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  The Elon Musk Tweet As most entrepreneurs and business owners the world-over know, Elon Musk is the CEO and, until recently, chairman of the board of Tesla. In these positions, whenever Elon speaks or writes, it has a profound affect not only on the reputation but also on the share price of Tesla. Knowing this, I was stunned whenRead more

By: Sean Bosse The Cost of Litigation The very nature of business and our commercial interactions with each other means that the ground is always fertile for disputes to arise. In cases of dispute that cannot be resolved between the parties on an amicable basis, either one or both parties may proceed to have the dispute referred to court forRead more

By: Sean Bosse In a recent commercial dispute, our client stared down a demand from her ex- franchisor to stop trading in her new business that was deemed to be the same or similar to the one she had operated under license from the ex-franchisor. The franchise agreement had a rather clumsily drafted restraint of trade clause incorporated therein whichRead more

By: Sean Bosse Taking products to market for sale to the end consumers usually entails a supplier engaging with a distributor or an agent in the supply chain. Broadly observed, the distributor and agent would appear to be one and the same thing except for the obvious difference in the names. This broad observance has, however, caught many a supplierRead more