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Transactions With Customers And Vendors
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We provide the legal services needed to improve and protect your business in its dealings with customers and vendors. These services include: |
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Creating and reviewing documents: |
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Sales agreements. |
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Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure agreements. |
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Assisting in loan transactions. |
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Advising about Export compliance (Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR)). |
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Identifying and addressing other issues, including environmental. |
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Preparing and filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements. |
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Obtaining information about the creditworthiness of customers. |
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Claims By And Against Customers, Vendors, Competitors
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We defend and prosecute claims that businesses have with customers, vendors, competitors, municipalities, government agencies, landlords and tenants. We can help with claims involving: |
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Breach of contract. |
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Uniform Commercial Code issues. |
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Interference with contracts. |
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Environmental and land use, including zoning. |
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Lender claims. |
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Sale And Purchase Of A Business
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We provide the legal services needed to buy or sell your business. These services include: |
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Preparing to buy or sell a business. |
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Advising as to the selection of entity (corporation, LLC, partnership). |
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Negotiating, preparing and reviewing the purchase and sale contract and related documents. |
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Closing purchase and sale agreements. |
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If financing is used to fund the transaction, reviewing the loan commitment letter, and working with the client to satisfy the lender’s due diligence requirements. |
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Identifying ways to protect the client from potential liabilities for environmental and other regulatory topics. |
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Personnel Matters
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We support businesses in their employment relationships by: |
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Drafting personnel policies, including those for safety, compensation, harassment, confidentiality, discipline and termination. |
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Creating employee manuals. |
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Negotiating and drafting employment contracts. |
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Representing clients at unemployment insurance hearings. |
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Defending claims related to employment, including ADA, FMLA, ERISA, OSHA and gender/race/religion, before NYS and federal administrative agencies and courts. |
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Prosecuting claims related to employment agreements, non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality. |
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Corporate Governance
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We help businesses become and stay organized and structured. |
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Preparing for and conducting corporate meetings, both special and annual. |
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Revising by-laws and other organizational. |
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Structuring for new partners, shareholders and members. |
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We help resolve intra-company disputes by: |
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Prosecuting or defending shareholder, partner or members with respect to claims or actions. |
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Representing business partner, member or shareholder in connection with the disputed dissolution of corporation, limited liability company or partnership. |
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