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- ‘Til Death Do Us Part (and Perhaps Not Even Then): The Enforceability of Perpetual Business Relationships
- 2005 FTC Franchise Rule and IFA-FTC Franchise Sales Compliance
- 2020 Legal Update
- A Brave New World: Handling of Trademarks and Other IP in Virtual Offerings (moderator)
- A Litigator’s Perspective on Precision in Drafting: Expiration vs. Termination
- A Litigator’s Perspective on Precision in Drafting: The Competitive Businesses Restricted by Covenants Against Competition
- A Marriage Made in Heaven? Private Equity and International Franchising
- A Marriage Made in Heaven? Private Equity and International Franchising Presentation
- A Practical Guide to Managing Issues Faced by Start-up and Small Franchisors
- Acquiring and Operating Multiple Franchise Systems
- Addressing New Legal Speed Bumps for Contactless Rentals
- Advanced Disclosure Issues Under the New FTC Franchise Rule
- Advanced Disclosure Issues Under the New FTC Franchise Rule Presentation
- Advanced FPRs: Writing, Using, Attacking and Defending Financial Performance Representations
- Aged-Based Rental Laws: Do You Know Your Obligations?
- Alternatives to Single Unit Franchising
- American Conference Institute First Annual Legal Symposium on Online Auto Sales and Special E-Auto Contract Considerations
- An FTC Investigation: 22 Questions and Answers International Franchise Association’s Annual Legal Symposium
- An Unworkable Result: Examining the Application of the Unfinished Business Doctrine to Law Firm Bankruptcies
- Annual Franchise and Distribution Law Developments 2011
- Annual Franchise and Distribution Law Developments 2020
- Annual Update: Franchise and Distribution Law Developments
- Anti-Terrorism Regulation and Franchising
- Application of U.S. Franchise Laws to International Transactions
- Art and Science of FDD Drafting
- Assessing COVID-19 Liability Legislation
- Assessing Materiality – What to Include and When to Amend
- Assessing Materiality in Franchise Disclosure Documents: A Canada- U.S. Analysis
- Avoiding Electronic Collection Pitfalls
- Basics of Vehicle Rental Agreements
- Battling Cyberpirates
- Best Practices for Dealing with a Difficult Franchisee – Business Solution Roundtable Discussion
- Best Practices for Dealing with a Franchisee Who Doesn’t Fit Into the System – Legal Roundtable
- Best Practices for Defining Your Franchise Renewal Process
- Best Practices for State Franchise Registration
- Best Practices for Working with Franchisees on Transfers Roundtable
- Best Practices in International Franchising
- Beware the “Other” FTC
- Beyond CSR - Engaging Corporations in Impact Investing
- Big Brother is Watching at Country Meadows: A New Theory of Surveillance to Protect Our Elders with Dementia
- Brand Protection Strategies: Handling Trademark, PR, and Social Media Crises in an Online World
- Bringing Your Franchise Concept to the U.S. Market – Guidance for Non-U.S. Franchisors
- Building Blocks of Franchising - Franchise Management Certificate Program
- California and Michigan Courts Examine Recovery of Lost Future Royalty Damages
- Card Interchange Fees Under Fire
- Carsharing and Other Mobility Platforms: Legal Issues to Keep in Mind
- Change Your Menus in New York City? Federal Appeals Court Declines to Block Implementation of Calorie Disclosure Regulations
- Class Lessons: Learning from Class Actions
- Client Alert: Resolve to Audit Your Trademarks in 2020
- Clinton e-signs new law – The E-SIGN Act
- Co-Branding Your Franchise System
- Co-chair, American Conference Institute Second Annual Legal Symposium on Online Auto Sales
- Co-Presenter, "Legal Aspects of Franchising and Technology"
- Comeback of a Lifetime: Politics in Franchise Advertising During 2020
- Coming to America: EB-5 Programs and Franchising
- Coming to America: EB-5 Programs and Franchising Publication
- Coming To America: So You Think Your Franchise Is Ready For the U.S. Market?
