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Movers and Shakers
Nixon Peabody LLP has announced that William D. Pegg has been named a partner in the firm's Chicago office. Pegg counsels both foreign and domestic clients on matters related to the procurement and exploitation of intellectual property rights in the United States. His practice encompasses all aspects of patent prosecution and client counseling, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, the handling of proceedings before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the rendering of non-infringement, invalidity, and clearance opinions, and the counseling of clients on issues such as infringement avoidance, due diligence reviews, and licensing. Pegg's practice also includes litigation support, including technical and legal analysis, and the drafting of motions, briefs, and pretrial documents. Before pursuing his law degree, Pegg was a mechanical engineer and inspector for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Life sciences and medical device corporate lawyer Stephen Thau has joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as co-chair of the firm's international Life Sciences Group and will work out of the firm's Palo Alto office.
As Life Sciences co-chair, Thau joins Morrison & Foerster partners Jonathan Dickstein and John Campbell in overseeing a group of 180 attorneys focused on serving biotech, medical device, and pharma companies in such areas as licensing, corporate formation, debt/equity finance, patent prosecution, M&A, and intellectual property litigation.
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 Anti-Assignment Override Provisions
UCC Sections 9406(d) and 9408(a) are one of the most powerful, yet least understood, sections of the Uniform Commercial Code. On their face, they appear to override anti-assignment provisions in agreements that would limit the grant of a security interest. But do these sections really work?