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Movers & Shakers
David Cahn, Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association's Franchise Law Committee of the Business Law Section, has invited Maryland Bar members and other franchise professionals in the Mid-Atlantic to participate in a task force for the purpose of comparing the revised franchise registration applications and FDD Guidelines (as modified by NASAA) to Maryland's franchise registration and disclosure law and related regulations. The task force also will identify inconsistencies and make recommendations to Maryland state officials as to how those inconsistencies might be addressed. The task force will begin meeting in May, after the 2008 franchise registration renewals deadline.
Dean T. Fournaris has joined Wiggin and Dana LLP as a partner in the firm's Philadelphia office. Formerly a partner with Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Fournaris will represent national and regional franchisors, manufacturers, distributors, and area developers. To a significant degree, Fournaris' hiring by Wiggin and Dana was precipitated by the decision of Joe Schumacher to leave Wiggin and Dana and join Goddard Systems, a franchisor in King of Prussia, PA. '[Joe] and I discussed who the firm should try to recruit to help fill his role in Philadelphia. This was a very important decision for the firm but also for Joe because he and others at Goddard would be working with this lawyer,' said Jack Dunham, partner at Wiggin and Dana and editor-in-chief of the ABA Franchise Law Journal. 'It took Joe and me about a minute to agree that Dean was the guy we wanted. Because Ballard is such a fine firm, it took us a lot longer to recruit him.'
David Cahn, Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association's Franchise Law Committee of the Business Law Section, has invited Maryland Bar members and other franchise professionals in the Mid-Atlantic to participate in a task force for the purpose of comparing the revised franchise registration applications and FDD Guidelines (as modified by NASAA) to Maryland's franchise registration and disclosure law and related regulations. The task force also will identify inconsistencies and make recommendations to Maryland state officials as to how those inconsistencies might be addressed. The task force will begin meeting in May, after the 2008 franchise registration renewals deadline.
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.