- Common Pitfalls for Prospective Franchisees
- Competition for Investors Forces Franchisors to Reconsider Personal Exposure of Franchise Owners
- Complying with Brand Standards
- Considering Contactless Rentals? Check Your State Laws First
- Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Documenting E-Commerce Transactions: The E-Commerce Legal Survival Guide
- Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Documenting E-Commerce Transactions: The E-Commerce Legal Survival Guide Publication
- Creative Solutions for Dealing with Financially Troubled Franchisees
- Crisis and Reputation Management: Shaping Standards of Behavior and Implementing Response Plans
- Critical Websites, Cybersquatting, and Defamation on the Internet
- Current Hot Topics In Franchise Registration And Disclosure
- Cutting Edge Franchise Agreements and Concepts
- Cybergriping: The Law of Complaint Sites on the Internet
- Cybersecurity and Franchising: Breaches can transform a business headache into a legal nightmare
- Cybersecurity Exposure
- Cybersmearing: The Ugly Side of the Web
- Data Crises and Franchise Systems
- Dealing with Financially Distressed Franchisees
- Dealing with Financially Troubled Franchisees
- Dealing with Legal Issues for Franchisors Arising from Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat (policies for franchisees, trademark issues, getting posts taken down, etc.) (Roundtable)
- Defending Civil Enforcement Actions by the FTC or the State
- Defending Civil Enforcement Actions by the FTC or the State Presentation
- Demystifying the Public Domain: A Guide to Copyright Duration
- Devil in the Details: Drafting Rental Agreements
- Devil in the Details: Drafting Rental Agreements Presntation
- Digital Policy Structure: How Should it Be Done? Digital Media and Franchising
- Disclosure Requirements Under Federal and State Laws
- Disruptive New Technologies and Franchising (Delivery Services: Uber Eats, Grubhub, and more)
- Disruptive New Technologies and Franchising: Delivery Services
- Distribution and Supply Arrangements In International Franchise Networks
- Distribution and Supply Arrangements in International Franchise Networks Presentation
- Documenting E-Commerce Transactions: The E-Commerce Legal Survival Guide
- Dr. Jekyll’s Wife and Other Stories from the ABA Consumer Protection Conference
- Due Diligence, Deal Structuring, Pricing & Exits – Four Top Deal Professionals Explain How They Identify & Navigate the Unique Issues of Franchise Deals
- E-commerce & Franchising: System & Encroachment Concerns
- E-Commerce and the Internet: Practical Considerations for Practitioners
- E-Disclosure Under the New FTC Franchise Rule
- E-Sign and the FTC Rule
- Earnings Claims
- Earnings Claims and Financial Performance Representations
- Earnings Claims and State Enforcement ABA Forum on Franchising
- Earnings Claims: Understanding and Applying New Rules ABA Forum on Franchising
- eDisclosure After the FTC Rule Amendments
- eDisclosure: Best Practices
- Effective Counter Sales that Won’t Get You in Trouble
- Effective Management of the Corporate Law Department in the New Global Economy
- eFranchise Your Ops: eDisclosure, eContracting, eManuals – Technology Summit Roundtable Discussion
- Electronic Signature Capability Arrives, But Skepticism Abounds
- Electronic UFOCs? Yes!
- Emerging Privacy Issues in Franchising
- Entering the U.S. Market: Legal and Practical Advice
- Essentials of E-Commerce
- Essentials of E-Commerce Presentation
- Establishing a Relationship with Multi-Brand Retailers
- Ethical Risks in Cyberspace
- Ethics: Keeping Up With Ever Evolving Technology, They Didn't Teach That in Law School
- Excusable Non-Use – A Timely Option
- Exemption-Based Franchising Throughout the United States
- Exemption-Based Franchising: Are You Playing in a Minefield?
- Exemptions and Exclusions under Federal and State Franchise Registration and Disclosure Laws (Editor)
- Exemptions and Exclusions Under Federal and State Franchise Registration and Disclosure Laws: Co-authored Chapter 6 - Maryland Law
- Expanding Through Branding: A Growth Opportunity for Social Enterprise Organizations
- Expansion, Encroachment, Impact and Cannibalization
- FAQs for Franchisors – Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the FTC Rule on Privacy of Consumer Financial Information
- FASB Issues Revenue Recognition Clarity
- Federal Trade Commission Amends Franchise Rule
- Federal Trade Commission Initiates Rulemaking Proceeding for Business Opportunity Rule
- FIN 46R: A New, Improved Minefield for the Franchise Industry
- Financial Performance Representations
- Financial Performance Representations - 2
- Financial Performance Representations - 4
- Financial Performance Representations - 5
- Financial Performance Representations -3
- Financial Performance Representations (Roundtable Facilitator)
- Financial Performance Representations in International Franchise Transactions
- Financial Performance Representations in International Franchising - International Division Breakfast Program
- Financial Performance Representations: The New Earnings Claim
- First Steps in Data Privacy Cases: Article III Standing
- Franchise Agreement Drafting: The Essentials
- Franchise Council of Australia: Coming to America!
