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The Blame the Bean Defense Doesn’t Work
A seed is a seed is a seed. . .unless the seed has a lawyer After having indulged in all the heavy BBQ from spring cookouts and thinking of the looming hot weather approaching, I’m craving something light - a little sushi with edamame. If you’re not familiar with it,...
Shhh – Don’t Tell Anyone. It’s a Trade Secret.
You Probably Won't Find Trade Secrets at an Estate Sale Recently, Cliff Kluge, a Georgia antiques dealer, claimed to have found the secret recipe to Coca-Cola. He found the “secret formula” in an old box of papers from an estate sale of a Georgia chemist. The...
What Patents Have to Do with Chocolate Chips
In Honor of National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. . . In the 1930s, Ruth Graves Wakefield was in her Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts when she made culinary history. One story goes that Ruth ran out of baker’s chocolate when she was making her chocolate cookies....
Why Starting an LLC is Like Throwing a BBQ
A Rose Is a Rose By Any Other Name. That's Not The Case With BBQ and LLCs You know it’s truly spring (despite the past few intermittent bursts of winter) when you step outside and get that mouthwatering aroma of grills and smokers getting back to work doing what they...
Creating Legal Partnerships
What Does a Wreath of Flowers Have to do with Your Business? The first of May is May Day, which is Lei Day in Hawai'i. While it's never been made an official state holiday, Lei Day has been commemorated in Hawai'i every May 1st since 1928. It includes the tradition of...
Exploring The Forgotten Zones
Snowy white frost is all over my freezer, making my frozen foods an icy mystery. I sigh as I dig out my directions on how to speed clean your freezer in 20 minutes (yes, it can be done) and get to work and ask myself how I could let it go for so long. I'm always...
The Next Time You Ask for a Coke Be Sure To Say a Little Thank You to a Couple of Sneaky Lawyers
How Two Crafy Lawyers and a Shrewd Contract Took Coke From 9 (Yes 9) to 1.7 Billion Servings a Day In other parts of the country when people go out to eat they might ask their server, "What kind of soda do you have?" In Texas, they ask, "What kind of Cokes do you...
Birthday Freebies Are Like Internet Legal Forms
Too Much Cake and Too Many Freebies May Be Great Today, But You Won't Be Too Happy Tomorrow Last week I had the good fortune to celebrate 5 birthdays in one day. As with most birthday celebrations, they involved food. In addition to all the birthday cake (and one...
Why Easter Eggs Are Like The Series LLC
A Series LLC Keeps Your Eggs From Getting Scrambled When You Keep Them All in One Basket We’ve just finished Easter with its time-honored tradition of the Easter Egg Hunt; creatively decorating our eggs with a variety of dyes, decals, embellishments, and crayons; then...
Why You Don’t Have to Go to the Pharmacy for Thin Mints
Mint for Everyone - And Why It's Going to Stay That Way! Another St. Patrick's Day has come and gone, and it's time to put away the lucky green shamrocks. The days of the minty guilty pleasure known as the Shamrock Shake are coming to a close for 2013. But before we...
Cash Awards for Claims from Hispanic or Female Farmers
Extended Deadline: Claims Must be Filed by March 25th, 2013! May 1st, 2013 Normally, you know I post a little seed of legal information for you to grow your business. Today, instead, I’m alerting you to a special award program for Hispanic and Female Farmers. If you...
Save Your Money by Being on the Lookout for This Lemon!
Don't Pay for Something You Don't Need! Recently I was going to try out a new recipe that called for 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. It’s been a long time since I bought lemon juice, but I’m pretty sure they still don’t sell it by the teaspoon. So this left me with two...