were to bring a lawsuit against someone, they could prolong it to the point of bankrupting anyone they might want.

We must have been reading This Book.

(Real book by the way)

Für einen ersten Einblick kann ich Ihnen den Blog , in dem ein Dozen, Jun.Prof. Griebel, mitwirkt, empfehlen. In diesem Artikel zeigt er die Fehler eines preisnominierten Artikels auf. Der Artikel ist leider schon 2 Jahre alt, aber tortzdem hat sich nicht viel an der Argumentation der Kritiker geändert, insofern dürfte er immer noch valide sein.:

http://verfassungsblog.de/im-namen-der-wahrheit-kritische-anmerkungen-zu-der-mit-otto-brenner-preis-geehrten-berichterstattung-zu-ttip-und-ceta/

Weitere Artikel hier: http://verfassungsblog.de/author/joern-griebel/

Kurz eine Infomration zum Autor: Jun. Prof. Griebel hat den Lehrstuhl für Investitionsschutzrecht an der Universität zu Köln inne. Zu seinen Einstellungen: Er wurde als einziger Wissenschaftler in einem Papier der Grünen zum Thema Investitionsschutzrecht erwähnt, weil er mit dem Vorschlag kam, dass man den Schutz des Investitionsrechts nur denjenigen zugute kommen lassen sollte, die sich an die Umweltbestimmungen des Gastlandes halten. Insofern, er ist kein Unternehmenslakai, der einfach nur etwas nachplappert, was ihm gesagt wird, sondern ein Wissenschaftler, der sich fachlich mit dem Thema auseinandersetzt.

Ich würde Ihnen natürlich auch sein Buch empfehlen, aber leider wird dies wohl mit rund 300 € das Budget des Normalsterblichen sprengen (aber es könnte sein, dass diese in lokalen Universitätsbibliotheken ausliegen)

Edit: Korrektur, weil ich bisher dachte, Griebel würde dieser Blog gehören, dabei ist er nur einer von vielen Autoren. Link zu seinem Profil hinzugefügt, in dem noch weitere Artikel zum Thema sind. Leider alle auch schon etwas älter.

Internal Revenue Code; US Tax, IRS, and Related Law, Title 26 USC https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00COW2GYU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_blTtzbHR88QQF

https://www.amazon.com/Bastards-Your-Guide-Huge-Cash/dp/1883527066

I think a good starting point would be this book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Property-Margaret-Davies/dp/1904385842

or this one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0521130603

Without getting too philosophical - rights can be eternal and universal from a moral perspective, of course. But you need to invoke this concept exactly because the effective positive law (the one enforced by state institutions) sadly does not always follow the principles so expressed.

Elections in democracies broadly speaking give one vote to every person (more or less at least). Unless you build a fully Sybil-resistant blockchain system with one vote per person you can't replicate this. Also elections aren't "forks" - they _generally_ don't leave behind a "UK classic". This is important because - as we see in the BC universe all the time - it removes the uncertainty about the relative success of the two branches and guarantees (within reason) that all will be bound by the majority consensus. This is jut off the top of my mind so may very well be missing an important aspect!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Employment-Tribunal-Claims-Tactics-Precedents/dp/1903307708

I’ve found this book to be fairly decent for covering the basics.

>Once again, "monopoly" does not mean "does not let me buy spare parts" or "does not let me run my own software"

Yes it does. That's exactly what it means in this case. That's literally part of the definition, as spelled out even in trade law textbooks; Their practices play directly into restrictions on goods purchased and their usage by the consumer (one definition of a monopoly) as well as restraint of trade against other members of the marketplace.

Exceptions occur where third-party involvement or end-user tampering might decrease the value or usability of the product and undermine the brand value. For instance, my car's manufacturer can claim that my working on my car's transmission poses the threat that I can ruin an integral part of the vehicle, so they can dissuade me from doing that by saying it would void the terms of my car's warranty. However, the OEM cannot claim they alone have soul dominion over my car's parts or service life as that would make them a monopoly. They must provide a path for third-parties to take (with some consideration for best practices as defined by the OEM) to work on my vehicle. Otherwise they run into restraint of trade lawsuits.

