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SHAKING HANDS DURING THE FLU EPIDEMIC - Legal Sales
SHAKING HANDS DURING THE FLU EPIDEMIC – Legal SalesBritish Airways is currently running an ad which states, “Emails do not end in handshakes.” And while their business development team is hoping you will jump on one of ther planes and run over the pond to England, their message is “spot on.”All too many involved in lawyer marketing believe electronics are the way to client retention or demonstrate strong closing skills. If they were but to ask their clients and prospects, they would be told something drastically different. Sure, you could open a file sight unseen. But to lock in a client for future work, or demonstrate to a prospect your skill and ability, it must be in person.A quote from one of my business development consulting clients demonstrates the wrong mindset,”I won that big case for my client 6 months ago – why hasn't she called me?” While it is true that the single best lawyer marketing tool is top notch work, you can't sit back on the success. Celebrtate it with the client, ask for referrals, ask to plan next year's work, etc.So after washing your hands, follow the sage of 'ole Tex (and British Airways), “howdy and shake 'em.
SHAKING HANDS DURING THE FLU EPIDEMIC – Legal SalesBritish Airways is currently running an ad which states, “Emails do not end in handshakes.” And while their business development team is hoping you will jump on one of ther planes and run over the pond to England, their message is “spot on.”All too many involved in lawyer marketing believe electronics are the way to client retention or demonstrate strong closing skills. If they were but to ask their clients and prospects, they would be told something drastically different. Sure, you could open a file sight unseen. But to lock in a client for future work, or demonstrate to a prospect your skill and ability, it must be in person.A quote from one of my business development consulting clients demonstrates the wrong mindset,”I won that big case for my client 6 months ago – why hasn't she called me?” While it is true that the single best lawyer marketing tool is top notch work, you can't sit back on the success. Celebrtate it with the client, ask for referrals, ask to plan next year's work, etc.So after washing your hands, follow the sage of 'ole Tex (and British Airways), “howdy and shake 'em.
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?