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Abstract: The Inadvertent Franchise - Franchising 101: Registration and Disclosure Issues (FTC, state, int'l franchise and bus op rules, exemptions on fed and state level, structuring non-franchise licensing relationships) - Negotiating the Franchise Agreement and Related Legal Issues from the Franchisor and Franchisee Perspectives (What Can Be Negotiated and What Can't in the Franchise Agreement) (transfers, compliance issues, ownership issues, raising cap, ownership restrictions, impact of death or incapacity on franchise rights, development and exit strategies) - Mock Negotiations between Franchisor and Franchisee's Counsel - Advising Participants in Declining Franchise Systems - Anatomy of a Franchise Lawsuit - Franchisor and Franchisee's Perspective (termination procedures, franchise d.r. procedures, impact of arbitration clauses, claims franchisors/franchisees assert, damages, legal basis for those claims, class vs. individual lawsuits, impact of arbitration clauses from franchisee's perspective, etc.) - *Ethical Minefields for Franchise Attorneys (compliance with the law, competence, interaction with brokers and consultants in the sales process, franchise consultants and the unauthorized practice of law, Giving clients bus vs. legal advice, Do you help a client franchise their business when they don't really have a business suitable for franchising?)

Date: 5/29/2008 - 5/29/2008

Location: CARY @ the NC Bar Center 8000 Weston Parkway
Exit 287 Off I-40 Dorsett Auditorium

Credits:
Total Hours:  6.25
Ethics Hours:  1
Substance/Mental Health Hours:  0

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