Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, FRANCHISING & DISTRIBUTION NEWS: International Franchise Association Hosts 46th Annual Legal Symposium, (Mar 28, 2013)

The International Franchise Association (IFA) will hold its 46th annual Legal Symposium on May 5-7, 2013, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. The symposium will feature three general sessions and 16 concurrent workshops on a variety of topics, a six-part Basics Track to provide a solid foundation in franchise law, and a series of roundtable discussions.

Topics and speakers for the general sessions include: (1) finding the right balance in franchise agreements, Joel Buckberg, Kenneth D. Walker, and Aziz Hashim; (2) an IFA Government Relations update, Judith Thorman; and (3) a judicial update, Bobbi Howell and Gregg Rubenstein.

The concurrent workshops will feature presentations on the following topics: (1) mandatory changes to the system; (2) negotiating a settlement agreement; (3) who owns customer data in franchise systems?; (4) writing, using, attacking, and defending financial performance representations; (5) the case for franchise advisory councils; (6) are franchise agreements commercially relevant?; (7) compliance-related acronyms and designing a compliance program; (8) contests, sweepstakes, and other promotional campaigns; (9) franchise expansion in today’s hot international markets; (10) preemptive strikes to minimize franchise failures; (11) managing underperforming franchisees; (12) permissible changes to the franchise agreement upon renewal; (13) attracting private equity; (14) post-closing matters in international franchise transactions; (15) the continual threat of vicarious liability; and (16) the SBA financing process.

For further information on the symposium, contact the IFA at (202) 628-8000 or visit www.franchise.org.

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