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Product ReviewOmega Legal: Zero to ROI in 30 Days
For a new firm having limited experience with the inner workings of time and billing systems, the inclination would be to find a system offering the most features for the least amount of money. In fact, that's the route our consultant suggested we take. But what we really wanted was a system that supported our most critical business needs: accurate and timely billing with single-click review of fees and hours billed and realized.
Wargo & French LLP is a newly formed 13-attorney firm in Atlanta, GA. Our practice areas include complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, class action litigation, labor and employment law and general corporate law. While the firm itself was formed in 2003, most of our members have practiced with each other for the majority of their careers. Similarly, the vast majority of the firm's clients have been served by members of Wargo & French for years and in many instances for over a decade. Many of these clients are Fortune 100 companies, allowing the firm to enjoy a practice that is truly national in scope. At least half of the litigation matters handled by the firm at any given time are pending outside Georgia. Indeed, during the past 12 months alone, the firm's attorneys have actively litigated matters in no fewer than 20 states. Furthermore, members of the firm are licensed to practice in California, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas.
All of our partners have been with AmLaw 100 law firms. As such, we understand the benefits derived from top-of-the-line technologies and had certain expectations regarding our new firm's infrastructure. We also place a premium on a system being “user friendly.” For example, we use one provider for all of our telecommunications needs. Our faxes are received directly into individual computers, and our phone system transmits voice mails directly into our computers for easy transfer of calls. We have one call to make for service, and there's no finger pointing. We had similar expectations of our time and billing system.
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.
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.
The Anti-Assignment Override Provisions
UCC Sections 9406(d) and 9408(a) are one of the most powerful, yet least understood, sections of the Uniform Commercial Code. On their face, they appear to override anti-assignment provisions in agreements that would limit the grant of a security interest. But do these sections really work?