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Competitive Intelligence: How Do You Listen When You're Not In the Room?
Here we are, more than 12 months later, still working remotely. I left the office on a Friday in mid-March and have not returned. Thankfully, as CI professionals, the tools we need and use to do our daily work do not depend on us being in a physical location. However the "intelligence" part of our jobs — turning information into action — does require personal contact and talking to colleagues. This interaction provides the context for understanding how information fits into and impacts client relationships.
Our firm already had some great collaboration tools in place before the pandemic, and we've really embraced those tools to connect with each other in ways we may not have before. Some of us had used them more heavily than others, but it wasn't until we relied on those methods to do our jobs that the laggards learned how to use them too. And we haven't looked back.
In our firm, I've been very fortunate to have remained busy during this remote work time. There has been more than enough work to do, and productivity has remained high. That said, maintaining a high level of engagement has taken much more effort, and I've realized that communication skills, listening in particular, are more critical now than ever. Although I understood how important in-person listening was, the background listening was something I used to take for granted.
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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
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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?