Tag: viacom

Don’t Mix Agent and Principal Duties

Sometimes corporate landlords or railroads hire out of home companies to act as their agent to manage out of home leases.  It will be expensive for you if you use an agent’s position to advantage your company.  That’s the lesson of Craig Outdoor, Midwest Outdoor and Patriot Outdoor v Viacom […]

What you say may be used against you.

Three lessons in Viacom v Wixon Jewelers:  (1) Beware of breaches in multi-year ad contracts. (2) Testify carefully because what you say may be used against you.  (3) Thank goodness for appellate courts.    Here are the facts. In 2005 Viacom signed three one year sales contracts with Wixon Jewelers […]