For proven guidance and techniques for handling a commercial real estate deal, this practical guide will help you negotiate and close the deal. The authors cover each step of a real estate transaction in the order in which it generally arises, and offers pertinent advice, practice comments, and sample forms throughout. Because much of the real estate lawyer's practice revolves around transactional documents, the book's chapters emphasize the drafting, negotiation, and revision needed to get a deal closed. Written by a law professor and two real estate practitioners, this book offers a useful combination of text overview and practice pointers. It helps lawyers with less experience navigate through the maze of steps involved in a real estate transaction. At the same time, it serves as a valuable reference for more seasoned attorneys as well as those whose practice is concentrated in other areas of the law. Downloadable forms are available online.

Commercial Transactions: A Systems Approach explores the nuances of transaction law from a systems' perspective, examining the infrastructure that supports commercial transactions and how the law is applied in real-world situations. Its outstanding team of co-authors uses an assignment-based structure that allows professors to adapt the text to a variety of class levels and approaches. Well-crafted problems challenge students' understanding of the material in this comprehensive, highly teachable text. All sections of the Fifth Edition have been revised to include new case law and problems, and the 2010 Amendments to Article 9. Hallmark features: Extraordinary authorship all four authors are standouts in the field of secured credit, payment systems and sales law. The Systems Approach examines the infrastructure that supports actual transactions; code is taught in the context of the transactions. Teachable problems prefaced by straightforward textual explanations. Assignment-based organization offers flexibility in teaching. Cutting-edge coverage, including key court cases. The revised Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated by section: Part One: Sales Systems At least 20% new cases. Part Two: Financial Systems Updated problems that reflect the types of disputes arising out of the new electronic payment systems. Important new cases, including: Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Foster Bancshares, Inc. Triffin v. Third Federal Savings Bank In re PTI Holding Corp. Chemical Bank v. Meltzer Data Sales Co. v. Diamond Z Manufacturing Banco Nacional de Mexico v. Societe Generale In re Kang Jin Hwang Korea Export Insurance Corp. v. Audiobahn, Inc. Davis v. Stern, Agee and& Leach, Inc. Part Three: Secured Credit The 2010 Amendments to Article 9.

The Fair Trading Act Handbook is a successor to Trotman & Wilson Fair Trading: Misleading or Deceptive Conduct, which focused specifically on the s9 prohibition on misleading or deceptive conduct and the remedies available for breach of that section. Its two editions have been widely used by practitioners and cited in the courts. With the introduction of a new purpose section and new provisions in 2013, and the anticipated increasing use of these and the other provisions, The Fair Trading Act Handbook provides a timely broadening of the respected commentary of its predecessor. It discusses all of the substantive provisions, as well as the civil and criminal remedies available following breach. It considers relevant cases on these provisions, and where information is available, discusses the Commerce Commissions use of more informal means of educating traders to enhance compliance through the use of compliance advice and warning letters.

This note explores the interactions between new technologies with key areas of commercial law and potential legal changes to respond to new developments in technology and businesses. Inspired by the Bali Fintech Agenda, this note argues that country authorities need to closely examine the adequacy of their legal frameworks to accommodate the use of new technologies and implement necessary legal reform so as to reap the benefits of fintech while mitigating risks. Given the cross-border nature of new technologies, international cooperation among all relevant stakeholders is critical. The note is structured as follows: Section II describes the relations between technology, business, and law, Section III discusses the nature and functions of commercial law; Section IV provides a brief overview of developments in fintech; Section V examines the interaction between technology and commercial law; and Section VI concludes with a preliminary agenda for legal reform to accommodate the use of new technologies.