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Part I - Digests of the laws of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands

Alabama - Revision by Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, of Birmingham.
Alaska - Revision by Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, A Professional Corporation, of Alaska.
Arizona - Revision by Fennemore Craig, P.C., of Phoenix, Tucson and Nogales.
Arkansas - Revision by Rose Law Firm, a Professional Association, of Little Rock.
California - Revision by Professor Carol A. Wilson and Professor Sharon Meadows, University of San Francisco School of Law, of San Francisco.
Colorado - Revision by Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP, of Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs.
Connecticut - Revision by Pullman & Comley, LLC, of Hartford and Bridgeport.
Delaware - Revision by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., of Wilmington.
District of Columbia - Revision by Venable LLP, of District of Columbia.
Florida - Revision by Professor Jarret C. Oeltjen, College of Law, Florida State University, of Tallahassee.
Georgia - Revision by Professor Harold S. Lewis, Jr., Walter F. George Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law, Macon and Robert J. Hulsey, Esq. of Roswell.
Hawaii - Revision by Carlsmith Ball LLP, of Honolulu.
Idaho - Revision by Merrill & Merrill, Chartered, of Pocatello.
Illinois - Revision by Professor Celeste M. Hammond, John Marshall Law School, of Chicago.
Indiana - Revision by Ice Miller LLP, of Indiana.
Iowa - Revision by Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, Craig, Hilmes & Gaffney, P.C., of Polk County.
Kansas - Revision by Young, Bogle, McCausland, Wells & Blanchard, P.A., of Wichita.
Kentucky - Revision by STITES & HARBISON, PLLC of Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington.
Louisiana - Revision by Phelps Dunbar LLP, of New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Maine - Revision by Pierce Atwood LLP, of Portland.
Maryland - Revision by Venable LLP, of Baltimore.
Massachusetts - Revision by Professor Richard M. Perlmutter, assisted by Professor Herbert N. Ramy and Professor Ann McGonigle Santos, Suffolk University Law School, of Boston.
Michigan - Revision by Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., of Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Howell, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Monroe, Troy, Michigan; New York, New York; Pensacola, Florida; Washington, D.C.; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; and Gdynia, Katowice and Warsaw, Poland.
Minnesota - Revision by Faegre & Benson LLP, of Minneapolis.
Mississippi - Revision by Watkins & Eager PLLC, of Jackson.
Missouri - Revision by Swanson Midgley, LLC, of Kansas City.
Montana - Revision by Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich P.L.L.P., of Billings, Helena, Kalispell, Bozeman and Missoula.
Nebraska - Revision by Fraser Stryker Meusey Olson Boyer & Bloch, PC, of Omaha.
Nevada - Revision by Woodburn and Wedge, of Reno.
New Hampshire - Revision by Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, P.L.L.C., of Manchester.
New Jersey - Revision by Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C., of Newark and New York.
New Mexico - Revision by Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., of Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
New York - Revision by LexisNexis® Client Development Group.
North Carolina - Revision by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, a Professional Limited Liability Company, of Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh and Winston-Salem.
North Dakota - Revision by Nilles, Ilvedson, Plambeck & Selbo, Ltd., of Fargo.
Ohio - Revision by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., of Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus.
Oklahoma - Revision by McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation, of Oklahoma City.
Oregon - Revision by Miller Nash LLP, of Portland.
Pennsylvania - Revision by Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, of Philadelphia.
Puerto Rico - Revision by McConnell Valdés, of San Juan.
Rhode Island - Revision by Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, of Providence.
South Carolina - Revision by University of South Carolina School of Law of Columbia.
South Dakota - Revision by Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P., of Sioux Falls.
Tennessee - Revision by Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, of Memphis.
Texas - Revision by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., of Houston.
Utah - Revision by Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, of Salt Lake City.
Vermont - Revision by Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd., of Rutland.
Virgin Islands - Revision by Tom Bolt & Associates, P.C., of the Virgin Islands.
Virginia - Revision by McGuireWoods LLP, of Almaty, Atlanta, Baltimore, Brussels, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Chicago, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New York, Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Tysons Corner and Washington, D.C.
Washington - Revision by Perkins Coie LLP, of Seattle.
West Virginia - Revision by Jackson Kelly PLLC, of Charleston.
Wisconsin - Revision by Quarles & Brady LLP, of Milwaukee and Madison.
Wyoming - Revision by Brown, Drew & Massey, LLP, of Casper.

