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Creating an Effective In-House Resource Guide
Living in the technology age, we are besieged by information: constant “breaking stories” on 24-hour news channels, e-mails at all hours to our handhelds, and phone calls to our cells. To remain competitive, companies have also followed the trend, providing reams of information and data to workers. As a result, employees now grapple with information overload and must evaluate and prioritize what information to read, disseminate and store, and what information to discard.
This is a particularly significant problem for in-house counsel who must ensure that all employees have access to — and know about — information that is key to the operation of the company. More importantly, much of this information is meant to keep the company out of the courtroom and facing down litigation.
So what's an in-house counsel to do? One answer is to create efficient resource guides that, in a concise and convenient format, provide easy access for employees to key information. As a nice bonus, having these guides in place should mean a decrease in the number of requests to in-house counsel for the same information time and time again. You'll be able to focus on other activities knowing that the basic day-to-day operations of the company are well in-hand. In this article we discuss the components and structure of an effective internal resource guide, using as an example a guide created for international trade issues.
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?