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Movers & Shakers
Wayne Steinberg has become counsel to Hoffer Adler LLP in Toronto, Canada, in addition to retaining his responsibilities as General Counsel with WSI, a Canada-based franchisor providing digital marketing solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.
Deborah Coldwell, a partner in the Business Litigation Section and the Franchise and Distribution Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP, has been nominated as the next chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising. Coldwell is an active member on the Forum's Governing Committee and is the publication officer, overseeing the preparation, production, and publication of all handbooks, manuals, desk books and monographs for the Forum. She is also a featured author in the first edition of the American Bar Association's Franchise Litigation Handbook. Forum members will vote on committee nominations during the Forum's annual business meeting on Oct. 5 in Los Angeles. The Forum chair is elected for a two-year term that will begin in August 2013. Once elected, Coldwell would become the 16th chair (third female chair) of the Forum in its 36-year history.
Wayne Steinberg has become counsel to Hoffer Adler LLP in Toronto, Canada, in addition to retaining his responsibilities as General Counsel with WSI, a Canada-based franchisor providing digital marketing solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.
Deborah Coldwell, a partner in the Business Litigation Section and the Franchise and Distribution Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP, has been nominated as the next chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising. Coldwell is an active member on the Forum's Governing Committee and is the publication officer, overseeing the preparation, production, and publication of all handbooks, manuals, desk books and monographs for the Forum. She is also a featured author in the first edition of the American Bar Association's Franchise Litigation Handbook. Forum members will vote on committee nominations during the Forum's annual business meeting on Oct. 5 in Los Angeles. The Forum chair is elected for a two-year term that will begin in August 2013. Once elected, Coldwell would become the 16th chair (third female chair) of the Forum in its 36-year history.
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?