Focused on Franchise Law

Recent Posts from Focused on Franchise Law

• FRANCHISING LAW CHANGE IN NEW YORK

  The state of New York has launched what may become an effort to tax franchisors with franchisees operating in the Empire State, no matter where the franchisors themselves operate.

• WHAT EVERY LAWYER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FRANCHISE LAW – Part 3

  In recent blogs, I've talked about three critical facts to know about franchise law. Here are the final two of which to be aware.

• WHAT EVERY LAWYER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FRANCHISE LAW – Part 2

  In my last blog I addressed how the law determines if a business qualifies as a franchise. Here are other pitfalls that face the unwary.

• WHAT EVERY LAWYER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FRANCHISE LAW – Part 1

  Too often, expansion-minded business owners opt for a strategy offering trademarked products or services through licensing arrangements or distribution or dealership systems only to discover, well into the game, that what they have really done…

• FRANCHISE LEGAL DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLIST – Part 2

  In addition to the items discussed last week, here are additional items that should be reviewed as part of the due diligence checklist.

• LEGAL DUE DILIGENCE FRANCHISE CHECKLIST

  The business lawyer doing due diligence in the purchase of a franchise company must track down a great many documents to gain an accurate picture of the relationships between the franchisor and its franchisees. Then…

• MONEY IN THE BANK: HOW TO VALUE A LARGE FRANCHISEE BUSINESS – Chapter 3

  The good news in all of this is that a profitable large franchisee with, say, 50 outlets up and running, and with rights to open up another 50 in a promising market, may well command…

• MONEY IN THE BANK: HOW TO VALUE A LARGE FRANCHISEE BUSINESS – Chapter 2

  In valuing the operations of a large franchisee, the game begins with a disciplined effort to understand who owns what in that web of assets and rights and to determine how much each factor contributes…

• MONEY IN THE BANK: HOW TO VALUE A LARGE FRANCHISEE BUSINESS

  In their eagerness to put their money to work in the restaurant industry, private equity groups are stalking large franchisees.

• Master Franchisees Beware

  Last but not least, master franchisees should review the ways in which they encourage unit franchisees to expand their businesses. The contracts between these parties typically allow the latter to drum up business on their…