Furthermore, they must allow me to do basic maintenance myself without infraction. Oil-lube-and-filter changes, lightbulb changes, installing new electrical components and head units, etc. Only areas that would severely impact the working of my vehicle are off-limits to me... though I could go about certification if I liked.

Also, it's illegal for the OEM to monitor all service done on all vehicles, demand they supervise over even a significant part of the work done, or dictate other matters that should be discretionary to the vendor supplying service.

So unless Firefox, Flash, a NIN branded app or me being able to change my own battery on the phone would cripple an iPhone irreparably, Apple is... by legal definition... running a monopoly.

I guess the question is, after I purchase their product, exactly how much say should Apple have in how I get to use it, change it, or upgrade it? Because right now it's not a matter of "you do that and you void your warranty" so much as it is Apple having their lawyers in courtrooms arguing that user freedoms should be outlawed outright.

How, exactly, is that not a monopoly?

>too big to prosecute

Is this the book?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OUP1Q6I/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

I got the ebook on Amazon but I think it's on Lexis too.

If you've ever seen anything like the Gilbert Law Summaries or the Black Letter Outlines, those are "commercial outlines." Essentially, they provide a fairly comprehensive account of entire areas of the law. Personally, I would not exclusively rely on one to study. Your library should have some on the hold shelf, and you should skim through one if you are curious. Still, though, I would opt to use a past outline from a student who took the course in question and start there.

> I'd like to gift him a book that could share some insight and advice on what he should be expecting to experience in basic training and beyond.

This and this

I'd like to recommend this book, which is highly related to this topic.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F4DVKES/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1

It's a great read.

I was searching for this "new science of numbers", but every google result is just this book. I'm surprised there are so many spam sites trying to sell access to PDFs.

I'm more surprised that... there's a copy for $15 on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/Wellss-lawyer-United-States-form-book/dp/B00085HJ8I/

Yes! People and communities are dynamic systems: we have initial conditions and non-linear forces acting on us. However the current system of subsistence through government programs assumes linear systems and makes poverty stricken families wards of the state.

Current programs don't address the cause- they only alleviate the symptoms. Common Republicans want to simply pull the plug on these therapies and believe this will free the poor from being wards of the state and that is the only thing holding them back. I argue instead we need to pivot from subsistence safety nets to investment works.

A bad analogy is investing $1000 up front vs $100 per year for 10 years and seeing which has the most money after 30 years. However we are doing the latter: persistently handing out what people just need to just survive. We need to rather invest in communities using experience and knowledge that is proven (read The Fortune At The Bottom Of The Pyramid) to have results.

Another bad analogy is health care vs sick care. Instead of investing in preventing disease through healthy habits we only consider health care when we become sick. We wait until it's an emergency room visit.

Early childhood education and parent training is paramount to breaking generational poverty. Many children in poor neighborhoods are themselves born to very young and inexperienced parents. My wife is a speech-language pathologist serving medicaid patients and a good third of her job is teaching basic parenting skills a la Cesar Milan "I rehabilitate dogs and train owners". Poor people are very harried people, and a smart injection of support at a crucial time can pay dividends over persistent food/housing support or future incarceration.

UBI can help here, even if it is minimal. Communities can pool their UBI together to create investment themselves rather than have "the gubmint" come in and drop excessive cash on top-heavy misguided investments (see investment boondoggles in Iraq, Afghanistan). This is how UBI can create self-determination and a focus on thriving rather than just surviving.

it is if you buy the printed book version....

https://www.amazon.com/2017-Bankruptcy-Rules-Booklet-Casebooks/dp/1934852341

The NCLC series is very good (get some good reading glasses though...small print!).

I also suggest http://www.amazon.com/Attorneys-Handbook-Consumer-Bankruptcy-Chapter/dp/1880730634.