We Are Going to be Radio Stars!

OK, that is a bit of an overstatement.  We are, however, going to be making an in studio appearance on the Tom Martino Troubleshooter show on March 5, 2009 between 9am and 12pm.  Tom will be taking calls from inventors, entreprenuers and anyone else that has intellectual property questions.   So mark your calenders and call in […]

The BLOG is Back!

And I am throwing down the gauntlet and challenging each and every attorney at L&L to write TWO posts a month minimum. This will result in at least eight insightful and meaningful posts a month. OK, maybe not eight “insightful and meaningful posts” BUT I can at least promise mine will be worth reading!

When Is the Best Time to Start A Business?

In the last year or so millions of people have been laid off from their jobs. Additional millions are worried or concerned that they may be next.  It has crossed the minds of many if not most of these people that perhaps they should start their own business to gain control of their destinies and […]

Now or Never?

Originally Posted 5/7/07
The past week has been rather sobering at the office: I found out that one of my clients dies of a heart attack at the age of 44. It drives home the point that one can’t take anything for granted: even waking up in the morning. I only met with the client a […]

LegalZoom: Bill O’Reilly Spinning In The No Spin Zone

Originalyy Posted 3/11/07
I was driving home the other day when who do you think I heard shilling for LegalZoom: no other than Bill O’Reilly. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. LegalZoom does have a HUGE advertising budget and they use radio as one of their primary advertising mediums. I believe I have heard Denver’s own […]

MySpace Wins Round 1

Originally Posted 2/27/07
On February 13, 2007 U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks threw out the first suit filed against MySpace concerning a sexual assault of a minor by someone she met on MySpace, citing section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The Act, which immunizes online service providers from state tort claims arising from information or […]

36 Hours for Kids

Originally Posted 2/13/07
Well, its that time a year again! Those of you who have followed our blog for a while may remember my post from a year ago highlighting an event happening here in Denver over the next 3 days (February 14-16). Once a year Alice 105.9, a local Denver radio station suspends its normal […]

Myspace involved in 4 more battles concerning the safety of minors on the internet

Originally Posted 1/23/07
Well, as I said a few months ago - open the flood gates. Myspace has racked up four more lawsuits against it claiming that Myspace failed to employ reasonable safety measures to protect its underage users. Family’s from Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina have filed separate actions all claiming that the […]

Jolly Rancher Soda Revisited - the “Taste Test”

Originally Posted 12/12/06
Well, its been over a year since Kurt initially cited Jolly Rancher Soda as a product that had “apparently failed miserably” while illustrating the point that even large companies with multimillion dollar research and marketing budgets have failed products now and then and that there is really no way to absolutely predict whether […]

My Top 10 Tips for Commercial Leases In Colorado Part 1

Originally Posted 12/5/06
As you probably know from previous posts, we have recently moved and consequently negotiated and signed a new lease. It was one of those times where I get to sit on the other side of things and view things from a view that my clients usually get. It dawned on me that I […]