When I reviewed the Third Edition of this truly remarkable treatise (NYLJ, July 10, 2012), I wrote that “I have tried hard to think of a relevant subject matter that is not covered in this treatise, but I cannot come up with one.” Thank goodness that Bob Haig, the editor-in-chief of this now 15 volume work, was not so limited. For this Fourth Edition, he has come up with 25 new and very relevant subject matters. Those new subjects range from mass torts to civil justice reform. Their inclusion calls into question the title of this treatise. Instead of calling it Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, he could just as easily have called it The Law: Everything You Need to Know. It is that comprehensive.
For those (very few, I am sure) of you who are not already familiar with this work, it began as a treatise written by experts in their fields that covered every aspect of commercial litigation in federal courts. It was largely a “how to” treatise, containing such things as how to draft a complaint and sample jury instructions. At the time, there were slightly over 100 contributors; in the Fourth Edition, there are nearly three times as many. As a result, the work is much more than a “how to” work; it is a compendium of the relevant law in a vast array of subject matters. The 296 authors, each a true expert, would make the most erudite and exceptional law faculty that one could dream of. Imagine, for example, taking a course in ethical issues in commercial cases from Harry Reasoner, or a course in document discovery from Jim Quinn, or a course in discovery of electronically stored information from former Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin. All are here.
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