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<b><i>Software Review:</i></b> FreshBooks: A New Billing Alternative
Billing is a necessary evil with any small business, law practices included. It must be done to stay in business and keep a roof over the office, but it takes time away from actually practicing law.
The first year I practiced in California, I was with a small civil litigation firm that used a brand name, law firm-specific billing software package. The firm had no computer network, and the procedure was that each billing employee would enter their own hours at a single PC in the firm's library. Costs were separately entered by one of the administrative specialists, bills were then created, circulated for proofing, and eventually reprinted and mailed, usually with a lag of at least two weeks after the close of a given billing period until a client even had the opportunity to pay the bill.
Lesson learned: The faster the client receives the bill, and the easier it is for the client to pay the bill, the faster the practice is compensated for its efforts.
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 Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.