NYC Restaurant Leases, Franchise Agreements & Mall Real Estate Issues

Chain restaurants are going into vacant box-store locations, Home Depot parking lots, and Sears stores as the struggling retail industry reinvents itself in the wake of the recession. The Wall Street Journal reported Darden Restaurants Inc., owner of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and the Longhorn Steakhouse, has been opening Olive Gardens in closed supermarkets and […]

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Restaurant Music Copyright Law: What’s Playing?

New York City restaurant owners need to make sure establishing the proper vibe for their restaurant doesn’t include music copyright violations.  Manhattan restaurant lawyers are seeing a significant increase in the number of copyright violations filed nationwide. In large part, this is due to the birth of the information age and the onslaught of data […]

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