- Franchise Law Summary 2016: Joint Employment and Globalization
- Franchise Registration
- Franchise Registration: It’s Time to Renew
- Franchise Sales Regulation ABA Forum on Franchising
- Franchise Transfers and Renewals
- Franchisee Intranets – Legal Roundtable Presentation
- Franchisees: What Does the NLRB Mean to You?
- Franchising (Guest Lecturer)
- Franchising and Licensing Your Spa
- Franchising and Technology
- Franchising and Technology: Keeping Pace with Changes, Cloud Computing, and E-Disclosure
- Franchising and the Internet
- Franchising and the Internet - 2
- Franchising Cases, Materials, & Problems – “Mergers and Acquisitions of Franchise Companies”
- Franchising in Asia - A more Regulated Environment
- Franchising in Asia: Breaking the Curse of Assumption
- Franchising In Canada
- Franchising in India
- Franchising Opportunities: Leveraging on NRI Success
- Franchising Q&A: US
- Franchising Your Business
- Franchising Your Business - 11
- Franchising Your Business - 2
- Franchising Your Business - 3
- Franchising Your Business - 4
- Franchising Your Business - 5
- Franchising Your Business - 8
- Franchising, eBusiness, and the Internet ICFE Study Guide for Franchise Executives
- Franchising: Data Protection and E-Commerce Issues in the United States
- Franchising: Investing In & Managing Family Owned Business Opportunities
- Franchisor and Franchisee Communications Roundtable
- Franchisor Survival Guide to Online Privacy
- Franchisor, Franchisee and Vicarious Liability
- Franchisor/Franchisee Communications
- Franchisors and Franchisees Face the Reality: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Applies
- Franchisors Brandish Pair of Powerful Weapons in War on Cybersquatters
- Franchisors Contemplating Asian Development Should Consider “Dot-Asia”
- Franchisors Gain Powerful New Weapon in War Against Cybersquatters
- From the Trenches – Four Private Equity Investors Report Why They Like Restaurant Companies
- FTC Addresses Earnings Claims in Internet Advertising
- FTC Initiates Rulemaking on Business Opportunities
- FTC Proposes to Ban Enforcement of Non-Compete Clauses in Current and Future Employment Contracts
- FTC Publishes Staff Report on Proposed Franchise Rule Amendments
- Fundamentals of Franchising
- Fundamentals of Franchising - 2
- Fundamentals of Franchising “Antitrust” and “What is a Franchise?”
- Fundamentals of Franchising on the Road
- Fundamentals of International Franchising (2nd Ed.) – “Deciding to Go International: Organizational and Business Considerations”
- Geopolitical Risks in International Franchising
- Ghost Kitchens, Third Party Delivery, and Franchising
- Global Franchise Expansion
- Global Proliferation of Franchise Law
- Going Green – The Impact of Energy Efficiency Schemes and Carbon Reduction Commitments on Franchising
- Good Faith and Fair Dealing: Economic Power in Franchising
- Graying of a Franchise System: How to Deal with an Aging Franchisee Population
- Growth Through Multi-Unit Franchising
- Guest Lecturer: “Franchise Law”
- Guest Lecturer: “Franchise Law" - 2
- Helping Franchise Systems Succeed: Avoiding the Pitfalls Encountered in the Early Stages of Franchising
- Hey Is That Legal? Top 10 Legal Issues Surrounding on Demand Rentals (Carsharing)
- Hot Spots in International Franchising
- Hot Topics in International Franchise Laws-Selected Contractual Issues
- How A New Accounting Standard May Impact Every Franchisor: FASB Interpretation No. 46R
- How Franchise Brands Are Dealing with Their Disrupted Supply Chains
- How Franchisors and Franchisees Can Work Together on Employment Issues
- How Much Am I Going to Earn? How Franchisors May (and May Not) Answer This Question
- How to Deal with the Financially Distressed Franchisee
- How to Implement Dot.com Franchising Solutions
- How to Implement Dot.com Franchising Solutions: Two Aspects of a Multi-faceted Issue
- How to Know When Your Franchise is Ready to Go Global
- IFA Lawsuit Challenges Application of California AB-5 to Franchising
- Implementing a Process for Franchise Expirations, Renewals, and Transfers (Roundtable)
- Impounds, Electronic Agreements, and GPS Tracking: Staying Legal on Today’s Hot Button Issues
- Improperly Prepared FDDs: What’s a Franchise to do?
