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Let's Be Careful Out There: E-Mail and Instant Messaging Challenge Security
While the very nature of the Internet has made communication fast and easy, it has also opened up personal and private data to opportunistic hackers and white-collar criminals. Many security defenses, such as encryption, firewalls, and authentication, are now in place to protect data and ensure that online communication vehicles are safer than ever. However, these security measures are not entirely foolproof, especially when it comes to complex business networks.
Two of the most vulnerable areas of online communications for business use in today's open Internet environment include those that are also the most well-known and widely spread: e-mail and instant messaging.
E-mail and instant messaging can be effective, easy, paperless ways to communicate, but companies need to be aware of risks and challenges to security in relying on these tools for all online communications, especially when they're dealing with private information only certain eyes should see.
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.