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Effectively Categorizing e-Mails And Attachments
No one ever promised litigators ' or anyone else ' involved in e-discovery a rose garden. In fact, a venture into document review is usually more than anything a trip into a thicket of procedural thorns.
During an electronic-document review, for instance, attorneys may come across an e-mail message that is responsive to the document request that they received. But here's how one of those many thorns pops out to put a pain in the side of litigators reviewing documents: What if that e-mail has an attachment, and what if the attachment is not responsive? How should the review team code the attachment ' should it be identified and then labeled as responsive or as non-responsive? Should the e-mail message be produced by itself, or should the e-mail and the attachment be produced together?
The thorny e-discovery thicket pricks those probers' forays into the discovery garden, but attorneys needn't get bogged down in a bramble.
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.