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OpenSource Sanitize Can Speed Up KM
Just like many other knowledge organizations, we at Pillsbury Winthrop LLP have invested thousands of dollars in processes, training and technology to capture and leverage our partners' knowledge. Early on we realized that the ability to share personal knowledge and prior work would determine our place in a very competitive market. Knowledge Management had the potential to flush out communication and re-use issues, create a cohesive firm identity and ensure consistency in information quality.
With this in mind, 2 years ago, we set out on a comprehensive KM strategy that would ultimately improve how we manage firm information. Identifying and implementing the tools and processes needed to best manage electronic client, matter and expertise files took some time. Some of the tools were readily available, but others, including Sanitize by OpenSource, took significant time to either find or develop.
Once we began using our knowledge files to manage expertise, we found that most, if not all, documents created as part of a transaction include sensitive information pertinent to that transaction. This data can include deal details, such as price; company identifiers, such as name and address, and personal information, such as individuals' names, titles, and phone numbers. Similar to the metadata of a shared file, this data can give away potentially sensitive information. Removing sensitive details manually is very time-consuming, and can lead to errors and inadvertent information exposure.
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?