ABA Forum on Franchising Chair, attorney Joseph Fittante
BALTIMORE — Joseph Fittante, chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, speaks frankly about the state of the Forum, the law and the economy.
The United States District Court for the Central District of California recently granted summary judgment on the plaintiffs' Automobile Dealer's Day in Court Act ("ADDCA") claim related to an alleged constructive termination of a Hyundai dealership.
Forum held at Hotel del Coronado, photo/ABA brochure
SAN DIEGO – The 33rd Annual Forum on Franchising, a legal symposium organized by the American Bar Association for franchise attorneys, kicked off Wednesday at San Diego, California.
Franchisees often find that they have been wronged by their franchisor, but are unable to pursue relief because they signed a general release of all claims against the franchisor.
On Wednesday this week three members of the Ontario legislature representing all three of the parties in the legislature introduced a Bill to amend Ontario’s Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000 to add a requirement to deliver an “Educational Document” as well as the traditional Franchise Disclosure Document of FDD.
The Federal Trade Commission’s view of how to regulate source requirements is to pump more information into the market to allow actors in the franchise arena to make more efficient decisions.
I currently have a downpayment on a small piece of prime corner property (only about 12,000 sf) with setbacks and right of ways that take up about 7,000 sf of the property area. This leaves me with 5,000 sf to build something.