- Improperly Prepared FDDs: What’s a Franchisee To Do?
- Intensive Program: Best Practices for Managing Your Franchise Disclosure and Registration Process
- International Franchise Sales Laws, Third Edition
- International Franchising
- International Franchising – Presentations to visiting Russian delegations
- International Franchising & E-Commerce: Adapting Franchise Systems to the Global Electronic Marketplace
- International Summit: Issues in International Development
- Internet Regulation: Legal Issues and Challenges
- IP Considerations in Creating a Character
- Joint Employer Issues in Franchising
- Joint Ventures in International Franchising
- Judicial Panel
- Judicial Treatment of Dealer Restrictions
- Key Issues and Decision Points for a Franchisor Wishing to Expand Internationally
- Key Issues, Decision Points for International Expansion to Cuba: Moving Beyond "Close But No Cigar"
- Leadership Conference Roundtable
- Learnings from International Franchising Experience
- Legal and Legislative Update
- Legal and Legislative Update
- Legal and Legislative Update: Law and Disorder
- Legal Aspects of International Expansion
- Legal Aspects of Selling and Buying: May Seller Restrict the Prices at Which Buyer Resells? (Third Edition)
- Legal Considerations In Expanding a Business through Franchising
- Legal Ethics in Counseling Franchise Systems in Crisis
- Legal Issues to Watch in 2023 & Beyond
- Legal Update: Back to the Basics
- Leveraging New Media to Grow Your Business
- Liquidated Damages Provisions: Strategic Drafting and Enforcement Issues
- Litigating Franchise Transfers: What Right Does a Franchisor Have to Say “No”?
- Litigation / Arbitration with Franchisees: Cost Containment; How, When & Why - Business Solutions Roundtable
- Making the Internet a Win-Win in Franchise Relationships
- Managing Car Rental Risks, Liability, Legalities During a Pandemic
- Managing the Multi-State Disclosure Process – Legal Roundtable
- Massachusetts Highest Court Upholds Post-Term Non-Compete Clauses, Boulanger v. Dunkin’ Donuts Incorporated, 815 N.E. 2d 572
- Mergers and Acquisitions of Franchise Companies
- Microfranchising: A Business Approach to Fighting Poverty
- Minesweeper! Avoiding Landmines in the Digital Age
- Mini Rental School
- Moderator: Annual Leadership Conference
- My Addenda Say What? A Review of State Mandated FDD and Franchise Agreement Addenda
- National Menu Labeling: Coming Soon to a Restaurant Near You
- Navigating the New Normal with Financial Performance Representations
- Negotiating a Lease or Sublease Agreement
- New Business Opportunity Rule Proposed by FTC
- New China Franchise Regulation To Be Effective February 1, 2005
- New Consumer Product Safety Law Could Impact Franchisors
- New FASB Revenue Recognition Guidance for Franchisors
- New Mobility Models: Know the Opportunities, Risks and Legalities
- New Uncertainties About Disclosure Requirements
- New Unlimited Cyber Real Estate: They’re Making More, But Should You Buy It?
