Litigating Business and Commercial Tort Cases, 2012 ed.

This one-volume practice guide covers the causes of action subsumed under the term "business torts," from tortious interference with contract/prospective business advantage, fraud, misrepresentation, business defamation, and unfair competition, to deceptive trade practices, securities fraud, antitrust violations, breach of fiduciary duties, misappropriation of trade secrets, civil conspiracy, Civil RICO, infringement on intellectual property, breach of covenant not to compete, and Internet and software piracy. The book explains what the law is for each cause of action and how to practice in each area for maximum effect. It provides the forms needed to handle a case sample jury instructions, pleadings (complaints and answers to complaints with affirmative defenses), and forms of discovery (interrogatories, requests for admission and requests for production of documents).