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New Frontiers for Baker Donelson's KM
So much has been written about knowledge management in the past 10 years and so many products purporting to enable knowledge management have been pushed on the legal community, that I am not sure that the term is relevant anymore. However, I have always thought some of the main tenets of KM make a lot of sense:
- Leverage existing knowledge by sharing best work product.
- Enable sharing with technology that is easy to use and familiar.
- Don't “reinvent the wheel”. Take advantage of technology and processes already in place rather than forcing new product and processes on the end users, minimizing the need for training.
An exciting project that we are rolling out at Baker Donelson starting this month conforms to those main tenets of KM. It is the integration of our core systems, including Thompson Elite's West KM product with Microsoft's Information Bridge Framework (IBF) technology that comes with the Office 2003 suite. The integration is enabled and accelerated by Handshake Software.
Attorneys at Baker Donelson (and from my experience, all other firms) live in two primary applications: Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook. The IBF solution will give Baker attorneys power to access and display information from any enterprise application right through those primary Microsoft applications. In essence, it delivers the power of a portal through Word, Outlook or Excel.
This functionality was something that I sensed could be an asset to attorneys and staff immediately. In my 15 years as the CIO for Baker Donelson, I have learned that attorneys will embrace technology that helps them in their practice if it has value ' but is also easy to learn without extensive training. Baker Donelson is constantly looking for not only valuable technology tools for its attorneys ' but also ways to increase the value and capabilities of tools in which the firm has already invested time, money and training. IBF technology together with the Handshake Software integration does exactly this.
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?