Chernow Contributing Author: Franchising 101: The Complete Guide to Evaluating Buying and Growing Your Franchise Business


Selection of Speaker and Author presentations:

• Equal Justice for All: The Franchise Agreement - From the perspective of the Franchisor and the Franchisee (Philadelphia, PA);
• Anatomy of a Franchise Divorce (Philadelphia, PA);
• Essentials of Franchising (New York, NY);
• Franchising 101 (Montgomery County, PA);
• Preparing for the Big Match - Litigation, Arbitration or Mediation (Hilton Head, SC);
• Negotiating a Franchise Agreement (New Orleans, LA);
• The Road to Perdition: The Case Against Arbitration (Hollywood, FL); and
• Franchising 101: The Complete Guide (Keystone, CO);
• Multi-Unit Franchising (Atlanta, GA).
• Donāt Give Away the Ship ö The Sale and Purchase of a Franchise (Coeur dāAlene, ID);
• Plenary Session: Teeing Off ö Setting Up to Hit the Long Drive: An Overview of Crucial Topics Affecting Franchisees (Hilton Head, SC);
• ADA Compliance: What Are the Franchiseeās Duties? (Lake Tahoe, NV);
• Business 101: Business of Contract Law, Employment Law and Leases (Lake Tahoe, NV);
• Two Sides to Every (Franchise) Story (Chicago);
• Beyond Your Franchise Agreement (Las Vegas, NV);
• The Prevent Defense: Franchise Advisory Boards & Councils, Franchisee Associations, and Troubled Franchisees (Ft. Lauderdale, FL);
• The Facts on Proposed Federal Fair Franchising Legislation (San Diego, CA);
• Distribution and Franchise Law (Philadelphia, PA);
• Negotiation in the Franchise Relationship (Washington, DC);
• In Search of the Wind: Mediation, Arbitration or Litigation (Coeur dāAlene, ID);

Intellectual Property Articles

• Third Circuit Provides Protection Blueprint for Artists (in association with R. Scott MacKendrick), World Copyright Law Report
• The "File-Sharing Case", Mercer County Business Journal.
• Copyright in Crises, Legal Intelligencer, Intellectual Property Supplement.
• "E-mail Retention Policies and their Legal Implications" Lecture before the Philadelphia Bar Association Cyberspace and E-Commerce Committee.
• Post-Napster, File-sharing Software That Facilitates Music Swapping Found Not Liable For Copyright Infringement, Legal Intelligencer, Intellectual Property Supplement.
• "E-Fusion, Navigating the perils of E-Commerce" Lecture at AM Best's National Insurance Convention in Washington, D.C.
• Maintaining Internet Marketing and Sales Efforts in Light of Privacy Concerns (with Brian Longest), Privacy Officer Advisor, Vol. 2, No. 9.
• "Intellectual Property and the Web" drafted this section of a Insurance Handbook entitled @Risk -- Internet and E-Commerce Insurance and Reinsurance Legal Issues.
• "Content Protection" as part of a lecture series entitled Emerging E-Commerce Issues: Data Privacy, Content Protection, Cybersmear and Security, Sponsored by Cozen & O'Connor and Price Waterhouse Coopers, Philadelphia, PA.
• State Street May Place Start-ups In Peril, Tech Trends, New York Law Journal, Vol. 2. No. 9.
• Representing A Technology Start Up, Tech Trends, New York Law Journal Vol. 2. No.7.
• The Need For Legislation To Encourage Federal Agencies To Resolve Patent Disputes (With Saul Elbaum), Intellectual Property Today, Vol. 5, No. 9.
• Looking For A Partner? You May Want Uncle Sam (with David Cohen), Washington Business Journal Vol. 17 No. 11.