Category Legal

People & Competition: The Expos & Les Nordiques

No one will ever accuse me of not heeding the call to action or walking away from a challenge. My exploratory process regarding the The Montreal Expos revival, aka project Peanut, started off thinking this was 1% likely, but after… Continue Reading →

Funding Expos With No Debt or Government Funding

In a parallel universe, I could’ve been a finance guy (finance grad, investor, taught at McGill etc) so given my exploratory efforts to bring back an MLB franchise to Montreal (article in English | en Français), I posted an article… Continue Reading →

Mercenaries vs Missionaries

While writing my second book on Alexander the Great entitled The Confessions of Alexander the Great: 33 Lessons in Greatness, I was surprised to learn he executed one of his top commanders, Parmenion. I would never endorse anything like that,… Continue Reading →

Preparing the Next Generation of Entrepreneurial Leaders

For some, spring serves as a new beginning so this year, I was exploring a number of ideas & initiatives in the education space, which along with health are areas of interest and philanthropic causes I support. One option is… Continue Reading →

YouTube at 20: More Dominant in Video Than Google is in Search

YouTube, you’ve come a long way. As 2025 marks both YouTube & WatchMojo’s 20-year anniversaries, my co-host & colleague Rob Flis kicked off episode 1 of “InsideMojo.” Serving as a companion piece to our forthcoming 3rd documentary entitled Just Watch: The… Continue Reading →

To Sell or Not To Sell

Anywhere you look, there’s a growing sense of consolidation in digital media & video of note: Buzzfeed Sold Hot Ones, Brat.tv acquired Electric Monster. In Q4 alone, I got four inbound expressions of interest in a month. If these are any… Continue Reading →

Workaholism, Depression & Suicide: The Hidden Mental Cost of Success & The Healing Power of No

Entrepreneurship is hard in bad times, tougher in good ones. “I’ve lost my mind to the game. Like Vincent Van Gogh. He dedicated his life to his craft, & lost his mind. That’s happening to me. But f*ck It. When… Continue Reading →

Depositions & The Discovery Process

Hope you enjoyed part 8 on the Statute of Limitations in our series on Idea Theft . Welcome to Part 9 on depositions and the discovery process. Recall that copying involves the factual issue of whether the defendant actually used the plaintiff’s work in… Continue Reading →

The Statute of Limitations (aka Prescription)

Hope you enjoyed part 7 on damages in our series on Idea Theft . Welcome to Part 8 on Prescription or the Statue of Limitations. A statute of limitations, known in civil law systems such as Quebec as a prescriptive period, is a law… Continue Reading →

The Paradox of Damages in Legal Cases

Hope you enjoyed part 6 on copyright infringement precedents featuring the concept of implied contracts, and the expectation of good faith dealing in our series on Idea Theft . Welcome to Part 7 on Damages. Estimating Damages in an Injunction When I wrote… Continue Reading →

You Can’t Handle the Truth

Hope you enjoyed part 5 in our series on Idea Theft. Welcome to Part 6 on Copyright Infringement Precedents and Implied Contracts. If in this series I have mentioned – on the World Wide Web for all people to see – an idea… Continue Reading →

Hollywood Perfected the Art of Gaslighting

Hope you enjoyed part 4 on how victims are exposed, and expose themselves to Idea Theft. Welcome to Part 5. The Evolution of Storytelling Before launching WatchMojo, I wanted to produce scripted stories: comedy and drama. When WatchMojo turned ten in 2016,… Continue Reading →

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