Seminar: Foundations 101 - Mar 23rd

Seminar: Foundations 101 – Mar 23rd

By Paralegal on March 8, 2010

Foundations 101 
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 9:45AM
Central Library
1901 Vine Street, 19103
215-686-5322
Parkway Central Library, Regional Foundation Center (RFC)
An introductory overview of the basics of grantsmanship research and RFC resources. Workshop is FREE and for staff and board members of nonprofits.
Attendance is first-come, first-served (to a maximum of 12 people).

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

By Sharmil McKee on March 6, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates

RIAA News Roundup of Lawsuit – http://bit.ly/cRsply via @AddToAny #
Great article – When Is a Niche Not a Niche? from @CJHayden author of “Get Clients Now!” http://goo.gl/1cVj #
4 Ways To Get Noticed and Followed onTwitter – pretty simple steps, give it a try http://goo.gl/t05T #
Readability from Arc90 – its a free booklet that [...]

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Seminar: How to Negotiate Effectively - Mar 23rd

Seminar: How to Negotiate Effectively – Mar 23rd

By Paralegal on March 5, 2010

 

The Laurence A.  Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship Presents
“Negotiating Effectively”
An Entrepreneurial Skills Workshop

Tuesday, March 23 | 5 – 7 pm
Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship
3225 Arch Street, Ground Floor
Drexel University’s Main Campus
Whether you are a budding entrepreneur selling a new product to your first potential customer, or someone trying to get a better table to impress [...]

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Seminar: Google Makes Life Easy – Mar 17th

By Sharmil McKee on February 28, 2010

Google Makes Life Easy: Free Tools for Your Business and Marketing Needs
(A Business BrainTrust Series)
Sponsored by Center City Proprietors Association
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.
1635 Market Street, 7 Penn Center, 11th Floor
If you’re like most people, you use Google’s products several times a day to search for [...]

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Event: SpeedBiz - Feb 23rd

Event: SpeedBiz – Feb 23rd

By Paralegal on February 21, 2010

Are you a busy professional who wants to make the most out of attending networking events?
Join CCPA for another exciting Speed Biz where you will participate in three-minute networking sessions before rotating to meet new potential clients.
Please arrive promptly at 5:30 to begin rotations and don’t forget to bring plenty of business cards!
 
Details:
Tuesday, February 23
5:30 [...]

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Will and Jada Smith head off lawsuit: explaining declaratory judgments

Will and Jada Smith head off lawsuit: explaining declaratory judgments

By Sharmil McKee on February 19, 2010

Will and Jada Smith have responded aggressively to legal threats that they fraudulently induced someone to invest in their film project.
In 2007, Jada wrote a film, the “Human Contract”; Will produced it. They convinced David Grasso to invest in the film. He did with $5 million dollars. The film went straight to DVD. In January [...]

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Jill Scott Sued by Record Label: defending contract lawsuits

Jill Scott Sued by Record Label: defending contract lawsuits

By Sharmil McKee on February 4, 2010

 
 Jill Scott is facing a possible multi-million dollar judgment.  Her record label, Hidden Beach, is suing her for breach of contract. They claim that she promised to produce 6 albums, but she has only produced 3 so far. They are seeking to recover the money they would have earned had she produced the final 3 albums. [...]

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Contracts: What you can learn from Conan O’Brian and NBC

Contracts: What you can learn from Conan O’Brian and NBC

By Sharmil McKee on January 19, 2010

A week ago, Conan O’Brian lost his job, as the host of the Tonight Show. Actually, it appears the Conan quit when the network (NBC) decided to more the show from 11:30 pm to 12:05 am. http://tinyurl.com/yz5xt7u  The network’s decision was made after examining Jay Leno’s rating of his 10 pm show. The poor ratings [...]

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Fraud versus breach of contract - $5 million dollar question

Fraud versus breach of contract – $5 million dollar question

By Sharmil McKee on December 27, 2009

Nicholas Cage is being sued for fraud. 
Red Curb Investments alleges that Nicholas Cage failed to repay a $5 million loan.  A loan is a contract where Party A agrees to lend money to Party B.  In exchange, Party B agrees to repay the money on a certain day.  When Party B fails to repay [...]

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Blood and Contracts

Blood and Contracts

By Sharmil McKee on August 29, 2009

 
Is a contract written in blood enforceable in court? No. 
 It is hard to imagine that in 2009, people would ever resort to using blood to write contracts.  However, in 2009, the courts address two different contracts written in blood. The first was a $170,000 loan between two friends.  The loan agreement was written in blood [...]

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