We are actively engaged in advising clients on a wide range of product and service distribution issues. In addition to advising on antitrust law as it impacts distribution and franchising, we provide guidance to clients under the dealer, franchise and related laws of all 50 states, Puerto Rico and other United States territories and Western Europe. This includes advising on compliance with laws governing termination of distribution and franchise relationships as well as laws affecting the rights and duties of the parties during the life of a supply or franchise relationship. Lawyers in our group have extensive experience in drafting dealership, distributorship, sales representative, franchise and related agreements, and have registered franchises with state authorities throughout the United States. We counsel manufacturers and suppliers in a wide range of industries, from industrial equipment, to chemicals, to the automotive aftermarket, to medical equipment.
Members are active professionally in organizations focusing on distribution and franchise issues.
In addition to their activities in the Antitrust Sections of the American Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association, several are also members of the American Bar Association's Forum on Franchising. Our members have spoken and written on a wide range of distribution and franchising issues.