23 Jan, 2021 WNY businesses: helping where we can. By Matthew Pelkey There is no question that 2020 was a challenging year for most founders and businesses. Managing COVID and the corresponding economic...
10 Aug, 2020 Farmers have it tough. Then COVID hit. By Fred Gawronski Farm and farmers are essential to so many industries, if not the entire U. S. economy. Self-sufficient and independent by nature,...
03 Aug, 2020 How Does a Business Survive COVID? It depends. By Fred Gawronski The COVID-19 pandemic is the stress test almost no business saw coming down the train tracks. It is here and for those industries lucky...
25 Mar, 2020 IRS Clarifies its Extension Announcement(s) By Fred Gawronski The IRS has answered some of the many questions raised after the agency announced its extension to file taxes until July 15, 2020. Among...
22 Mar, 2020 Small business relief possibly coming to NYS By Alexander Vilardo New York State Assembly Republicans have proposed the Small Business Emergency Recover Act of 2020. If the Act is passed, it would:...
21 Mar, 2020 NY Executive Order Update: certain licenses and registrations extended, statute of limitations tolled, 100% reduction in workforce, among several changes. By Matthew Pelkey Last night New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo released Executive Order 202.8 setting forth several temporary changes and modifying...
19 Mar, 2020 Buffalo-area businesses, employees hit hard by pandemic By Matthew Pelkey Yesterday I joined local NBC affiliate WGRZ to discuss the economic impact of COVID-19, the scenario planning that small businesses are...
16 Mar, 2020 COVID-19: what it means for our clients and our community By Matthew Pelkey There is no pretending otherwise--COVID-19, or Coronavirus, is disrupting our workplaces, our businesses, and our communities. State of...
17 Feb, 2020 Mini Chapter 11 Bankruptcy By Fred Gawronski Small business debtors, those with total debt less than $2,725,000, now have a cost effective alternative to Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
25 Jan, 2020 Subscribe to Colligan Connect Channels! By Matthew Pelkey At Colligan Law we are a firm that puts our values at the center of everything we do. Recently we decided to put those values where our...
09 Jan, 2020 Did the path to discharge student loans just get wider? By Fred Gawronski While it is difficult to discharge student debt in bankruptcy, it is not impossible. The "Brunner test" was recently applied in the...
18 Dec, 2019 Secured Lenders, LLCs and Preventing Bankruptcy By Fred Gawronski Generally Bankruptcy courts have maintained that waiving or contracting away the right to file for relief under the Bankruptcy Code is...
03 Dec, 2019 Farm bankruptcies on the rise By Fred Gawronski Farming is a necessary and vital business to the American economy. Profitable farming however, is often held hostage by factors outside...