- News From Around the World
- Nuts and Bolts: Franchise Law and Technology
- Obtaining Franchisee Buy-In to Re-Imaging Programs
- Oh No, Is That Really a Material Change? Disclosure, Exemption and Registration Issues in Challenging Economic Times
- Operating a Franchise System With Multiple Brands: Issues and Best Practices
- Operation of Competing Brands Upheld Again
- Operational and Legal Challenges to Electrify Car Rental Fleets
- Overview of Franchise Agreements and Legal Issues
- Panel Discussion with Heads of IPOs (moderator)
- PCI Compliance: What Everyone Should Know – A Discussion Among the PCI Security Council, Visa, UPS Store, and Massage Envy Executives
- Personal Exposure: Risk Management in the Franchise Relationship
- Piper Rudnick Asks FTC Commissioners To Reverse Staff Advisory Opinion Banning Use Of Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Statements In Franchise Offering Circulars
- PPP Flexibility Act Gives Borrowers More Time and Flexibility to Spend PPP Funds
- Practical Approaches to International Franchise Disclosure
- Princeton Review Litigation Puts Renewal Condition to the Test
- Principles of Franchising
- Privacy and Data Security Risks for Franchise Systems and Suppliers
- Privacy Issues that Affect Franchising
- Privacy Issues that Affect Franchising - 2
- Privacy Programs for Small Businesses
- Private Equity Financing Fuels Franchise Boom
- Private Party Access to the WTO: Do Recent Developments in International Trade Dispute Resolution Really Give Private Organizations a Voice in the WTO?
- PRO Act - Lee Plave and Ron Gardner ltr to US House and US Senate
- Program Chair, Franchise Law and Internet Legal Roundtable Program
- Proper Use of Earnings Claims in the Sales Process International Franchise Association’s Annual Legal Symposium
- Pros and Cons of Arbitration vs. Litigation ( Roundtable)
- Pros and Cons of Using Brokers, Development Agents and Referral Sources
- Protect this House! Legal Steps to Protect Your Systems
- Protecting Domain Names, Cybersquatting, and Cybergripe Sites
- Protecting the Trade Dress in Your Store Layout
- Protecting Your Brand in Social Media and Social Networking
- Protecting Your Brand Through Social Media Roundtable
- Protecting Your Brand: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Technology & Franchising Summit Roundtable
- Real Estate Site Selection Services – Roundtable
- Recent Developments in the United States Affecting Franchising
- Recent Developments in the United States Affecting Franchising - 2
- Registration and Franchise Law
- Registration and Franchise Law - 2
- Regrets: If Dreams Came True – Provisions You Wish You Had (or Didn’t Have) in Your Franchise Agreement
- Regulatory & Legal Framework
- Remedies against Cyberpirates
- Rental Agreement Workshop and Legal Update
- Rental Agreement Workshop and Legal Update - 2
- Rental Agreements for the New Millennium
- Rental Car Laws Still Matter Even as the Industry Evolves
- Replication and Sealing for Impact Univ. Of New Hampshire
- Report from the United States - News Around the World
- Report from the United States: The NLRB and Cuba
- Representing Franchise Clients in the Post-Enron World
- Rethinking Motions to Dismiss in Franchise Cases: The “Plausibility” Standard of Twombly and Iqbal Make the Success of Such Motions More, Well, Plausible
- Retool Your Franchise Agreement to Recruit Minorities and Women
- Retool Your Franchise Program to Attract and Retain Women Franchisees
- Revenue Recognition for Franchisors: What Every Franchise Attorney Should Know
- Review of Key Indicators that Foretell a Franchisee’s Financial Default or Other Financial Difficulties (Roundtable)
- Risk to Trade Secrets During the Age of Zoom
- Rules of Engagement: Legal, Cultural and Operational Considerations for Inclusive Distribution at the Base of the Pyramid
- RV Rental Law Update 2019: Rental Agreements and Policies as We Approach the 'Roaring 20s'
- RV Rental Law 5.0: Top Ten Ways to Stay Legally Compliant While Adapting to Changes in the Marketplace and Technology
- SBA Announces Changes for Franchisee Financing
- Search Engine Optimization, Paid Search and Micro Sites – Controlling Your Brand
- Search Terms for Sale: Internet Poachers and Trademark Bidding
- Second Round of PPP Funding Comes with New Rules - Are You Ready?
- Selling Franchises and Administering a Franchise Program: Compliance Programs and Goals
- Selling Franchises Without Getting Into Trouble
- Selling Franchises Without Getting Into Trouble: A Regulator’s Perspective
- Separating the Fat from the Fiction: The Skinny on Restaurant Menu-Labeling Laws Examined
- Shifting Gears: Modifying Key Franchise Agreement Terms in Response to Recent Regulatory Changes
- Size and Experience Matter: Use it to Obtain Exemptions from Franchise Registration and Disclosure Requirements
- Size, Experience Matters in Registration and Disclosure Requirements
- Small Business Health Plans: Are They Getting Closer to Reality?
- Small Business Health Plans: What Will 2007 Bring?
