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The Inevitable Reinvention of the e-Discovery Industry
Electronic discovery professionals should consider a future where their current skills no longer merit the salaries they are accustomed to commanding. The current talents and knowledge bases that allow for professional leverage or vertical mobility in today's e-discovery job market still have, and will always have, immense value to their employers. However, the growing reality for a large constituency of emerging and veteran e-discovery professionals is that employers will not need ' or be able ' to compensate the professional population with premiums in salary to maintain their human capital, whether they are growing organically or replacing from attrition. For individuals in e-discovery with a “show me the money” mentality about their career or for veterans looking for stability (perhaps positioning for retirement at their current or next and final employer), the ability to reinvent yourself and redefine your expertise as something more valuable and less commoditized is no longer a luxury; it is a requirement.
Why Try To Redefine
There are several factors that have pushed the commoditization of e-discovery to finally begin to affect the salaries of those who work in the market.
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?