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This month, LJN's Legal Tech Newsletter is proud to include its third annual special supplement highlighting and analyzing information from the 2007 American Bar Association Legal Technology Survey Report. The article is written by Stephen Stine, a Research Specialist for the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center. This supplement offers an insider's unique perspective into how law firms are: taking advantage of mobile technologies and wireless connections on PDAs/smartphones to browse the Web and use real-time e-mail; streamlining their document processes; making and receiving electronic discovery requests; taking advantage of Internet offerings, including 'Web 2.0' technologies; and creating and utilizing blogs.
The ABA survey includes the responses of more than 1,850 ABA members in private practice in the U.S. and offers a comprehensive look at how the legal profession uses technology. It covers issues including technology training, budgeting and hardware and software purchases, as well as where and how lawyers use technology. The survey is broken into five volumes, focusing individually on law office computing, litigation and courtroom technology, Web-based communications, online research and mobile technology. We believe it is the most comprehensive and useful tool of its kind available and hope that you find this analysis enlightening and informative.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.