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Tips for How Women Lawyers Can Chart a Different Course, Part 3
Along the way to charting your own course, below are critical habits to be implemented as you stay focused on growing a fulfilling and prosperous career.
Ask for what you want. Women lawyers often grapple with asking for what they want professionally. Guaranteed if you do not ask, you will not receive. What holds you back may be a greater question to pose. What are you afraid of? Does the 'perfection syndrome' wearily loom over you? Take a courageous step to answer these questions to move you in the right direction. Check out Women Don't Ask an inspiring book by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever for additional resources.
Challenge the status quo. How many times have you been shut down with 'this is the way we've always done it'; 'no one's ever done it that way before', ad nauseum? Everything is negotiable. Start from that point and confidently state your case. Whether it is a prospective client company you attempt to originate on behalf of the firm or considering the terms of a new employer, remember, everything'is negotiable.
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?