by David P. Weiss | Mar 18, 2014 | Contract Law, Corporate Law
Just as in dancing, it always takes two to make an enforceable contract. In a recent contract law case involving a national restaurant chain, the court held that because a management representative of the restaurant chain had not signed the agreement, which contained...
by David P. Weiss | Mar 6, 2014 | "Asides" Blog (Non-Legal Reflections)
Last September, we opened our second office after 27 years in only downtown St. Louis. We settled on Chesterfield after considering a number of other locales. But never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that two other St. Louis institutions also would have...
by David P. Weiss | Feb 3, 2014 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law, Taxation
We counsel all manner of businesses on choice of entity, a rather elementary question, but one that can have substantial impact. And, as most, if not all, of our business clients know, we routinely recommend a corporate form of business entity over the limited...
by David P. Weiss | Nov 19, 2013 | "Asides" Blog (Non-Legal Reflections)
Few speeches are as iconic as Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, his 227-word dedication of the national cemetery at the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War on November 19, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Over 15,000 people turned out to...
by David P. Weiss | Oct 28, 2013 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law
As business owners, managers in a business or employees who dare to be successful, the day-to-day can be, well, challenging. And that’s exactly what it takes to be great. Challenging yourself to do whatever it is that you do, whether it’s professionally,...
