The Soda that Started Consumer Protection

Law usually emerges out of a simple, painful, human story – that is what makes law so compelling. Take the birth of consumer protections. It all started in 1928, when a woman named May Donoghue and a friend sat down at the Wellmeadow Café in Paisely, Scotland.  Even though…

Term Sheet Checklist to Buy Capital Equipment

Clients often ask me to walk them through the things that need to be negotiated when buying or selling a big piece of equipment. Here is a very brief version of what I tell them: 1. Deliverables What is actually being sourced, produced and delivered? Specs. Identify the technical…

You Gotta Get A Minute Book

A MINUTE BOOK is one big binder that contains the company’s building block documents … every company has to have one.