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By Burton R. Laub

AUTHORSHIP:
Current supplementation and revisions by LISA STEFANONI
Supplementation 1969-2004 by W. EDWARD SELL

Published: 1964-2012
Most recent supplement/update: 2012 supplement & 10 textlets; released 4/12; $179.50
(Current Subscriber's Price: $179.50)
ISBN: 1-887024-57-3

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Judge Laub's KEYSTONE is the one unique Pennsylvania work designed to give you fast, accurate answers in daily procedure. Two Hundred Seventy-Two (272) separate topics are presently covered across a broad spectrum of practice, and will be expanded as new areas come into focus. (Click here to view sample topic)

Here is a launching pad for the many steps a busy lawyer must take each day in the pursuit of a general practice. Not only will it provide a fresh approach each time a specific problem appears, but it will stimulate your memory, cut down research time and reduce the number of interviews with your client.

PURPOSE
A quick approach to the initiation of legal actions, drafting of instruments, and the taking of both aggressive and protective steps in the course of litigation.

PLAN
Guides the Pennsylvania lawyer through the important channels, indicating possible courses of action and raising the red flag of danger by appropriate caveats; everything from the conduct of the interview with your client to the conclusion of the matter.

ARRANGEMENT
Step-by-step arrangement which includes: Basic text, important citations, appropriate sources for research, check lists, location of legal forms required and appropriate rules pinpointed.

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Binder 1

Absentees and Presumed Decedents Abuse of Process Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Program (ARD) Accounting
Accounting Fundamentals for Lawyers Acknowledgments Administrators Admiralty
Adoption Adulterated Foods Adverse Possession Age Discrimination
Alienation of Affections Alternate Dispute Resolution Amusement Rides Anatomical Gifts
Annulment of Marriage Antenuptial Contracts Appeal and Certiorari Appearance & Withdrawal
Arbitration Attachment-Garnishment Attorney Fees Attorney Representation Agreements
Auction Sales and Auctioneers Automobile Lemon Law Bail Bailments
Bankruptcy      

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Bingo and Other Small Games of Chance Boating Laws Breach of The Peace Bulk Transfers
Burial Grounds and Cemeteries Business Records Business Trusts Camping Laws
Change of Name By Individuals Charitable Solicitations Charitable Trusts Child Support (Revised 2012)
Civil Action Class Actions Collection of Commercial Claims Collective Bargaining
Commitments of The Mentally Disabled and Alcoholics Common Law Marriage Comparative Negligence Computer Crime
Condominiums Confession of Judgment Consolidation & Severance Consumer Credit (Truth In Lending)
Consumer Discount Company Act Consumer Protection Contempt Contraband Forfeitures
Contracts In General Contribution Conversion-Equitable (Revised 2012) Conversion-Tortious
Copyrights Corporations-Amendment of Articles of Business Corporation Corporations-Amendment of Articles of Nonprofit Corporation Corporations-Bylaws of Business
Corporations-Bylaws of Nonprofit Corporations-Dissolution of Business Corporations-Dissolution of Nonprofit Corporations-Formation of Business Corporations
Corporations-Formation of Nonprofit Corporations-Professional Corporations-Qualification of Foreign Business Corporations-Statutory Close

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Corrupt Organizations (PA. RICO) Costs-Taxation of Counterclaims Covenants Not To Compete
Credit Cards Criminal Law Checklists Child Custody (Revised 2012) Dead Man's Act
Death Actions Decedent's Estate-Settlement of With Assets Over $10,000 Declaratory Judgments Dedication
Deeds Conveying Real Estate Default Judgment Deficiency Judgment Delay Damages
Dependent and Delinquent Child Adjudication Dependent Children Depositions and Discovery Desertion & Non-Support
District Justice-Civil Actions Divestiture of Liens Divorce and Alimony Domicile
Driving Under Influence (Revised 2012) Easements Ejectment Election Recounts and Election Contests

