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Resultor LLC has announced the release of Resultor Direct & Confidential, which is designed to help publicly traded companies comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's requirement to provide an anonymous and confidential procedure for employees to surface accounting issues for the audit committee. It is the only Sarbanes-Oxley disclosure product that also promotes a corporate culture encouraging legal and ethical practices and better business results. Resultor Direct & Confidential is a simple, Internet-based feedback system that can be used directly from a desktop or a home computer. It allows employees to actively contribute sensitive information, while helping companies evaluate the information and act on it as necessary. Employees can offer their feedback anonymously. The audit committee and the submitter can communicate anonymously and confidentially, and submitters can follow the progress of their feedback anonymously, from start to resolution. The product not only meets the new legal requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but it ensures problems are corrected quickly and business is conducted in accordance with the highest standards. For more information please visit www.resultor.com.
Fios, Inc., a provider of electronic discovery services, and Engenium, Corp., a concept-based search technology company, have announced a licensing partnership. The agreement will bring Engenium's advanced search technology, Semetric, to Fios' Web-based electronic discovery tool, Prevail. The combined solution will make Fios the first and only full-service electronic discovery provider to offer advanced, concept-based searching capabilities. The concept-based search technology being added to Prevail will enable users to organize unstructured information by mapping relationships between each word and every other word in large sets of documents. This association of words based on the context in which they are used creates a form of numeric 'meaning' and 'understanding,' enabling legal teams to quickly identify relevant documents and related concepts within vast amounts of data even when those documents do not share any words with a query. For more information please visit www.fiosinc.com or www.engenium.com.
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.
Beach Boys Songs Written Decades Ago Triggered Current Quarrel With Lawyers
There's current litigation in the ongoing Beach Boys litigation saga. A lawsuit filed in 2019 against Nevada residents Mike Love and his wife Jacquelyne in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada that alleges inaccurate payment by the Loves under the retainer agreement and seeks $84.5 million in damages.
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.
Transfer Tax Implications on Real Property Leases
The real property transfer tax does not apply to all leases, and understanding the tax rules of the applicable jurisdiction can allow parties to plan ahead to avoid unnecessary tax liability.