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Movers & Shakers
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is deepening its investment in cybersecurity. Partners John Wolfe and Aravind Swaminathan left DLA Piper to join Orrick's Seattle office. Swaminathan is a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington's computer hacking and intellectual property section and serves as general counsel to the Washington state governor's task force on drone legislation.
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Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr added Morrison & Foerster partner'D. Reed Freeman'in Washington, DC, to cochair its cybersecurity, privacy and communications group.'
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Jenny Durkan joins the white-collar and corporate investigations practice of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as partner and global chairwoman of the cyber law and privacy group in the firm's new Seattle office and will focus on data breaches and privacy disputes. Durkan served as the U.S. attorney in Seattle.
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Alston & Bird brought on privacy and data security senior counsel'Peter Swire'in Washington, DC, from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where the former White House privacy official will continue to serve as a professor of law and ethics. Swire served as chief counsel for privacy in the Office of Management and Budget during the Clinton administration.
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.
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?
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.