Legal Alert: Don’t Forget To Pay Your Annual Business Taxes

April 5, 2018

Josh Greenberg

Many states require domestic corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships to pay an annual tax, known as franchise tax for corporations and annual tax or annual filing fee for LLCs and partnerships, for the privilege to do business and...

You, Me, and 83(b)

February 8, 2017

Josh Greenberg

Imagine you’re at a cocktail party with a circle of sophisticated, seasoned startup investors and you get caught in a conversation about 83(b) elections, finding yourself completely out of your depth. What you do next is critical: First, get...

Legal Alert for Online Service Providers

December 13, 2016

Josh Greenberg

On December 1, 2016, the U.S. Copyright Office rolled out its new electronic registration system and directory for registered agents under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). This shift from paper filings to an online platform requires any service...

The Name of the Game is the Name Game

November 18, 2016

Michael Zussman

IP, New Business Models, War Stories

Our client, who makes virtual reality entertainment apps, forwarded an e-mail from a private investigator. “Is this for real?” they asked. The PI had offered to purchase their URL for 6 figures. The deal was so good that we...

Tax Benefits of Start Up NY

October 23, 2016

MGA

A New York business that has partnered with a college or university sponsoring the tax-free area in which the company seeks to locate and do business, and demonstrates that it will create new net jobs in its first year...

New Business Models for Streaming Music Services? I Choose Local Radio

July 23, 2016

Steve Masur

Law, Managed Risks, New Business Models

New music services seem always to try to differentiate with technology, and say that they have a totally new approach to discovery, or user acquisition.  I am so bored of hearing that, and it never makes any damn money....

Griffitts O’Hara LLP Partners With Masur and Zussman to Form Masur Griffitts + LLP

July 1, 2016

MGA

Robert Griffitts and Mary O’Hara have partnered with Steven Masur and Michael Zussman to form Masur Griffitts + LLP. This new law firm is committed to crafting legal solutions for technology and service-driven companies and operate in every industry, including technology,...