You have an implacable problem with a business partner that has become detrimental to your company's operations. It is optimal to resolve that dispute via arbitration rather than through formal litigation, right? Maybe. Maybe not. As a recent article in the New York...
Are you a New York business owner preoccupied with thoughts about selling your business? Or are you perhaps an entrepreneur who ran with an idea, turned it into a profitable venture and now have a creative spark and itch to move beyond the business and use the profits...
New York and other states are jealous mistresses in that they want to realize profit from transactions between business entities and consumers. In the realm of retail transactions, they customarily achieve that goal through the imposition of a sales tax. The amount is...
Buying a business in New York City is a big decision. The purchase of an existing business can have many advantages to starting a business from the ground up. However, several issues must be considered and addressed before you officially buy an existing business. An...
Company principals in New York and nationally obviously put a premium on the high-value work that key employees do for their enterprises. In tandem, they sometimes have legitimate concerns when such workers terminate their employment and take their talents to...
A tech startup whiz was told by peers in California's Silicon Valley a few years back that he was "a little bit crazy" when he decided to start a company in New York City. They were wrong. And so were legions of other naysayers concerning the high-tech business...
"Somebody had to go," says a grocery industry analyst. That entity turned out to be long-time supermarket chain Tops Friendly Markets, which operates scores of stores in New York and adjoining states. Tops, which is headquartered near Buffalo, opened its first store...
Individuals thinking about starting a business face numerous obstacles. Start-up costs, how to actually form your business and creating a business plan are all issues that must be addressed. Whether you have had a business idea in the back of your mind for years or...
Certainly more than any other city in the United States (and perhaps to a degree unparalleled anywhere in the world), New York City is home to an incredibly diverse and eclectic group of businesses. An individual walking through any of the city's boroughs can...
Open, not closed. That is the simple and pointed message that New York City regulators and business officials are forcefully seeking to convey to a commercial audience that they feel is underrepresented in metro business opportunities. That group is the comparatively...