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Embezzlement Eminent Domain Employment Discrimination Equity
ERISA Escheat (Revised 2012) Escrows Examining the Expert Witness
Execution Executors Extradition Family Medical Leave Act
Federal Administrative Agencies Federal Employer's Liability Act Federal Estate and Gift Taxes Federal Tort Claims Act
Fictitious Names-Registration of Forgery Franchises Fraudulent Conveyances
Freedom Of Information Act Funeral Establishments Goods and Services Installment Sales Act Governmental Immunity
Guardian Ad Litem - Trustee Ad Litem Guardians of Minors' Estates Gun Control Habeas Corpus
Immigration and Naturalization Incapacitated Persons' Estates    

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Indemnity Industrial Development Loans Informed Consent Injunctions
Insurance Fraud Interpleader Interstate Land Sales-Full Disclosure Act Intervention
Intestate Succession Investigation-Personal Injury Cases Joinder of Additional Parties Joint and Several Liability
Joint Venture Judicial Sales Juvenile Court Proceedings Landlord and Tenant Act
Land Sale Contracts Letters of Credit Libel and Slander Limitation of Actions
Limited Liability Company Liquor and Malt Beverage Licenses Living Trusts Living Wills
Long-Arm Statute in PA Malicious Prosecution Mandamus Malpractice Law in PA
Mechanic's Liens Medical Records Medicaid Medicare
Megan's Law Minimum Wage-PA Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks Mortgage Foreclosure
Motion for Continuance (Revised 2012) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings Motion for Post-Trial Relief Motion for Summary Judgment

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Motor Vehicle Insurance Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Notary Public
Novation Nuisance Nursing Homes Occupational Diseases
Occupational Safety and Health Act-OSHA Opening and Striking Off Judgments Opening and Vacating Streets and Roads Orphans' Court Examiners
Parental Liability Parole, Probation & Pardon Partition of Real Property Partnerships-Dissolution of
Partnerships-Formation of Patents Paternity Proceedings Pension Reform Act of 1974 (ERISA)
Perjury Plain Language Act Post Conviction Relief Act Postnuptial Agreements
Power of Attorney Powers of Appointment Preliminary Arraignment and Preliminary Hearing Preliminary Objections
Pretrial Conference Privacy-Invasion of Probate Guide For Executors and Administrators Products Liability
Professional Associations      

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Professional Liability-Lawyers' Protection From Abuse Act Public Utility Commission-ICC Punitive Damages
Quiet Title Actions Quo Warranto Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Act (RICO) Real Estate Sales and Closings (Revised 2012)
Real Estate Sale and Purchase Check List Receivers Receiving Stolen Property (Revised 2012) Reformation of Instruments
Registered Limited Liability Partnership Releases-Negligence Cases Rent Withholding Act Replevin
Residential Mortgages Restrictive Covenants in Realty Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act Right To Know Act
Safe Packaging Safe-Deposits Search and Seizure Secured Transactions
Separation Agreements Service of Process (Revised 2012) Sexual Harassment Shareholders' Derivative Suit

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Sheriff's Interpleader Small Claim Litigation Small Estates-Settlement of by Petition Social Security
Sovereign Immunity Specific Performance Statute of Frauds Stock Valuation Charts
Structured Settlements Subchapter S Corporations Subdivision and Land Development Subpoenas
Subrogation Summary Proceedings Under Vehicle Code Sunshine Law Suppression of Evidence
Suretyship Suspension and Revocation of Operatoring Privilege (Revised 2012) Tax Sales-PA Tenancies
Termination of Parental Rights Trademarks Trade Secrets Transfers to Minors
Trial by Jury Trusts Unemployment Compensation Unincorporated Associations
USA Patriot Act (The) Voting Trusts Wage Payment & Collection Law Waiver of Conflict of Interest
Warehouseman Weights and Measures Welfare Laws in PA Will Contests
Workers' Compensation Writ of Prohibition Wrongful Discharge of Employee Zoning Appeals

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