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Practice Tip: Want To Blog?
Google describes a Blog as: “a journal that is made available on the Web. The activity of updating this blog is known as blogging and, likewise someone who keeps a blog is known as a blogger!” Typically, blogs are updated daily by the use of software that allows people with little or no technical background to maintain the blog; however, while attorneys are the best at what they do ' ie, the practice of law ' they have no clue when it comes to marketing skills for their firm, or technology and how to effectively design a blog!
Well, recently all this has changed ' and for the better, I might add. A Seattle based company called lexBlog is now the number one provider of professional marketing blogs for the legal profession. The best thing about them is that they are a completely turnkey solution, so that you get a cost effective solution that gives your firm a custom blog marketing plan, with a professionally designed custom blog site, training, marketing and search engine optimization, all with your own ongoing support.
Now law firms must keep in mind that blogging is a skill, just like the practice of law, and doing it the cheap and dirty way ' publishing on an inexpensive blog platform ' sometimes does more harm than good. Remember that you never get a second chance to make a first impression and with a bad platform you can do lots more damage to your firm's first impression. Even if you provide lots of really good content, you must use the skills of blogging to enhance your firm, otherwise, you lose!
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.
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.
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.
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?