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Acquiring or selling a business can be a daunting task, even more so when the business holds one or more liquor licenses. To ensure a successful outcome, it is important for you to understand the threshold issues for transactions generally, as well as those unique to these types of transactions so you can hopefully avoid common pitfalls.Asset vs. equity purchaseFirst, the type of purchase – asset vs. equity (stock or membership interest) -- is not only the key to the structure of the [...]

Michelle L. Haskin, a Whiteman Osterman & Hanna partner, has been appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, to serve as a member of the Matrimonial Practice Advisory and Rules Committee of the New York State Unified Court System. The advisory committee includes distinguished representatives from both the bench and the bar. The Committee makes recommendations on legislative proposals as well as providing recommendations to the Chief Administrative Judge on pending legislative [...]

Lou Lewis, the founder and former senior member of Poughkeepsie-based Lewis & Greer P.C., has joined Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, as senior counsel. Lewis’ former firm is closing; two of its attorneys joined WOH as partners in November. Lewis will continue to work out of the 510 Haight Ave. space that housed the Lewis and Greer offices in Poughkeepsie; he will also spend some of his time at WOH’s Albany office located at One [...]