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New Release from Time Matters
Time Matters Version 5, the latest iteration of the popular law practice management program, was released in May, 2003, and Service Release 1, which added more features, such as linking to HotDocs v. 6, was released in August.
The biggest change is the addition of Billing Matters, a complete billing program fully integrated into the Time Matters program code. As such, it provides integrated timekeeping and billing with the contact, case, calendar, and task management functions in Time Matters. It does not yet have an accounting module, but links with QuickBooks for general ledger and check writing.
This development continues the trend of legal application vendors attempting to provide “one-stop shopping,” ie, including many essential functions in one program. In the past, attempting to use one program for many essential functions meant you had to compromise on at least some of them. The other alternative was to choose the “best of breed” of the half-dozen or so applications needed to practice law. However, because these programs could not “talk” to each other for the most part, the same information had to be entered in multiple programs, and all practice information could not be seen at once.
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?