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It's 2 a.m. ' Do You Know Where Your Web Site Is?
From highly complex e-commerce sites to small “mom and pop” companies, nearly everyone is using the Web to do business. But all of this technology can produce problems ranging from inaccessible and slow-loading Web sites to critical Web applications not functioning when they're needed most.
If customers and prospects can't access your Web site, they'll usually give up within a few seconds ' and most won't return.
Depending on the technologies used, a variety of things can happen to your Web site that will cause it to load slowly, update incorrectly or not load at all. If you run an e-commerce site, some type of problem will inevitability cause lost revenue and a degradation of your company's brand image, and in consumers' trust in your enterprise and your brand if the problem isn't corrected. In fact, and of primary concern to counsel representing and advising e-stores, there can even be legal issues resulting from nonresponsive Web sites; for example, consider this: A customer can't complete a financial transaction, which causes him or her to lose money, business or clients (or all of these) ' not a good situation for the customer, or the business.
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.