Bloomberg Law Update for Law Librarians

October 20, 2021

What’s New

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New Benefits, Wage/Hour & Leave Guides Available

Several new guides are now available on Bloomberg Law. The Guide to FLSA and Federal Contractor Wage Requirements and the Guide to FMLA and Federal Leave Laws integrate in-depth discussion of federal wage, hour, and leave law with Bloomberg Law’s Smart Code, BCite, Points of Law, Practical Guidance, books and treatises, and DOL guidance. The Fringe Benefits Guide covers the complex tax code and other requirements connected to fringe benefit offerings.

These guides replace the Wages and Hours Manual, which has been removed from Bloomberg Law. Use the guides to help students and associates jumpstart their research on wage & hour, leave and employee benefits law.

Custom Search Result Lists Are Here

Bloomberg Law recently released custom search results lists! This feature allows you to select just the items of most interest from a results list in order to craft your own, user-specific results list when downloading. Attorneys will benefit from librarian-curated lists that are easy for you to create.

Here’s what you do:

1. Run a search to get a results page. Select the results you want to include in your custom list.
2. Click the Download icon, and then select Download Selected Results.
3. Once the Download Selected Results popup displays, select your options, then click Ok.
4. Navigate to the Download Center and select the downloaded documents.

Introducing Versions Comparison Tool!

We’ve created a new timesaving tool called Versions Compare that allows users to compare previous versions of the Treasury Regulations and the Internal Revenue Code with the click of a button. With Versions Compare, users can pull up prior Treasury Regulations and Code sections, allowing for easier comparison and a faster, simpler process. Look for “Versions” in the right rail when calling up an affected code or regulation.

Social Media Influencers-Tell Your Attorneys and Students

The practice of entering into transactions with social media influencers and other types of endorsers to promote brands and products has become popular within the last several years. As a result, we created Practical Guidance documents on influencer marketing and similar endorsement agreements.

This content will be useful to both law firm attorneys who draft, revise, and negotiate commercial agreements related to influencers and endorsements and to faculty and students studying new areas of law. Litigation in this area is expected to grow, making the launch of these resources timely.