Franchise

• Arbitrated dispute between franchisor and franchisee which abandoned franchise leading to claims of unpaid royalties.
• Arbitrated claims by franchisee against franchisor offering geographical areas for developing and building accessory dwelling units alleging fraudulent franchise investment scheme and default in training the franchisee and in providing support systems for marketing, lead generation and qualification, architectural plans, site mapping, permitting, pre-construction and construction. Claimant also brought claims for fraudulent concealment, anticipatory breach, breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and violation of the California Franchise Investment Law seeking damages for failure to return the franchise investment.
• Arbitrated two separate breach of franchise agreement claims by franchisor against separate franchisees, seeking unpaid franchise fees.
• Arbitrated a claim by a franchisor against a franchisee that breached its franchise agreement, failed to make required payments.
• Arbitrated claims between a franchisor and a franchisee arising from the sale and transfer of its franchises to a transferee, disputes over the amounts owed to the franchisor concerning unpaid royalties and payments for materials, and possible offsets and damages owed to the franchisee resulting from payment calculations and operations issues.
• Arbitrated claims between a franchisee and a franchisor concerning alleged default and termination and effort by the franchisor to assume the franchisee’s leases and tenant improvements and a forced sale of furniture, fixtures and equipment, and a challenge by the franchisee to non-compete covenants.
• Arbitrated injunctive claims by a franchisor against a former franchisee for criticizing, denigrating, disparaging and making derogatory and negative comments about the franchisor arising from disparaging podcasts, tweets, Facebook posts and other online media.
• Handled franchising dispute involving retail food restaurants alleging violations of the Lanham Act, trademark and service mark infringement and breaches of franchising agreements.

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