What Can Lawyers Learn from Retailers

In recent years, we have witnessed a steady parade of retailers shuttering stores and filing for protection from creditors. We’ve watched as once well-respected brands like Payless Shoes, Radio Shack, Sears, and Toys ‘R’ Us march solemnly towards an unglamorous end. Retail vacancy rates have been skyrocketing as real estate developers scramble to revitalize strip centers…

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Learning to Walk Again

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new eBook This fact-packed guide contains all of the latest information on grant, loan, and tax exemption programs a New York business struggling with the COVID-19 crisis could need. Whether you’re looking to stay afloat for a better day, improve or even expand your business, or just…

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Life After COVID-19 Crisis

Whether we accept it or not, researchers predict we may be in lockdown for longer than planned. Others are saying social distancing could become a fact of life for, not months, but years. A new world, they say, is on the other side of all this change. But, practically speaking, what can we expect? Even if things…

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5 Misconceptions About COVID-19

“During this difficult period …” “In times like these …” “The [blank] team is here for you …” Any of these sound familiar? Of course they do. I get the same emails. I’ve been keeping track for about two weeks, and I’d guess I’ve received more than two dozen messages that start just like this. Well intentioned,…

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Why You Should Care About the CARES Act

What began as a small healthcare tax repeal act introduced into the House by a Democrat on January 24, 2020 became, in a few weeks’ time, the single largest economic package in American history. But the CARES Act is farbigger and more comprehensive than Obama’s 2009 recession package. Signed by the president on March 24th, it…

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Amazon HQ2 Aftershock Reverberates

In the aftershock of the Amazon H2Q failure, a working knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment is not a luxury for developers of real estate projects. It is absolutely essential for survival. As noted in the Wall Street Journal, tax incentives are becoming increasingly politically unpopular and there is a nascent movement among several…

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