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Lawyer, Code Thyself
Chances are you don't need to be convinced of the merits of learning to program or, in the parlance of today's startup culture, learning “to code.” You already understand not only the professional opportunities it opens but also how it empowers you to solve your own problems: Don't like your website? Build a new one. Think your network security isn't strong enough? Improve it. Want to deliver legal services over the Web? Code a platform for it. You also understand that “coding is the new typing.” As software disrupts industry after industry, the winners will be either those writing the code or those who understand enough about coding to organize others to do it. If you need additional convincing, search for Sam Rysdyk's “Ignite Style” talk called “Law Students Should Learn to Code” on the ReInvent Law Channel from Michigan State University Law School.
Coding Resources
The next question is: “How?” Included here are a few resources to which legal professionals can turn to acquire these key skills. But first, a quick disclosure because this is a legal publication: I am a lawyer and an aspiring/slowly-learning coder. I am obviously convinced of the need to learn to code and I can personally vouch for some of these resources. But beyond simply informing, my hope (intention) for this piece is to encourage those who have been thinking about it but didn't know where to start to take the plunge and start coding. A secondary aim is to spur those who haven't thought about learning to program to not only think about it, but to also convince them of the significant opportunities that await in combining an understanding of the law/legal system and the ability to build software systems.
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?