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Border Disputes
Hardly any border exists without some sort of dispute. Take the border between the U.S. and Canada, a paradigm of a peaceful, long-established existence. While there may not be many arguments over where Detroit ends and Windsor begins, disputes still exist. For example, both the U.S. and Canada lay claim to Machias Seal Island, which is essentially 20 acres of rocks resting between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy. The dispute has gone unresolved for nearly 200 years.
In insurance law, if there is a border as long-established as the one between the U.S. and Canada, it is the border between the two types of coverage provided by liability policies: defense coverage and indemnity coverage. But even along this well-established border, disputes have recently begun to develop.
The Defense-Indemnity Border
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?