The Law Firm of Jeffrey P. Laner

On July 11, 2017, I was happy to give a talk to existing and budding entrepreneurs at the NYC Game Changers Meetup. During the conversation I went over the basics of different company structures: the solo proprietorship, the partnership, the limited liability company (LLC) and the corporation (both "C" & "S" corps). I also talked about the kinds of questions company founders should ask themselves and their partners as soon as possible, hopefully with an eye toward setting the

This is a series about something many people think about all the time when they buy something - what your rights are when things go bad. Last article, we talked about Implied Warranties, those that are “implied” (not those specifically spoken or written, but are automatically “read into the contract”) when you purchase something. In a nutshell, we discussed how in almost every state there are two kinds of implied warranties: (1) the Implied Warranty of Merchantability (the a