For Amarillo Slim, April 15th this year was much more than “Tax Day,” it was Black Friday when the Justice Department charged the owners of his favorite online poker sites PokerStars, Full Tilt, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, with bank fraud and money laundering and shut them down. In addition to shutting down the
Social Media & The Internet
Publishing Trade Secrets
Popeye Church, a budding chef, wanted to revive “country cooking,” with fried chicken as his signature dish. However after many tries, he failed to create a great recipe and became obsessed with cracking the code of the best-kept culinary secret in the fried chicken industry – the inimitable 11 herbs and spices of Pennsylvania Fried…
When is a Tweet Not So Sweet?
Experiencing a malaise from mold, allergy-ridden Jayda Byrd believed that her apartment was infested with the filthy fungus. Unfortunately, Jayda’s landlord Sylvester ignored her pleas for deliverance from the mold. At her wit’s end, Jayda twitted her twenty twitter compatriots. The tweet read, “Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Sylvester…
Avoiding Email Contracts
In response to our “You’ve Got MAIL, AND a Contract?!” blog posting in May, one of our favorite Tilting readers asked for any tips on avoiding an e-mail signature that creates a written agreement.
Disclaiming Signatures. The Tilting team is not aware of any authoritative recommendation for language disclaiming the creation of an enforceable contract…
Email Can Create a Binding Contract
SOLD!
You and a home buyer are “discussing” price via e-mail. It’s been a barrage of online discussion and exchanges. Now, about that final price … Could it be you’ve just “sold” your house without knowing it?
Consider this e-mail exchange in Massachusetts:
- Home buyer and home seller are exchanging e-mails.
- Sales terms for a
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