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The Changing Face of Legal Research
Executing a powerful business development plan is a challenge every attorney faces. For attorneys at small firms and with solo practices, doing it without breaking the bank is one of the biggest hurdles to a thriving practice.
Building a strong reputation in the legal community is the lynchpin of a burgeoning practice. This is not news to anyone. The stronger our peer networks and professional reputations, the better we're able secure new clients. Success, especially at smaller firms, depends on a high volume of referrals. And while there are now better ways to build your reputation that reach more people through less effort, we are regularly surprised by how few of our peers take advantage of them.
In a crowded market, we are always looking for ways to build our firm's reputation and set us apart as a leader in consumer finance litigation. Establishing our reputation as thought leaders has been essential to building our practice and stimulating referrals. We've invested a lot of time in authoring three blogs at the firm that mirror our three main practices ' California Consumer Finance Litigation, Partner Departure Law and Commercial and International Arbitration ' to share timely developments, trends, and insights in these practices. These blogs have become a significant source of new business for our practice. But our readership was limited, and we continued to search for a wider audience for what we knew was valuable commentary. If my colleagues and I were going to take the time to share our insights about the law to help attract new clients, we wanted to reach a broader community of attorneys and possible clients interested in our ideas. We found that Casetext, a free, community-sourced legal research tool, has helped us do just that.
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.
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?