Glazer and Fitzgibbon on Legal Opinions: Drafting, Interpreting, and Supporting Closing Opinions in Business Transactions, Second Edition with CDROM - hardcover

New edition of a legal resource in which Glazer and Steven O. Weise (members of law firms in Boston and Los Angeles, respectively) and Scott Fitzgibbon (Boston College Law School) describe customary practice and its implications, identify areas of uncertainty, and suggest how to resolve open or disputed issues. The 17 chapters provide practicing lawyers guidance on the form and meaning of legal opinions and the work required to support them. Topics include the opinion framework; unqualified, qualified and reasoned opinions; establishing the factual basis; responsibility of principal counsel for opinions of other counsel; opinions on company's status as a corporation, qualifications to do business, and good standing in jurisdictions other than the state of incorporation; corporate power; secondary sales of stock; security interests in personal property; compliance with court and administrative orders; enforceability; no litigation, governmental approvals and filings, and no violation of law; and opinion that stock is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Contains 24 appendices with reports by opinion committees and statements of other committees. Includes a CD-ROM version of the appendices. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)