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This book examines coffee, from it's origins to its current status in our daily lives as an essential part of Western European and American culture.  You'll discover how law and the trade in coffee have evolved together including cases involving free trade, contracts in the global coffee economy, insurance and commodities futures in the growth of coffee imports, and the commercialization of the coffee business.

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The world of legal marketing has changed with the rise of social media sites such as Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook. Law firms are seeking their companies attention with tweets, videos, blog posts, pictures, and online content. Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier provides you with a practical approach to using social media in your law practice that will enable you to identify social media platforms and tools that fit your practice and implement them efficiently, and ethically.

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An article in the LA Times reports that some doctors are expressing concern about the reliability of the information provided by some of the almost 6,000 health-related smartphone applications that are available.  They are also concerned that a consumer might follow an app's guidance and not visit his physician when he should, for example, monitoring his own blood pressure himself instead of having it checked by his physician.  Presently, there is not much vetting of a health-related app.  As Dr. Joseph Kim, a physician and founder...

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In their professional lives, courtroom lawyers must do two things well: speak persuasively and write persuasively. In this noteworthy book, two noted legal writers present every important idea about judicial persuasion. The book covers the essentials of sound legal reasoning, explains the art of brief writing, especially what to include and what to omit, so that you can induce the judge to focus closely on your arguments. Finally, they show what it takes to succeed in oral argument.

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