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Asset Finance: Next-Generation Technology Systems Critical to New Business Model
Spurred by increasing customer demands, new competitive pressures and regulatory changes, the North America equipment leasing industry is undergoing dynamic change. It will affect how lessors conduct business for years to come, with companies feverishly developing new products, income streams and distribution channels, while still seeking further operational efficiencies.
Emerging from these efforts is a new business model for the industry. Its success depends on organizations embracing fundamental changes and integrating next-generation technology systems that better align with today's business requirements and act as an enabler to growth. Those leasing organizations that successfully adapt in this evolving market will survive and flourish; those that cannot will undoubtedly struggle.
Evolution of the Industry
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?