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Practice Tip: Using Cross-references In Word
Cross-references are a feature in Microsoft Word that allows you to create references to other items in the same document. This is particularly helpful with longer, more complex documents, the likes of which are often encountered in the legal document-production process. When you click on a cross-reference in Word, you are automatically brought to the location of the referenced item. Such examples as “For details, see Table 6.” or “… as is illustrated on Page 23.” are common examples of the usage of cross-references.
If you simply type out the numbers for the table and page references in your document, then you will have to manually update each and every one of those numbers whenever you make a change to the document that affects either the number of tables or the pagination. Cross-references help insure that as the document is modified, these references are dynamically updated.
In any document, Word offers quick and easy referencing to the following items:
- Page Numbers
- Numbered Items
- Footnotes/Endnotes
- Equations
- Figures
- Headings
- Tables
- Bookmarks
Additionally, by referencing a bookmark, you can then reference virtually any other type of object in Word not specifically listed above (word, phrase, graphic …).
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.
The Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.
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.