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Everything But the Kitchen Sink
You've just pulled a steaming pepperoni pizza from the oven and open a kitchen drawer to look for the right tool. Will any tool do? They're all kitchen gadgets. Do you reach for your universal kitchen aid because it claims to do everything ' it slices, it dices? Or, do you reach for the pizza cutter?
There are many tools that are potentially useful ' but finding the right gadget for the job can make the difference between eating pizza now and going hungry. This same quandary can confront attorneys searching their firms' knowledge management (KM) systems for useful intellectual capital using integrated search engine technologies in tandem with specialized KM solutions.
Recently, many firms have taken the innovative step of integrating search engine technologies, such as Google, into their KM systems as a universal or enterprise search utility. This approach allows attorneys to search for materials in addition to documents, such as e-mails, spreadsheets and business support databases. By integrating search engines into their respective intranets, firms enable users to search the entire intranet, document repository or document management system (DMS) for files meeting the search criteria.
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.
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.
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.