You're Opening A Restaurant In NY and Need to Talk to a Lawyer...

You're Opening A Restaurant In NY and Need to Talk to a Lawyer...

So you want to start up a restaurant--you have a place picked out, but you are also wise.  You know you can't go it alone. You have decided to hire an attorney to guide you through all of the potential pitfalls of restaurant management in New York.  What should you discuss with a lawyer?

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Mompreneurship 101 From a Lawyer's Perspective

Mompreneurship 101 From a Lawyer's Perspective

The boom in startup small business has led to a meteoric rise in entrepreneur moms (and dads) creating something out of nothing but a great idea.  A great idea is just the seed of the business; the flowering tree requires a mompreneur or dadpreneur to pay great attention to many details, including the legal implications of launching such a business.

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Should Your Startup Be an S-Corp or an LLC?

Should Your Startup Be an S-Corp or an LLC?

If you want to start up a small business in New York, one of your first considerations will be the choice of business entities.  If you work on your own, and decide to set up a sole proprietorship, this article is not for you.  For non-professionals (licensed by the State of New York) who don’t want a sole proprietorship or traditional partnership, your practical choices are the limited liability company (LLC) and the S corporation.

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