Our clients have taken us into some of the most cutting-edge areas of modern franchising & distribution:

Patent Licensing & Franchising

• We have arbitrated claims involving patent license arrangements which were converted into franchises.

Health Care Franchising

• We have strong experience in health care franchising, including the successful registration of an urgent care clinic franchise, one of the first in the country of its kind – and a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for a health care franchisee on the important issue of national account allocation.

Fair Franchising & Independent Franchisee Associations

• We have formed and advised numerous independent fair franchising associations and achieved the collective bargaining of franchise agreements for association clients, and we serve as Litigation Counsel to the independent association of one of America’s favorite brands.
• We successfully challenged a franchisor’s substantial changes to its renewal franchise agreement as a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, where the changes being presented are arguably beyond any reasonable expectation of the parties when the original franchise agreements were signed.

International

See our International experience.

Caruso’s articles for the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising reflect the cutting edge nature of his practice. For example, he has argued in opposition to franchisor attempts to eradicate the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing from franchising, offered a balanced perspective on the unconscionability doctrine, and expounded on the ability of franchisees to bring viable claims going beyond the terms of their written agreements.

Please see our Articles.