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How to Use Mobility To Create Maximum Business Value for Legal Research
Today, everything seems mobile. The convergence of smart phones, tablets, and cloud technology over the past several years means you can now do virtually anything no matter where you are, no matter what time of day. Want to watch a movie while you wait in line at the DMV? How about downloading a walking guide as you stand on the streets of Paris and then following its audio commentary as you explore the city? How about writing and sending e-mail as you cruise at 30,000 feet in an airplane? All are possible and so much more.
Legal professionals have been slightly less hurried to embrace the wonders of mobility as a part of their work. Certainly, they use mobile devices and apps in their personal life just like everybody else, but because of tradition and habit, many have been hesitant to adopt these things as part of their working lives. However, this is changing ' and in some cases dramatically.
For example, the ABA's 2015 Legal Technology Survey found that 90% of lawyers now use a smartphone to perform work related tasks. Half use tablets for work ' up 17% since 2012. The survey also reported that 20% of lawyers work at home and 10 % fewer work in a traditional office space than just three years ago. Indeed, a large and increasing number of lawyers are untethering from traditional office work spaces and performing work on the go.
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.
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?
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.