While all franchises are businesses, hiring a general business lawyer to handle franchisee issues can be a costly mistake. A knowledgeable franchise lawyer will have extensive experience with state and federal franchise laws, understands a franchise disclosure...
Establishing a new location for your business is an exciting time, and many franchisees may feel tempted to sign a lease without fully understanding the details or without negotiating changes to the legal terms that can have a critical future impact on the business....
While a franchisor has certain disclosure obligations that are required by federal and state laws, they are also interested in selling their franchise. In some cases, a franchisor may paint an unrealistic picture of what owning a franchise in their system is like....