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Take One Survey'
And Salt Lightly Before Believing
There's nothing like an election year to immerse ourselves in surveys. This, despite the fact that more often than not, they tell us less than we want to know, and even less than we should believe.
Everybody, it seems, wants to know the future, and it appears that the closest you can get to knowing the future is to accumulate a bunch of guesses. Great for a parlor game, but not much use for making important decisions. Everybody wants to know what other people are doing about important matters, which is a more valid reason for business surveys. Sometimes the survey informs business decision, and keeps a business from operating in the dark. Sometimes the results offer emotional salvation (For example ' According to the survey, I make more than the average of my profession.)
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?