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LawPort for SharePoint Provides Immediate Access to Information
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, PLLC, is a business and commercial law firm with eight offices nationwide with approximately 180 attorneys. There are six practice groups serving clients locally, nationally and internationally in numerous industries. Much of this is credited to the firm's commitment to facilitating the flow of information. The firm's standing priority has been to provide client benefits through efficient information management and the application of Web technologies and collaborative systems.
Technology-driven Information Management
With a focus on providing efficient client information management, the IT group and I, as the firm's Information Services Director, took a closer look at how we could best leverage technology to facilitate information distribution. Upon further review, our intranet, which is the firm's main repository for shared information, had become aged. We had a well-developed intranet for its time; however, it was static technology and had become very dated. We recognized that a better platform was necessary to distribute information dynamically.
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?