Are you opening a food-serving restaurant or bar? Many restauranteers are the DIY type. To be sure you pass the …
Category: Retail Liquor License
Delayed liquor license applications caused by existing license
You’ve decided to buy a bar or restaurant. You’ve spent hours and hours putting together an excellent liquor license application …
3 ways restaurants can offset effects of NYS minimum wage increase
The Governor has proposed to raise New York’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.75, a 17% increase of $1.50 per …
Employee or Contractor?
The IRS has 20 factors in its test to determine if a worker is an employee or independent contractor. IRS …
Relocating a Business with a New York Liquor License
Is your lease expiring? Buying a new building? Expanding to a large location? If your business has a New York …
Liquor Liability Insurance
There are so many insurances for business owners: general liability, worker’s comp, disability, health, key man insurance… you probably don’t …
New Year’s Resolution for your patent strategy: 5 steps to an effective defense for prior art rejections
March 2013 is just around the corner, and with it come the new patent laws initiated by the approval of …
Are internet sales platforms for alcohol illegal?
The most basic principle behind liquor licensing laws is that it is illegal to sell alcohol without the proper license(s). …
“Emergency suspension” of liquor license
A review of 2012 emergency suspension orders of retailer licenses by New York SLA and the first ever wholesaler suspension …
Do DWI blood samples violate the 4th Amendment?
On January 9, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments when law enforcement must obtain a search warrant to …