- Social Media Best Practices
- Social Sector Franchising at the Bottom of the Pyramid – Solving the Challenges in the Developing World
- Start-Up Lab: Franchising Principles
- Steps to Franchise Your Business
- Strategic Financial Planning for Franchisors
- Submission to US Small Business Administration on Pending Franchise Affiliation Rules
- Sweeping Changes to Federal Labor Law Gain Momentum on Capitol Hill
- System Standards & Joint Employer, Vicarious Liability, and Anti-Poaching
- Table Topic Moderator – Naked Licensing
- Taking International Franchising to the Next Level
- Taking International Franchising to the Next Level - 2
- Taking The Plunge—Are You Ready To Franchise?
- Technology and the Law: Are you Compliant?
- Technology in Franchising: Data, Social Media, and 21st Century Franchise Policies
- Technology in Franchising: Data, Social Media, and 21st Century Franchise Policies - 2
- Technology Issues Affecting Franchising
- Telematics, Evs, and Other Pressing Topics in Vehicle Rental Law for 2022 and Beyond
- Termination Issues
- That’s My List! Who Owns Customer Data in Franchise Systems?
- The .mobi Domain Name – A Different Way to Do A Different Thing
- The Accidental Franchise
- The Accidental Franchise: Tips for Business Lawyers
- The Accidental Franchise: Traps for the Unwary and Elements of Control in Trademark License Agreements
- The Basics of the Franchise Registration Process
- The CAN-SPAM Act
- The CAN-SPAM Act and Franchisors
- The Constancy of Change and the Existential Threat of Data Loss – Foreword
- The Dark Side of Master Franchising
- The Defend Trade Secrets Act: Does It Make Secrets Safe(r)?
- The E-Business Legal Survival Guide
- The Electronic Franchise Agreement
- The Electronic Franchise Agreement: Part I
- The Electronic Franchise Agreement: Part II
- The Evolving Franchise System: How to Guide an Emerging System from ‘Baby Steps’ to a ‘Grown Up’ System
- The FACT Act and its Effect on Franchising
- The Franchise Law Compliance Manual, Chapter 2, Franchise Disclosure and Sales Compliance
- The Franchise Transfer Process: Taking it One Step at a Time
- The Franchisor/Franchisee Relationship
- The FTC Ruling in Wyndham and How it Impacts Franchising
- The Graves Amendment: Challenges, Interpretations and Answers
- The How and Why of Trademark Symbols
- The Ins and Outs of Franchise Advertising Programs
- The Internet: Franchisor Policy and Enforcement
- The Intersection of e-Commerce and Franchise System Trade Secrets: Avoiding Collisions on the Super Highway
- The Keys to Successful Negotiation and Early Dispute Resolution
- The Law of Advertising ABA Forum on Franchising Annual Forum
- The Legal Aspects of Franchising Your Business
- The Legal Aspects of Franchising Your Business - 2
- The Legal Aspects of Franchising Your Business - 3
- The Legal Landscape is Chaning - Are You Prepared?
- The Madrid System and a Streamlined Process for Registering Trademarks Around the World
- The New FASB Rules: Revenue Recognition
- The New FASB Rules: Revenue Recognition - 2
- The New World of Franchising: Bringing Clarity and Perspective to the Post-Crisis Post-COVID Business Model
- The Newly Amended FTC Franchise Rule
- The NLRB Decision - What Does It Mean for Franchising?
- The Other Contracts in the Franchise Relationship
- The Other Contracts in the Franchise Relationship - 2
- The Players, The Transactions, The Contracts, and the Legal Environment – Foreword
- The PPP Flexibility Act
- The Proposed “Small Business Franchise Act of 1999”: The End of Franchising as We Know It?
- The Proposed Small Business Franchise Act of 1999: The End of Franchising As We Know It?
- The Queen Reigns – and Chops Off the Head of Franchise Tying Claims in the United States
- The Recall Bill is Law – What Now?
