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On the battlefields of ancient Rome, Julius Caesar used a cipher that changed the order of the letters of the alphabet to secure messages he sent to his infantry leaders. Caesar shifted the letters in his messages by three, such that the letter A would become D, safely encoding them from his mostly illiterate foes. Any messages the enemy intercepted were likely presumed to be written in a strange foreign language.
Since this first reported use of cryptography in 50 B.C., encryption techniques have become far more sophisticated and prevalent. Therefore, it is likely that any data you collect in discovery will contain files ' if not entire computers, hard drives or mobile devices ' that are encrypted, encoded or password-protected. And given the global nature of business, it is even more likely that some of these encrypted documents will be written in foreign languages, which adds another layer of complexity to document processing and review.
There's current litigation in the ongoing Beach Boys litigation saga. A lawsuit filed in 2019 against Nevada residents Mike Love and his wife Jacquelyne in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada that alleges inaccurate payment by the Loves under the retainer agreement and seeks $84.5 million in damages.
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.
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.
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.
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