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e-Commerce Companies v. Hackers
March 30, 2009
The 21st century is clearly the age of cybercrime, and e-commerce companies of all stripes should be especially concerned because there are only two types of computer systems: those that have been hacked, and those that will be hacked.
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February 27, 2009
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Movers & Shakers
February 27, 2009
Who's doing what; who's going where.
A Firm's Culture Affects Partners' Compensation
February 27, 2009
This article explores two aspects of attorney compensation: first, the standards of evaluation, and second, the compensation decisions based upon these standards.
Maintaining Trust: Rules, Snares, and Worries in Trust Account Management
February 27, 2009
Lawyers constantly face ethical snares on the use of and accounting for client trust accounts.
Improving Your Internal Controls to Protect the Firm's (and Your Clients') Money
February 26, 2009
Managing partners of law firms should ensure that there is an appropriate structure of internal controls in place at their firms to protect their firms and clients against fraud. With the economy in a recession, cases of employee fraud are on the rise, and in many instances better controls and more oversight are needed.
Now It's Personal: Intangible Asset Mismanagement Liability
February 26, 2009
As a result of two watershed cases, a Board that fails in its duty of oversight of intangible assets now places individual directors at risk for personal liability.
Avoiding e-Conomic Insanity When Business Rebounds
February 26, 2009
For e-commerce firms and businesses generally, the ability to maintain a turnaround will be affected by decisions made now, in the depth of the recession. Today, as they struggle to preserve cash flow and stay current on obligations to lenders, landlords and vendors, the helmspeople of too many firms have come to regret decisions they made with hope in their heart for a booming economy 'yet forgot and may still forget to plan prudently for the rebound. Ever more so than before, today's "big deal' may become the liability that leads to tomorrow's bankruptcy filing.
Franchise Companies vs. Hackers: Twenty Questions on Cybercrime
February 24, 2009
The 21st century is clearly the age of cybercrime, and franchise companies should be especially concerned because, simplistically, there are only two types of computer systems: those that have been hacked, and those that will be hacked.
Compliance Now More Than Ever
February 23, 2009
In a profit- and loss-driven world, there is always a risk that companies facing an uncertain economic future may choose to cut compliance expenses," SEC Chairman Christopher Cox noted last November at the SEC's Compliance Officer Outreach National Seminar. Then he issued a stern warning: "When a company cuts compliance, violations will occur. And if violations occur, punitive actions should and will be taken."

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    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?
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  • 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.
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