Part II - Digests of United States Laws

U.S. Federal - Prepared by Professor Richard M. Perlmutter, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, assisted by Professor Herbert N. Ramy, New England School of Law, Boston, MA, and Professor Ann McGonigle Santos, Suffolk University Law School.
U.S. Copyright - Revision by Baker Botts L.L.P., of New York City.
U.S. Patent - Revision by Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, D.C.; Reston, VA; Atlanta, GA; Palo Alto, CA; Cambridge, MA; Brussels, Belgium; Tokyo, Japan and Taipei, Taiwan.
U.S. Trademark - Revision by Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, D.C.; Reston, VA; Atlanta, GA; Palo Alto, CA; Cambridge, MA; Brussels, Belgium; Tokyo, Japan and Taipei, Taiwan.

Part III - Appendix of Uniform and Model Acts

We are indebted to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws for cooperation in furnishing copies of its Uniform and Model Acts, to the Committee on Corporation Laws of the Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law of the American Bar Association for the copies of the Model Business Corporation Act and to the National Conference and the American Law Institute for the Uniform Commercial Code, reprints of which appear in this volume. Copyright 1999 by American Law Institute and National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Reprinted with permission.

Part IV - Digests of Laws, International Section

Argentina - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Australia - Revision by Allens Arthur Robinson, of Australia.
Austria - Revision by Zeiner & Zeiner, of Vienna.
Bahamas - Revision by Harry B. Sands, Lobosky and Company, of the Bahamas.
Belgium - Revision by Université Libre de Bruxelles, of Brussels.
Bermuda - Revision by Appleby Hunter Bailhache, of Bermuda.
Bolivia - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Brazil - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Bulgaria - Revision by Vassil Breskovski, of Sofia, Bulgaria and of La Coruña, Spain.
Canada - Revision by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, of Toronto.
Alberta - Revision by Bennett Jones LLP, of Calgary.
British Columbia - Revision by Davis & Company LLP, of Vancouver.
Manitoba - Revision by Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP, of Winnipeg.
New Brunswick - Revision by Clark Drummie, of St. John, Moncton, St. Andrews and St. Stephen.
Newfoundland and Labrador - Revision by David C. Day, Q.C., of Lewis, Day Law Firm, of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nova Scotia - Revision by McInnes Cooper, of Halifax.
Ontario - Revision by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, of Toronto.
Prince Edward Island - Revision by Campbell Lea, of Charlottetown.
Quebec - Revision by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, of Montreal.
Saskatchewan - Revision by MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP, of Regina and Saskatoon.
Cayman Islands - Revision by Walkers, Attorneys-at-Law in the Cayman Islands.
Chile - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
China, People's Republic - Revision by Lehman, Lee & Xu, of China, Mongolia and Macao.
Colombia - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Costa Rica - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Cuba - Prepared by Holland & Knight LLP, of Miami, Florida.
Cyprus - Revision by Andreas Neocleous & Co., of Limassol.
Czech Republic - Revision by Zeiner & Zeiner, Prague, Czech Republic.
Denmark - Revision by Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard, Law Firm, of Copenhagen. Søren Fogh, attorney.
Dominican Republic - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Ecuador - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
El Salvador - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
England - Revision by Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, Cambridge.
Estonia - Revision by The Law Office of Tark & Co, of Tallinn.
European Union - Revision by John J.A. Burke, Rector and Professor of Law, International University Audentes, Tallinn, Estonia and Professor of International Commercial Law, Riga Graduate School of Law, Riga, Latvia.
Finland - Revision by Castrén & Snellman, of Helsinki.
France - Revision by Coudert Brothers, of New York City, and Coudert Frères, of Paris.
Germany - Revision by WALDECK Rechtsanwälte of Frankfurt/Main.
