LIVE WEBCAST
Restaurant Law in New York City: 2022 Edition
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Program Fee:
$199 for Members | $299 for Nonmembers
Small Law Firm: $99
In House Counsel: Free for Members| $219 for Non Members
Members who are Law Students, Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2020-2022), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges, and attorneys who practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.
CLE Credit:
New York: 4.0 Professional Practice
New Jersey: 4.3 General
California: 4.0 General
Pennsylvania: 3.5 General
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
This program provides transitional/non-transitional credit to all attorneys
Description:
This program will focus on the corporate, real estate, liquor license, and labor/employment issues involved in opening and operating a restaurant in New York City, and will touch on legal challenges facing restaurants during the pandemic. Learn about the choices of legal entity to form for restaurant projects, investment and management structures, purchase and sales transactions and transfer liability. Review lease issues such as build outs and provisions regarding assignment, contingencies, and guarantees. Find out the requirements for obtaining on and off premises liquor licenses and how to navigate the process and procedure before the New York State Liquor Authority and the local Community Boards. Learn about overtime, sex harassment policies, spread of hours, the 80/20 rule, tip credit, and other essential labor and employment issues. In addition, we will focus on Special pandemic issues include rules for indoor and outdoor dining and delivery of alcohol, renegotiating leases, bankruptcy and reorganization options, quarantine and leave issues, vaccines, and pandemic insurance claims.
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Program Instructor:
Louis Pechman, Pechman Law Group PLLC
Sponsoring Association Committee:
Hospitality Law, Jack A. Gordon, Chair