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Miss Your Codes? A CrossEyes Product Review
In 1999, two law firms, Piper & Marbury and Rudnick & Wolfe, merged to form Piper Rudnick, a business law firm that today consists of over 925 lawyers. One of the challenges the merger presented was the unification of our word processing applications. Piper & Marbury was using MS Word and Rudnick & Wolfe primarily used WordPerfect. Our internal IT staff was charged with transitioning this newly formed union into a predominately Word organization. To help with the physical conversion, our team turned to Levit & James Inc., a software company that specializes in document conversion and add-in products for Microsoft Word. Levit & James suggested CrossWords, a WordPerfect to MS Word conversion utility.
The actual conversion was easy; however the IT staff and Document Standards Committee found that our WordPerfect users really missed its “Reveal Codes” feature. In September of 2001, Levit & James introduced us to CrossEyes, a Microsoft add-in that provides a complete view of all objects or “codes” in a Word document.
Levit & James demonstrated CrossEyes to our IT staff who in turn demonstrated to our Document Standards Committee, and we quickly realized that CrossEyes wasn't just for former WordPerfect users. While CrossEyes helped to make the conversion smoother for the WordPerfect employees, it also helped the existing Word users solve the mystery of why documents behave the way they do. We started installing CrossEyes as former Rudnick users attended Word conversion training, and by February 2002 CrossEyes was on the desktops of all Piper Rudnick employees across 10 offices, totaling 1850 users.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?
The Cost of Making Partner
Making partner isn't cheap, and the cost is more than just the years of hard work and stress that associates put in as they reach for the brass ring.