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Corporation Service Company (CSC) and LexisNexis have signed a definitive agreement for CSC to acquire LexisNexis Document Solutions from LexisNexis, thus combining the efforts of companies that provide secured transaction and corporate registration services to corporate, financial and law firm customers. This acquisition will bolster CSC's portfolio of services by adding the state-of-the-art capabilities and services from LexisNexis Doc- ument Solutions. In addition, CSC will also acquire LexisNexis Document Solutions' long-held position in the secured lending sector as a leading provider of Article 9 UCC due diligence services to banks and asset-based lenders. The acquisition represents the largest transaction in CSC's 104-year history, including its 1995 acquisition of Prentice Hall Legal & Financial Services.
iCONECT, LLC has announced the key features of its forthcoming V4 software, which was previously known as simply as iCONECT. V4's portal interface allows direct access to transcripts, tasks, contacts, calendar events, discussion groups, chatting, key documents and images. Fuzzy and Synonym searches navigate even the worst OCR. Retrieve saved searches and generated reports. V4 allows firms to self-host their critical case data or opt for managed hosting through iCONECTglobal, or choose an iCONECT V4-powered ASP repository to manage their case while providing additional services such as scanning, blowbacks, consulting and training. For more information, please visit http://www.iconect.com/.
Elite Information Systems, Inc. has announced the availability of Elite Business Intelligence, which is fully integrated with the Elite system, and allows users to retrieve, report and analyze crucial business information. Elite developed this product using reporting tools from Business Objects, the world's leading provider of business intelligence solutions, and bundling them with proprietary analytical tools, templates and reports. Elite's extensive library of pre-built reporting tools and new features greatly enhance the ability of professional services firms to create and deliver important business intelligence information. The software integrates critical data management tools, including a full Business Objects toolset suite with unlimited access licenses, an online real-time data warehouse, report management, a pre-built package of sophisticated management reports and profitability analytics, a flexible cost-rate modeling, calculating and forecasting engine to drive profitability metrics, and an automated email notification system for subscription-based delivery of data on key business indicators. In addition, the Elite Data Warehouse simplifies the process of locating important information, allowing users to retrieve and use financial data without having to understand complex database structures. A significant set of key statistics is added in real time, ensuring accuracy without compromising historical information. For more information, visit http://www.elite.com/.
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?
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.