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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, signed in to law on March 27, 2020, provides multiple relief programs fo...

Last week, we wrote about state and federal aid opportunities for small businesses whose operations have been disrupted by the COVID-19 p...

In our earlier post: Gov. Cuomo Requires Non-Essential Businesses to Reduce In-Person Workforce by 100% we provided the list of businesse...

In response to the economic injury that small businesses (and individuals) have experienced and continue to experience as a result of the...

High legal fees are an unavoidable fact of life for many commercial litigants.  A client’s ability to commence, and successfully litigate...

My practice is negotiating to be acquired by a hospital system. How can I ensure I do not suffer undue stress through this transaction? I...

For good reason, given the volume of litigation generated by them, restrictive covenants in employment agreements attempting to limit or ...

In January, our very own Steve Gersz participated in a UVANY Rochester event: Understanding Early Stage Term Sheets (or,Term Sheets for D...

The Non-Profit Revitalization Act of 2013 (the Act) is the first major overhaul of New York’s Not-for-Profit Corporation Law (the NFP Law)..

If I include an arbitration clause in my patient agreements to resolve patient disputes or claims, is it enforceable? In 2012, the U.S...

Some business disputes prove to be so intractable, or cause or threaten such severe economic injury, that they require legal action. In m...

LLCs, which were created by the New York Limited Liability Company Law (LLCL), are hybrid business entities that combine the tax aspects...

Does your company have a plan if one of your competitors files for bankruptcy protection? If a bankrupt competitor is liquidating assets...

Most commercial disputes are settled without getting the lawyers involved, but some disputes prove to be so intractable that they require...

Limited liability companies appeared in New York state in 1994, when the New York Limited Liability Company Law (LLCL) went into effect...

Six pharmaceutical sales representatives decided to form a corporation, Stonetek. Each of the six shareholders owned 16.67 percent of Sto...

In a unanimous decision, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that, under certain circumstances, a business seller may give active a...