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Bridgeway Software, Inc. has added two new e-invoicing services to enhance its eCounsel product. These new Bridgeway services offer the choice of using either secure Web transport or flexible and simple e-mail to receive invoices. Both eCounsel Cost Management services enable corporate legal departments to receive invoices electronically from law firms directly into eCounsel, reducing processing time and eliminating manual data entry. Bridgeway's Web e-invoicing solution occurs as the result of a strategic partnership between Bridgeway and Tripoint Systems Development Corporation. Bridgeway will offer DirectInvoice, tightly integrated with eCounsel, as its premier Web e-invoicing service to enhance its cost management solution. This option not only provides a secure and comprehensive system to track and manage legal invoices, but also enhances eCounsel's capabilities in workflow approval, invoice auditing, data analysis and AP integration. For more information, please visit http://www.bridge-way.com/.
Client Profiles has announced the release of a completely redesigned scanning interface for its Case and Financial Management systems, available for current subscribers as a patch to Version 6. The new imaging system allows users to scan and profile documents for multiple matters, collaborate on scanned documents using the new 'scanned document review workflow process,' and export multiple individual scanned pages into a single multi-page .TIF document.
In a separate announcement, Client Profiles has also released Client Profiles LITE for small or specialty 'boutique' practices, utilizing Microsoft Developer Edition (MSDE) technology as their database server. Client Profiles LITE comes ready to use on a CD configured with pre-designed legal practice areas and Client Profiles' Financial System ' all of the features and functionality of the MS SQL 2000 database system without the added hardware and server requirements or costs. The product is suitable for law firms that do not require more than 10 simultaneous users of its case and financial management system. For more information, please visit http://www.clientprofiles.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?
"Holy Fair Use, Batman": Copyright, Fair Use and the Dark Knight
The copyright for the original versions of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have expired. Now, members of the public can create — and are busy creating — their own works based on these beloved characters. Suppose, though, we want to tell stories using Batman for which the copyright does not expire until 2035. We'll review five hypothetical works inspired by the original Batman comic and analyze them under fair use.