Storytelling is not something you would associate with law and business at first thought, but the ability to fully immerse your audience in your message could greatly influence whether you win your case or grow your company. Jack Russo asks David Mann how he uses his broad background in theater to transform poor presence and cumbersome statements into impactful and engaging presentations. A Simple Message earns eyes and ears of consumers by bringing life to a single story and saying a lot in a simple manner. Let storytelling become the winning factor that supports your hard work.

Looking at the 1918 flu, there was a wave, a recession, then a second wave that was almost larger than the first. Right now, India is in the middle of their second wave and the largest wave of covid infections they have experienced. Jack Russo asks Dr Leonard Hayflick what caused this massive surge and how likely other countries are to see a second wave of covid infections that challenges the first.

Check out this story about India's covid disaster.

More than 50 years after licensee estoppel (Lear v. Adkins) was abolished, SCOTUS has decided to review assignor estoppel (Minerva Surgical v. Hologic) signaling a similar fate may be in store for the doctrine. Jack Russo asks Michael Risch to weigh in on the validity of assignor estoppel compared to licensee estoppel and react to the oral arguments SCOTUS heard last week. Has the opposition argued effectively enough to stop assignor estoppel from being overturned? Would some estoppel be a fairer conclusion over boundless estoppel?

Are people taking advantage of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act when they file their tax returns? Companies have spent a lot of money restructuring their business since the lockdown began, and with the tax deadline fast approaching, you may be wondering if your new RV office counts as a tax-deductible expense or a luxury purchase. Jack Russo and Steve Rabin, CPA, discuss the expensive ways professionals have pivoted and the gray areas in deductibility. Other topics include:

• Are consumers beating expectations for 2020?
• Assembling a tax strategy for your business or yourself
• Fixing America’s lack of basic financial literacy
• The Power of Tax-Deferred Growth

Check out the video HERE.

Oracle lucked out in the Federal circuit, but Google was persistent, petitioned, and made their argument to the Supreme Court. On Monday, April 5th, SCOTUS finally issued their ruling over computer code and copyright law in Google LLC v. Oracle America. Jack Russo and Michael Risch, who acted as amici in the case, break down the fair use of thousands of lines of code decision that ultimately ended in Oracle’s bitter loss to Google. Topics:

• District Court v Federal Circuit ruling reversals
• Is there a creativity retardation as a result of finding something is not fair use when it changes what is being used?
• The future of the Java language & the argument for opensource
• 4 factors of infringement
• What is patentable and what is not

Due to Covid- 19, the deadline for individuals filing taxes has been pushed to May 17, but the corporate deadline remains April 15, ensuring that nothing is simple about the tax code or Congress. Now that tax filing has unofficially been added to the list of things we do in our pajamas, Jack Russo asks Steve Rabin if virtualization has aided the tax practice since nearly everyone can conveniently scan and send required documents to their CPA, or if broken technology and tech illiteracy has added to his list of headaches. Whether his client is an individual, a business, or a combination of the two, Steve recommends filing extensions for even simple returns so that any changes become superseded returns instead of amended returns. Other tax filing tips include:

• Retirement account funding
• Employees vs contractors
• Will Biden’s tax proposal increase pressure on CPA’s?
• Dealing with cryptocurrency

The desire to age gracefully is nothing new. 50+ years ago, Dr Edward Bortz (father of our favorite Stanford MD Dr Walter Bortz) wrote a book on how to age in a way that would lead to a successful feeling about both your healthspan, lifespan and perhaps even your workspan. Following the recent death of his brother and even more recent stroke of his mother, Jack Russo reflects on how lifestyle may be the most important form of medicine that cannot be picked up from your local pharmacy. Cue the debut of 21st Century Lifestyle Management, Jack’s proposed guide for improving ourselves and our relationships over time for a healthier lifespan, longer healthspan, and more productive and more enjoyable work span (perhaps to and even beyond 100):

• Foundation for Creativity and Dispute Resolution
• Improving your 7 Essences
• Managing the roller coaster that is life

The desire to age gracefully is nothing new. 50+ years ago, Dr Edward Bortz (father of TVC’s favorite Dr Walter Bortz) wrote a book on how to age in a way that would lead to a successful feeling about both your healthspan, lifespan and perhaps even your workspan. Following the recent death of his brother and even more recent stroke of his mother, Jack Russo reflects on how lifestyle may be the most important form of medicine that cannot be picked up from your local pharmacy. Cue the debut of 21st Century Lifestyle Management, Jack’s proposed guide for improving ourselves and our relationships over time.

• Foundation for Creativity and Dispute Resolution
• Improving your 7 Essences
• Managing the roller coaster that is life

In a world that is so connected, it seems like we are constantly seeing things that seem related to each other. To a certain extent we can chalk this up to a combination of internet-based tracking and advertising designed to sell us something. Jack Russo asks Alysha Myronuk if Myrony is inevitable in a world that is connected by something more than spooky coincidences. Don’t call it intuition, open the door to your inner superpower and discover how even the smallest of Myronies, be they real, artificial or a mashup of the two, can make the biggest impact on your life.

Vaccines are being pumped into arms faster than they are rolling out, and despite the agonizingly long lines you see on television, many eligible people are outright refusing the vaccine. One of the reasons vaccines remain controversial has to do with science and religion clashing over the use of fetal tissue. Following the Vatican’s revised statement on vaccines derived from fetal tissue, Jack Russo and eventual Nobel Prize winner Professor Leonard Hayflick (discoverer of the Hayflick Limit) discuss the strained relationship between science and religion and why a single apology after 60 years of denouncement does little to solve a historic moral issue. Though these two have made a step towards reconciliation, science and religion may never see eye to eye which begs the question: are science and religion too opposite to coexist or do they make for strange bedfellows?

• Metformin as an anti-aging wonder drug