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Courtroom Technology: The Courthouse Spec's May Be Just A Click Away
In the past several years, new technology, including video evidence presentation systems, video conferencing and electronic transcription systems, have been installed in federal and state courts across the nation. Courtrooms today vary a great deal not only in size and layout, but especially with regard to the types of technology made available. All of these factors significantly affect the presentation strategy a lawyer will use during a trial. When brainstorming presentation strategy, courtroom presenters consider the most subtle factors including, the amount of ambient light, the distance and line of sight between counsel and trier of fact and the location of monitors and screens. Most lawyers agree that it is a great advantage to argue a case in a familiar setting; something as trivial as showing a witness where he or she will sit in the courtroom prior to trial can be important.
That said, it is common for a firm to send a scout to check out a courtroom to determine relevant courtroom information ' a practice which tends to be time consuming and costly. The Courtroom Information Project, a Web-based system providing courtroom information to anyone with access to the Internet, accumulates and provides technological and other helpful information, which will ideally reduce unnecessary scouting expenditures and further enable swift and fair court proceedings. As courtrooms continue to follow the trend of going 'high tech,' it is important for litigators to know what resources are available. This information is not only beneficial to the lawyer trying a case, but to all parties involved.
Located at the College of William and Mary, the Courtroom Information Project is part of Courtroom 21 Project, the world leader in court technology demonstration, experimentation, training and education. The high volume of patent, bankruptcy and corporate cases that take place in Delaware, and the law firms throughout the country participating in these cases, have significantly contributed to the conception of the Courtroom Information Project. Short of scouting a courtroom beforehand, out-of-state lawyers are not able to construct an effective presentation strategy; this new system provides information that helps to level the playing field.
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?