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Conference CD: How Diversity, Pro Bono, Recruiting and Marketing Can Work in Tandem to Impact Profitability: A Case Study
“How Diversity, Pro Bono, Recruiting and Marketing Can Work in Tandem to Impact Profitability: A Case Study”
Topics covered include:
- Diversity in law firms and how it relates to meeting clients' expectations and goals
- In-house counsel's expectations of law firms and what they look for when hiring law firms
- How Starbucks and Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) have partnered in order to assist DWT in its diversity and pro bono efforts
- Recruiting and diversity within the law firm: successes and challenges
Our panel of experts:
Moderator & Panelist:
Julie Weston, Partner, Member of PRISM Committee (DWT's diversity committee) and Share Committee, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Panelists:
- Lucy Helm, Vice President – Legal, Starbucks Coffee Company
- Lawton Humphrey, Partner and Chair, Employment Law Practice (term to begin January 2005), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Weldon H. Latham, Partner, Chair, Corporate Diversity Counseling Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
“How Diversity, Pro Bono, Recruiting and Marketing Can Work in Tandem to Impact Profitability: A Case Study”
Topics covered include:
- Diversity in law firms and how it relates to meeting clients' expectations and goals
- In-house counsel's expectations of law firms and what they look for when hiring law firms
- How Starbucks and
- Recruiting and diversity within the law firm: successes and challenges
Our panel of experts:
Moderator & Panelist:
Julie Weston, Partner, Member of PRISM Committee (DWT's diversity committee) and Share Committee,
Panelists:
- Lucy Helm, Vice President – Legal, Starbucks Coffee Company
- Lawton Humphrey, Partner and Chair, Employment Law Practice (term to begin January 2005),
- Weldon H. Latham, Partner, Chair, Corporate Diversity Counseling Practice,
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?