Once our clients form their businesses, they rely on our extensive experience in employment, business, and immigration law to address all of their legal needs.
Employment and Executive Compensation
No business can succeed without its employees. We ensure that our clients hire the right people and design a hiring process that mitigates risk. We are there to guide our clients through the hiring process, including employment applications, immigration, offer letters, and independent contractor agreements. After employees are hired, we counsel our clients on issues that arise with a focus on minimizing disruptions to the business. And, in the unfortunate circumstance that our clients need to terminate employees, we are there to guide our clients through the process to minimize the risk of post-termination disputes and business disruptions.
We help our clients develop and review employment applications, background check procedures, and training procedures.
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Once an applicant passes the appropriate background and reference checks, we assist in deciding whether to hire for a temporary independent contractor role or for permanent employment. We counsel our clients to make the right decision for their business needs and ensure that decision is supported by proper documentation.
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We help draft thoughtful employee handbooks and policies to promote employee morale and job satisfaction, reduce paperwork, and minimize the risk of future disputes. We also guide our clients through workplace audits and proper compliance.
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We counsel clients on a wide range of policy, training, and employee evaluation issues, including discrimination; harassment; retaliation; wage and hour issues; employee classification; accommodation of religion and disability; leaves of absence; and compliance with new laws and regulations.
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We partner with clients to plan for, design, and implement changes in employee staffing while minimizing legal and business risk. We assist clients with the many complex employee selection, severance, and other benefit issues that accompany these decisions. We also are prepared to work with our clients to address disputes arising from these decisions.
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Commercial Contracts and Intellectual Property
Through our experience working with our e-commerce clients, we have a depth of knowledge on the key agreements and policies that our clients enter into to protect and monetize their intellectual property and comply with data privacy and other applicable laws and regulations. We help clients anticipate and overcome legal, regulatory, and commercial obstacles and carry out successful relationships with their partners and customers.
Examples
- 1.Terms of use
- 2. Privacy policies
- 3. IP Licensing Agreements (i.e., SaaS Agreements)
- 4. Commercial Contracts
- – Sales Agreement
- – User Agreement
- – Manufacturing Agreement
- – Affiliate Agreement
- – Distribution Agreement
- – Vendor Agreement
- – Marketing Agreement
- – Master Services Agreement
- 5.Trademarks and Copyrights
- 6. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Compliance
Disputes and Litigation
Commitment to our clients’ success means taking a business-oriented approach to disputes to avoid the disruptions and costs associated with commercial litigation. We work closely with our clients to understand their businesses, identify areas of legal exposure, devise strategies to mitigate risk, and, where appropriate, resolve disputes pre-litigation. We also have significant litigation experience for those instances where litigation is the most appropriate dispute resolution mechanism.
Examples
- 1. Labor Litigation
- 2. Breach of Contract
- 3. Cease & Desist Letters
- 4. Commercial Contracts
- 5. Demand Letters
- 6. Mediation / Arbitration
- 7. Settlement Agreements
- 8. Department of Labor Hearing
Business Purchases and Sales
Often the most important transaction for our clients is the sale of the business or the purchase of some or all of the assets of another business. Our approach in these transactions is to intimately understand the business justifications for the transactions in order to align the agreements with our clients’ business goals.
Examples
- 1. Asset Purchase Agreement
- 2. Purchase and Sale Agreement
- 3. Stock Purchase Agreement
Real Estate
We often assist our clients with real estate matters as part of our broader counsel relationship. We approach these matters as experienced litigators which enables us to identify and mitigate risks to avoid later disputes.
Examples
- 1. Commercial Lease Review and Negotiation
We have experience assisting our clients with negotiation of commercial leases for retail and office space. - 2. Commercial Real Estate Closings (New York)
We have experience assisting our business and individual clients with real estate closings for retail and office space in New York. - 3. Residential Real Estate Purchases and Closings (New York and New Jersey)
We have experience assisting our individual clients with residential real estate closings.