Questions from Business Law

Q: Maldanado signed a written lease for office space in a commercial building

Maldanado signed a written lease for office space in a commercial building. The lease covered a period of two years and rent was to be paid monthly. At the end of the two years, Maldanado and the land...

Q: Patsos rented a vacant warehouse for five years with the stated purpose

Patsos rented a vacant warehouse for five years with the stated purpose of opening a wholesale meat distribution company. It was necessary to install a number of large refrigerators and other kinds of...

Q: Perez rented a vacant building, signing a lease indicating that he

Perez rented a vacant building, signing a lease indicating that he would open a movie theater. When Perez began operations, the theater specialized in art and classic films. After several months, howe...

Q: Discuss the principle of estoppel and provide examples of how this principle

Discuss the principle of estoppel and provide examples of how this principle is applied in various situations.

Q: Gruen suffered from Alzheimer’s disease (a form of progressive mental illness

Gruen suffered from Alzheimer’s disease (a form of progressive mental illness that generally occurs during old age) and lived in a nursing home. His sister, whom he had not seen since they were teenag...

Q: Popov despised lawyers and refused to have one prepare his will.

Popov despised lawyers and refused to have one prepare his will. Instead he went online, got information about estate planning, and wrote a will in his own handwriting in which he left his entire esta...

Q: Harley set up a trust, naming himself as trustee, and

Harley set up a trust, naming himself as trustee, and transferred his entire estate to the trust. The trust was intended to provide him with a lifetime income. After his death, the income from the tru...

Q: Morales owns a bakery that makes and sells the popular “Morales

Morales owns a bakery that makes and sells the popular “Morales Chocolate Chip Cookie” nationally to gourmet stores. The recipe for the cookie is a closely held trade secret and has never been publish...

Q: Hanna developed a refreshing drink using banana extract. She started a

Hanna developed a refreshing drink using banana extract. She started a business, the Hanna Soft Drink Corporation, and began bottling and selling her soft drinks under the name “Hanna Banana.” After a...

Q: Legin, a professional writer, discovered that substantial amounts of a

Legin, a professional writer, discovered that substantial amounts of a copyrighted article he had written 10 years earlier were included in a commercially published textbook written by Gant. When Legi...