Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Explore the different ways to incorporate and which model might work best for you.
CONTEST ON: Read below for a link to official rules. This week Debbie T was chosen and asked us to donate to: Humane Society of Pinellas. We will have all past donations out next week and be current by this time next week. Congratulations! You are starting a new business and you want to know what type of business entity you want to establish. Do you want a corporation, a limited liability company, a professional association, a partnership, or be a sole proprietor? Here are three questions to take to your attorney AND your accountant. 1. DO I NEED TO HAVE A LEGALLY ORGANIZED BUSINESS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS SAFELY? You do not need to have a business entity in order to conduct business. In other words, you do not need to incorporate or file …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Explore the different ways to incorporate and which model might work best for you.
CONTEST ON: Read below for a link to official rules. This week Debbie T was chosen and asked us to donate to: Humane Society of Pinellas. We will have all past donations out next week and be current by this time next week. Congratulations! You are starting a new business and you want to know what type of business entity you want to establish. Do you want a corporation, a limited liability company, a professional association, a partnership, or be a sole proprietor? Here are three questions to take to your attorney AND your accountant. 1. DO I NEED TO HAVE A LEGALLY ORGANIZED BUSINESS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS SAFELY? You do not need to have a business entity in order to conduct business. In other words, you do not need to incorporate or file …
Friday, August 10, 2012
Here are some legal ramifications to consider in your talk.
CONTEST ON/JTS: There was no winner last week. Official rules and the trivia question are at the end. There is a great commercial from a certain quilted bathroom tissue company that uses the slogan, “let’s get real about what happens in the bathroom.” Rather than using bathroom tissue to clean up kitchen messes or some random blue liquid that somehow always appears on the countertops of commercial stars, the company gets to the point and talks about what bathroom tissue is really used for. The same realistic approach to reporting has been on the largest sports stations during the Olympics in London. Jim Rome, ESPN, and even local sports stations have gone beyond the athletic accomplishments of the athletes and discussed what happens …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Find out why you should consider non-compete and non-disclosure agreements for important positions at your business.
CONTEST ON/JTS: Contest winners and rules are at the end. Here is your trivia question for this week: What is the name and position of the patch.com guest I had on family law radio on Saturday, July 28, 2012? Your answer can be found by listening here: http://www.internetradiopros.com/familylaw/. You have to listen to the beginning of the show to get the answer. Consider this scenario: You have developed a chicken restaurant that uses a secret blend of spices. You also have a business model on how your restaurant is run and it has been very successful so far. In fact, in your opinion, none of your competitors have figured out your trade secrets and business model. However, if your blend of spices and business model became public …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Hopefully these powerful words place your family law conflict into perspective.
CONTEST ON/JTS: Contest winners and rules are at the end. Check out the podcast of the Honorable Judge Jack Day’s interview on Family Law Radio (familyradio411.com) under “shows” for an in-depth conversation related to this article. Let’s bluntly dive into what is perhaps the most important part of being a family law attorney or someone going through a family law related dispute: The children! I do not have a lot of great legal citations or logical deductions in this article. I am simply presenting what most people already know and what most people in family law conflicts forget. Please read the following that was written by the late Judge Michael Haas. He unfortunately passed away in 2011. “Minnesota Judge Has 200 Blunt Words for …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Your local elections have an immediate impact on your life.
Contest update: (official rules here). JT Simons, P.A., is holding a contest for you to figure out the hidden trivia question in this article. If you win, JT Simons, P.A., will donate $25 to charity. In short, figure out the hidden trivia question, send an email with the answer to JT Simons, and make sure your nonprofit is legitimate. Remember, send the answer to jts@simonslawfirm.com, subject line CONTEST ENTRY, and give me as much information as you can about the nonprofit you want the donation to go to. I need to verify it. I need your first name and the first letter of your last name. Election season is well under way. The President and Mitt Romney are battling it out in the media on my television, in my newspaper, during my Internet …
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
You need to consider your goals before you can choose the proper bankruptcy attorney.
Three Questions: The Introduction The “Three Questions” series is back. Here are three questions to ask yourself before you go into a bankruptcy consultation. In my experience, an initial bankruptcy consultation can take a lot longer than a normal legal consultation. Therefore, you need to be prepared if you want to get quality feedback during the consultation. Perhaps these three questions will assist. Do you think that bankruptcy means you let yourself or your family down? I will remind you that at least two former presidents of the United States filed for bankruptcy before they took the oval office. Who were they? Walt Disney also filed for bankruptcy before Mickey Mouse took over the Orlando area. 1. HOW QUICKLY DO I NEED TO FILE …
Monday, June 25, 2012
If you didn’t have a password on your cell phone before, this mock trial may change your mind.
OPENING STATEMENT: I ran into this story from First Coast News in Jacksonville regarding the police’s ability to search your cell phone if you are arrested. The story references the case of State v. Ricardo Glasco out of the Fifth District Court of Appeals. The Fifth District Court of Appeals is based out of Daytona Beach. Ricardo Glasco was arrested for possession of drugs. While he was in handcuffs, the police searched him and found his cell phone. When Glasco was booked at the jail, the police searched his cell phone and found text messages that revealed that Glasco intended to sell the drugs. The question before the patch.com jury is whether police should be able to search your cell phone if you are lawfully arrested and use the …
Monday, June 18, 2012
Judges cannot foresee the future and an injunction cannot by itself prevent tragedy.
On June 6, the Tampa Bay Times reported this story regarding the matter of Agbebaku vs. Agbebaku. You can take a look at the article and more importantly the comments to the story. This is my rebuttal to what, in my opinion, is the belief that the resulting homicide of Ingrid Agbebaku is somehow a result of the domestic violence injunction not being entered. Let me start off by saying that my heart goes out to Ingrid Agbebaku’s family, the minor children, and even to Eugene Agbebaku’s family. There is no doubt in my mind that Eugene suffered from some serious mental issues and needed serious assistance in overcoming whatever demons he was living with. Additionally, under no circumstance would I suggest anything but sorrow for Ingrid …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The perspective of Facebook postings from 20 Miles Law.
By Cynthia Veintemillas and Jeremy T. Simons CONTEST ON/JTS (official rules here). JT Simons, P.A., is holding a contest for you to figure out the hidden trivia question in this article. If you win, JT Simons, P.A., will donate $25 to charity. In short, figure out the hidden trivia question, send an email with the answer to JT Simons, and make sure your nonprofit is legitimate. Remember, send the answer to jts@simonslawfirm.com, subject line CONTEST ENTRY, and give me as much information as you can about the nonprofit you want the donation to go to. I need to verify it. I need your first name and the first letter of your last name. For this week, I am proud to “repurpose” an article written by Attorney Cynthia Veintemillas, senior partner…
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