- The Risks and Rewards of Franchising on the Path Less Traveled: International Franchising in Uncommon Markets
- The Role of Technology in Tactical Execution
- The Role of Technology in Tactical Execution - 2
- The Top 5 Considerations in Using Financial Performance Representations (Roundtable)
- The Use of Technology in Franchising
- The Use of Technology in Franchising - 2
- The Use of Technology in Franchising - 3
- The Use Of Technology In Franchising - 4
- Top 10 Ways to Stay Legally Compliant
- Trademark Modernization Act News Alert
- Trademarks and Brands Q&A: EU Trademark Protection
- Trademarks and Intellectual Property
- Trademarks and Intellectual Property Roundtable
- Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents: A Mid-Year Update
- Trends in U.S. Franchise Law for Non-U.S. Lawyers
- Turning to Franchising in Troubled Times
- Tweet! Intellectual Property and Brand Protection in the Age of Social Media
- U.S. – District Court Reversed: No Fair Use Defense for Adams Morgan Neighborhood Photo
- U.S. – When did you last audit your trademark portfolio?
- U.S. Businesses and Organizations Have New Ways to Expand Their Internet Presence with .us and .eu Domain Names
- U.S. Supreme Court Adopts “Registration Approach” for Copyright Infringement Actions
- U.S. Trends in Franchising
- Unauthorized Transfers
- Understanding COVID-19 Legal Claims Based on Sanitization
- Understanding Franchise Law
- Unique and Often Overlooked Issues and Limitations on Doing Business in International Franchising
- Update on FASB’s Proposal to Simplify How Private Franchisors Apply Revenue Recognition Guidance under ASC 606: "The Practical Expedient"
- US Franchising, Texas
- Using Development Agreements in International Franchise Expansion
- Using Shared Services Arrangements to Manage Costs During and After COVID-19
- Using the Lanham Act to Combat Foreign Trademark Piracy
- Using the Manual to Enforce System Standards (Roundtable)
- USPTO Issues Notice of Right to Extend Trademark Filing Deadlines by 30-Days
- Vehicle Rental Law 101
- Vehicle Rental Law 101 - 2
- Vehicle Rental Law 101 - 3
- Vehicle Rental Law 101 - 4
- Vehicle Rental Law Updates
- Vehicle Rental Laws: Road Blocks to Evolving Mobility Models?
- Vicarious Liability and Joint-Employer - Ten Practical Tips to Execute Today
- Vicarious Liability and the NLRB "Joint Employer" Issues in Franchising
- Walking The Line: How to Administer a Franchise System in Light of the NLRB’s New Joint
- We Are Not Alone: Compliance with Transnational Laws in International Franchising
- Weathering the Storm: Assessing the Resilience of the Franchise Model
- Web 2.0: Social Networking + Data in Franchising
- Web 2.0: Social Networking + Data in Franchising - 2
- WEB 2.0: Social Networks, Branding, and Franchising – 2022 and Beyond!
- Web 2.0: Technology + Franchising, Data, Cybersecurity, Social Media and Social Networking
- Web 2.0: Technology + Franchising, Data, Cybersecurity, Social Media and Social Networking - 2
- Web 2.0: Technology + Franchising: Data / Social Media and Social Networking Policies
- Web 2.0: Technology + Franchising: Data / Social Media and Social Networking Policies - 3
- Web 2.0: Technology + Franchising: Data / Social Media and Social Networking Policies - 4
- Web 2.0: Technology + Franchising: Data / Social Media and Social Networking Policies - 5
- Web 2.0: Technology + Franchising: Data / Social Media and Social Networking Policies- 2
- Web 2.0: Technology + Franchising: Data, Cybersecurity, Social Media and Social Networking
- Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Financial Performance Representations
- What Every Franchisor Needs to Know About Privacy and Security
- What the NLRB’s Recent Rulings Really Mean for the Franchise Business Model
- What to Expect When Private Equity Comes In (Post-Transaction)
- What to Expect When Private Equity Comes In (Pre-transition)
- What’s in a Name? A Lot: Trademark and Brand Protection Strategies for Franchisors
- Why Franchising? How Women Can be Successful in Today’s Franchising Marketplace
- Why Franchising? How Women Can be Successful in Today’s Franchising Marketplace - 2
- You Say You Want an Evolution? Private Equity Finds its Franchising Groove
People
- Amolsch, Regina
- Bannourah, Amanda
- Brennan, Valerie
- Curran, Leslie
- Deljo-Roland, Setareh
- Faunce, Marisa
- Koch, Dave
- Laidhold, Michael
- Plave, Lee
- Pujo, Leslie
- Reed, Benjamin
- Rubinger, Jim
- Taylor, Abbey
