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e-Working For a Living
No one would deny that those in the e-commerce economy 'work hard for the money,' in the words of nascent e-commerce entrepreneur and one-time disco queen Donna Summer.
But is 'workin' for a living' any different for an e-commerce manager or executive than for the rest of us? And following the cue of rocker Huey Lewis, a resident of dot-com haven San Francisco, are tech employees just 'taking what they (employers) are giving' like so many others in the competitive world that we have made for ourselves, or do they negotiate specific compensation and benefits suited to their working conditions?
To consider how dot-com employment has evolved over the past few years, I looked at a random sample of recent employment agreements freely available on the Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC') Web site (http://www.sec.gov/). My unscientific selection, intended to identify current practices and techniques in e-commerce employment contracting, ranged from well known behemoths such as Amazon.com, eBay Inc., and eTrade Financial Corp.com, to lesser known firms such as Hostopia.com Inc., Classmates Media Corp., Mypoints.com Inc. and United Online Inc. I just wanted to see what terms have actually been used in recent agreements, and to see how an e-commerce agreement would look compared to a 'standard' employment form.
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.