Gibraltar - Revision by Marrache & Co., of Gibraltar.
Greece - Revision by Dr. Tryfon J. Koutalidis, of Athens.
Guatemala - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Honduras - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Hong Kong - Revision by Robert Wang Solicitors, of Hong Kong.
Hungary - Revision by Nagy & Trócsányi, of Budapest and New York.
India - Revision by Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe, of Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi.
Indonesia - Revision by Andrew I. Sriro, Esq., In affiliation with Dyah Ersita & Partners, of Jakarta.
Ireland - Revision by School of Law, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland.
Israel - Revision by Yaacov Salomon, Lipschütz & Co., of Haifa and Tel Aviv.
Italy - Revision by Studio Legale Beltramo, of Rome, Italy.
Japan - Revision by Blakemore & Mitsuki, of Tokyo.
Korea, Republic - Revision by Kim & Chang, of Seoul.
Latvia - Revision by Klavins & Slaidins, of the Republic of Latvia, New York, Connecticut, California and England.
Lebanon - Revision by Khairallah & Chaiban, of Beirut.
Liechtenstein - Revision by Ritter & Wohlwend, of Vaduz.
Lithuania - Revision by Jaunius Gumbis and Laimonas Skibarka with Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiunas ir partneriai LAWIN, of Vilnius.
Luxembourg - Revision by Bonn Schmitt Steichen, of Luxembourg.
Macao - Revision by Lehman, Lee & Xu, of China, Mongolia and Macao.
Malaysia - Revision by Raslan Loong, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Malta - Revision by Rutter Giappone & Associates, of Valletta.
Mexico - Revision by Noriega y Escobedo, A.C. of Mexico.
Mongolia - Revision by Lehman, Lee & Xu, of China, Mongolia and Macao.
Netherlands - Revision by Molengraaff Institute for Private and European Law, of Utrecht.
New Zealand - Revision by Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Nicaragua - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Nigeria - Revision by AELEX, of Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Accra.
Northern Ireland - Revision by C & H Jefferson, of Belfast.
Norway - Revision by Advokatfirmaet NORDIA DA, Oslo.
Pakistan - Revision by Surridge & Beecheno, of Karachi.
Panama - Revision by Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman, of Panama.
Paraguay - Revision by Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja, of Asunción.
Peru - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Philippine Republic - Revision by Ortega, Del Castillo, Bacorro, Odulio, Calma & Carbonell, of Manila.
Poland - Revision by Chadbourne & Parke LLP, of New York City, and Radzikowski, Szubielska i Wspolnicy, Sp. K. of Warsaw, Poland.
Portugal - Revision by Dr. Nuno Reynolds Telles Pereira and Dr. Miguel Almeida Fernandes, of Cascais.
Romania - Revision by SALANS, of Bucharest.
Russian Federation - Revision by Reznik, Gagarin, Abushakhmin & Partners, of Moscow.
Saudi Arabia - Revision by White & Case LLP, of New York and Law Office of Mohammed Al-Sheikh Mahassni in Association with White & Case of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Scotland - Revision by Digby Brown, of Glasgow.
Singapore - Revision by David Chong & Co., of Singapore.
Slovak Republic - Revision by Cechová & Partners, of Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
South Africa - Revision by Cliffe Dekker Inc, of Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Spain - Revision by Garrigues.
Sweden - Revision by Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyrå, of Stockholm.
Switzerland - Revision by Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, of Zurich and Geneva.
Taiwan - Revision by Lee and Li, of Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa).
Thailand - Revision by Tilleke & Gibbins, Thailand and Vietnam.
Turkey - Revision by Yilmaz Öz, of Ankara.
Ukraine - Revision by Chadbourne & Parke LLP, of Kyiv, Ukraine and New York, New York.
Uruguay - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Venezuela - Revision by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of New York City.
Vietnam - Revision by Tilleke & Gibbins Consultants Limited, of Bangkok, Thailand, and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Part V - Selected International Conventions

The annotations have been graciously provided by the U.S. Department of State.

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