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Business Law

Knowledge and Experience to Address the Unique Needs of Your Business

Our attorneys have decades of experience in serving the unique needs of the area's business community. We understand the challenges of growing in today's economic environment and, with that in mind, provide a wide range of services tailored to the unique needs of our clients. From professional services such as dentists, doctors and accountants, to restaurants, manufacturing and real estate developers, our firm has the experience to serve the needs of many industries.

Personal Attention and Skilled Planning to Grow Your Business

Getting to know our clients on a personal level builds strong relationships. It also allows us to provide the specialized and personalized legal services needed to help a business grow. Our dedicated attorneys assist our clients in choosing the best possible entity structure and advising them in matters of management, tax and transferability of ownership implications for Corporations, S-Corporations, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships. And, we work closely with other highly skilled professionals such as accountants, real estate agents and financers to fully meet our client’s needs.

A Commitment to Addressing the Changing Needs of Businesses

Our attorneys counsel businesses and business owners beyond formation as the unique needs of each client change. From stock sales and purchases, mergers and acquisitions, to buy-sell and employment agreements, our experience enables our attorneys to help your business meet its changing needs in any economic environment. We can assist in business "divorce" scenarios when you and other owners no longer see eye-to-eye. We are also able to counsel businesses in areas of employment law and litigation should such issues arise.

In addition, our attorneys have extensive experience in various transactions involving Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board licenses.  We are able to assist clients in transferring liquor licenses, defending liquor license citations, renewing licenses and obtaining license extensions.  We are also experienced in assisting clients in obtaining special permits and licenses and license safekeeping.  We have the necessary experience to address your business's unique needs involving any issue related to Pennsylvania's regulation of liquor licenses.

Dedicated Service For the Life of Your Business

Our dedicated attorneys work with clients throughout the life of their businesses, addressing the immediate concerns of the present and planning for successful futures. From formation to dissolution, sale or succession planning, we serve our business clients throughout every stage of their development.

Recent Updates & Recommended Articles from the Lancaster Law Blog:

• Overtime - "Managers" Exempt or Not?
  • It does not matter what the title of the job is or what the job description says - what matters is what the employee is actually doing. If the work that the employee performs changes, even if the job title doesn't, the exemption status can change as well
• Using Photographs on Your Website? What You Need to Know
  • Now that we are living in the age of the internet, businesses are discovering the importance of marketing themselves online. However, some businesses are finding themselves in trouble under the US Copyright Act for inadvertently posting images or photographs on their websites without the proper permission to do so.
    
• Mistakes to Avoid When Forming a Limited Liability Company, Part II: Certificate of Organization
  • Unlike an LLC's operating agreement, a certificate of organization is filed with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and becomes available to the public.
    
• Mistakes to Avoid When Forming a Limited Liability Company (LLC), Part 1: Operating Agreement
  • Due to the perceived ease of forming of an LLC, some business owners may decide to print an operating agreement off a website and use it, and then file their own Certificate of Organization. For a single member LLC this may work, although it is certainly not recommended. For multiple member LLCs, this can be laying the groundwork for future disagreements that are costly in terms of time and money to resolve. Many future disputes can be prevented or quickly resolved by spending more time and money up front to write a thorough operating agreement tailored to the needs of the business.