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In the Marketplace
SunTrust Banks, Inc. of Atlanta has announced that Brian K. Scherer has been named senior vice president, director of the Equipment Management Group for SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing Corp., the company's subsidiary that provides essential-use equipment financing for businesses and municipalities. He will be responsible for managing all aspects of the leasing company's capital equipment including collateral evaluations, portfolio management, asset disposition and renewal negotiation. Scherer has held key positions in asset management as well as general management at Cargill Leasing Corporation, GE Capital Vendor Finance, Compaq Capital, GATX Technology Services, and most recently, Deutsche Leasing USA.
The Alta Group has announced that Bob Neptune has joined the consultancy to help expand Alta's advisory services for companies involved in state, municipal and federal leasing. Neptune has an extensive background in governmental leasing and is the former president of De Lage Landen Public Finance. Neptune's hiring reinforces the belief that while some companies shed their governmental leasing programs following the economic downturn in 2008, they are now returning to the market. He will be based in Kansas City, MO.
AEL Financial of Buffalo Grove, IL, has named Ed Pacewicz as new chief financial officer. He will lead the finance, treasury and accounting teams of AEL Financial and KeyAssets Financial, LLC, a global leasing and equipment services company in the semiconductor industry. Pacewicz was a former executive at Comdisco, Inc., and has most recently served as CFO at BFG Technologies, Inc., a high-technology distribution company.
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?