OBA Franchise Law PROGRAM | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT)

As franchisees and franchisors contemplate re-opening their businesses, or have actually re-opened, there are a number of emerging issues that counsel will need to help their clients navigate. Our expert faculty will provide insights into these issues, all within a franchise context, that are likely to land on your desk in the near future including:

• Rent deferrals, abatements and government rent relief
• Key health and safety and employment standards issues
• Practical suggestions for system management including liability for reopening
• Insolvency issues

Our discussion will canvass these critical issues and allow you to provide advice to your franchisee and franchisor clients with added confidence.

PROGRAM CHAIR

Chad Finkelstein, Dale & Lessmann LLP

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Mervyn Allen, McMillan LLP
Karen Sargeant, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Frank Robinson, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Craig Mills, Miller Thomson LLP
Todd Greenbloom, Blaney McMurtry LLP