For the end of the year, we have decided to focus on our favorite tips and strategies for becoming a Healthy CEO.  I am sure that you have heard of the concept of “NO-vember”: the month when you start saying NO to things that drain your energy and YES to those empowering, energy fueling activities...Read More

An Asset Purchase Agreement (“APA”) is a legal document used when one company (the buyer) acquires the assets of another company (the seller). It outlines the terms and conditions of the sale, including the assets being transferred, the purchase price, representations and warranties, and various other provisions. Like any legal contract, there are potential pitfalls...Read More

Rescinding a contract is a legal remedy recognized in the State of New York, allowing the parties to a contract to cancel or void the contract.  In effect, a rescission of a contract restores the parties to their pre-contract positions, as if the contract never existed or the transaction was never consummated. As with all...Read More

This week, the Second Department issued a decision in Alessina v. El Gauchito II, Corp., which serves as another caution for attorneys and their clients to pay mindful attention to the communications they exchange via email.   The plaintiffs are current and former employees of restaurants owned by the defendant corporation. The defendant corporation’s principal was also named...Read More

The sale or purchase of real property is, quite often, the most expensive, complex transaction any single individual undertakes during his or her life.  With high stakes involved, including money, time, location for perhaps a growing family, and all the dreams these individuals have for planting their roots in a new home, it is fascinating...Read More

In 1958, President Eisenhower established Law Day as a day of national dedication to the principles of government under law, and in 1961, Congress designated May 1st as the official date for celebrating Law Day.   This year’s theme is the “Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility, and Collaboration.”  Every year, our local bar association prepares a...Read More

When a buyer is purchasing a home and financing this purchase through a lender, there are two documents that the buyer will need to execute at the closing table: a note and a mortgage.  Sometimes, these two documents will be combined into one and called a “mortgage note.”  But, for our purposes here in this...Read More

In both New York and New Jersey, an affidavit of title is a closing document prepared and executed by the sellers.  This affidavit is sworn to or affirmed by the sellers in the presence of a notary public, and it is made in order to induce the buyers to accept the sellers’ deed and purchase...Read More

As general counsel to our small- and medium-size business clients, a large portion of our services consists of reviewing, modifying, and negotiating agreements – whether they are transactional in nature between our client and another party or concern our client and its personnel.  When these agreements need to be modified and/or assigned, there are several...Read More

On our podcast episode this week, Laura and I discussed how trust can be built, created, and earned in personal relationships and in business relationship. One of the fundamental aspects of trust in a relationship of any kind is communication. And so how does it fit in to a business relationship? Acting as general counsel...Read More