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10 Questions About WestlawNext
As corporate clients continue to push back on legal costs and define client value, law firms are looking at technology to drive internal efficiencies and productivity to achieve these twin aims. Jaye Lapachet is the Manager of Library Services for the San Francisco-based law firm of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP. In this Q&A, she discusses her application of WestSearch capabilities within WestlawNext and Folder Sharing, which she has found drive significant efficiencies and productivity.
Ms. Lapachet has served as Manager of Library Services in various size firms throughout San Francisco, and she has served as an information industry consultant. She is the Convener of the Mid-Sized Firm Librarian Group based in San Francisco and was involved in developing the Law Firm Libraries Disaster Planning Template. She has served on the board of the local SLA chapter and writes frequently for a variety of legal and library publications.
Q: When did your firm first start using WestlawNext?
A: We started using WestlawNext in March of 2010.
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?