Category Archives: Business Law

How Does a Professional Form a NY PLLC?

How Does a Professional Form a NY PLLC

NY licensed professionals may set up a professional service corporation (PC), a professional service limited liability company (PLLC) or a registered limited liability partnership (LLP) if they want to be incorporated. In addition, the professions of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, geology, and land surveying may set up a design professional service corporation, or “D.P.C.”. Generally, […]

Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Barred by Preliminary Injunction

Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Barred by Preliminary Injunction (1)

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the U.S. government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) on December 3, 2024. CTA requires many companies to submit information about themselves and their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the US […]

Bankers Healthcare Group Class Action Lawsuit

Bankers Healthcare Group Class Action Lawsuit

IMPORTANT BHG CLASS ACTION UPDATE In June 2024, the Dombrow Law Firm  voluntarily dismissed with prejudice the Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) class action lawsuit. However, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is still accepting clients who are being sued by BHG in Onondaga County, NY, Supreme Court FRIEDMAN & RANZENHOFER, PC HAS NOT AND IS NOT HANDLING THE […]

U.S. District Court Rules Corporate Transparency Act is Unconstitutional

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (“USDC”) held on March 1, 2024 that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which requires most reporting companies (corporations and LLCs) to file a beneficial ownership information report (“BOIR”) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)—is unconstitutional. The USDC rejected the government’s argument that Congress had […]

Small Businesses Must Report Beneficial Ownership Information

Small Businesses Must Report Beneficial Ownership Information

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has  published a “Small Entity Compliance Guide” to assist the small business community in complying with the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting rule.  Starting in 2024, many entities created in or registered to do business in the United States will be required to report information about […]

How Do I Start a Small Business In New York?

How Do I Start a Small Business In New York?

The How to Start a NY Small Business Guide will assist you in getting started on the road to a successful entrepreneurship. It provides information about everything from planning and financing a business to marketing, keeping records and understanding government regulations. It also has information on how to expand an existing business. This guide serves […]

Can Bankers Healthcare Group Sue You in Onondaga County if You Live Outside of NY?

Can Bankers Healthcare Group Sue You in Onondaga County if You Live Outside of NY?

Business owners and professionals who live in other states, such as Pennsylvania, Texas, Alabama, and California often ask why Bankers Healthcare Group can sue them in Onondaga, New York Supreme Court for defaulting on their loans. After receiving Bankers Healthcare Group’s solicitations for a pre-approved loan, Dr. Warren A. Stiles decided in 2008 to finance […]