Originally held on Friday, September 26, 2025 | 9:00 am-5:00 pm


Description:
Join us for a comprehensive, full-day Restaurant Law Conference, designed to provide restaurant owners, operators, and legal professionals with the latest insights into the legal landscape of the restaurant industry. This event will cover key legal considerations and practical strategies in navigating today’s complex regulatory environment.

Conference Topics:

• Corporate Considerations: Learn about entity choices to structure a restaurant business, investor/equity issues, intellectual property, franchising, and best practices for corporate governance.
• Real Estate Issues: Dive into the critical aspects of restaurant leasing, including negotiating lease terms, navigating outdoor dining regulations, addressing zoning issues, and handling disputes with landlords.
• Liquor License Issues: Gain a deep understanding of liquor license regulations, compliance challenges, and how to effectively manage liquor licenses to avoid costly legal pitfalls.
• Labor & Employment Considerations: Stay up-to-date on labor laws affecting the restaurant industry, including wage and hour laws, employee mis-classifications, immigration issues, workplace safety, and harassment issues
• Legislative Update: Get a rundown of the latest legislative developments that impact the restaurant industry, from local to federal regulations. Learn how upcoming laws could affect your business operations and compliance strategies.
• Restaurateur Roundtable: Engage in a peer-to-peer discussion with restaurateurs about hits and misses and day to day legal challenges in operating a restaurant This interactive session will allow you to exchange valuable insights and learn from the experiences of others.

CLE Credit:
New York: 5.0 Professional Practice
New Jersey: 5.0 General
California: 4.0 General
Pennsylvania: 4.0 General
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

Newly admitted attorneys in New York CANNOT earn skills, ethics, or cybersecurity-ethics credit for transitional on-demand courses but CAN earn credits in the areas of professional practice, law practice management, or cybersecurity-general if offered for this program.

For New York Attorneys: Effective through December 31, 2025 newly admitted attorneys (those admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) may earn skills credits in a traditional live classroom setting or through individual participation (self-study) or group participation, utilizing the following live, nontraditional formats where questions are allowed during the program (web conference, teleconference, video conference). After December 31, 2025, newly admitted attorneys must complete skills CLE credits in either the traditional live classroom setting or by fully interactive video conference group participation only (where participants are physically together in a group setting).

For New York Attorneys: This program is a transitional/non-transitional course.