The “ANTIPRENEUR”

On Behalf of Angiuli & Gentile, LLP | Dec 4, 2011 | Uncategorized

There are literally thousands of books and articles which you can find which have been written on the subject of starting a small business. It is the American dream and we have glorified small business ownership and in particular, entrepreneurship as part of our modern American business culture. We celebrate the successes of the captains of industry and assume that…

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In Trustees We Trust

On Behalf of Angiuli & Gentile, LLP | Nov 20, 2011 | Uncategorized

New York’s Estate Powers and Trust Law welcomes the recent addition of EPTL 10-6.6 (c), enacted August 17, 2011. A product of the Trusts Estates and Surrogates Court’s Committee of the New York City Bar Association, the new section clarifies much of the ambiguity within the preexisting statute. Under the new legislation trustees may discretionarily invade a trust’s principal in…

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FRANCHISEE ASSOCIATION PROPOSES NEW FRANCHISEE BILL OF RIGHTS

On Behalf of Angiuli & Gentile, LLP | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized

According to a recent article in the November 2011 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine, a franchisee organization calling itself the Coalition of Franchisee Associations ( CFA ) has recently decided to take a stand against what it asserts is as an inequity of bargaining position and a dramatic power shift in favor of franchisors. CFA asserts that franchisees are at a…

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Representation in the Nursing Home

On Behalf of Angiuli & Gentile, LLP | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized

In response to the perceived threat that over zealous attorneys posed to the elderly, the New York Coalition for Quality Assisted Living drafted rules that govern the 33 facilities they govern. In these rules, the nursing home residents would be accompanied by a nursing home representative when visited by an attorney and it would prohibit attorneys from visiting a nursing…

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SOME TURKEY WITH YOUR LAW?

On Behalf of Angiuli & Gentile, LLP | Nov 13, 2011 | Uncategorized

“For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America… He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.” (Benjamin…

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