Legal and International Franchising
Insightful articles about franchising and international legal considerations by Philip Zeidman, a senior partner in the Washington, D.C. office of DLA Piper U.S.
China's Franchise Regulation
China's Franchise Regulation: A Retrospective
01 Dec 2011 - Read the full article
International Franchising
The New Normal?
01 Oct 2011 - Read the full article
"Standard" Franchise Agreements
The deceptive appeal of 'standard' agreements
01 Sep 2011 - Read the full article
Some (not so light) summer reading
The first words of these columns are, of course, the headline and the dateline. I pondered each, and ultimately rejected my initial thought as to each.
01 Aug 2011 - Read the full article
Continuity and Change
The newest IFE location welcomes the masses to the big show
01 Jul 2011 - Read the full article
After the Revolution
Does the world need franchising? Depends on if there's a market
01 May 2011 - Read the full article
International
Mapping the franchise world from the IFA convention
01 Apr 2011 - Read the full article
Franchising, the U.S. and Latin America
Will deals continue to flow between the U.S. and Latin America?
01 Mar 2011 - Read the full article
When Canaries Fail to Sing
Be on the lookout for scams emerging in developing countries
01 Feb 2011 - Read the full article
International
Conference Offered Full Serving, Including Turkey
01 Jan 2011 - Read the full article
Times Are a Changin’
What a difference a few decades make to franchising
01 Dec 2010 - Read the full article
X-ports
Foreign countries have no franchise laws (as far as you know)
01 Oct 2010 - Read the full article
Other People’s Countries
So, whose way is better? Ours? Or everybody else’s?
01 Sep 2010 - Read the full article
Read All About It
Joint legal conference supplied more news than fits it print
01 Aug 2010 - Read the full article
Foreign Policy
At the IFE, we encounter an unexpected kind of globalization
01 Jul 2010 - Read the full article
A Teutonic Twist
Germany’s complicated past influences its future in franchising
01 May 2010 - Read the full article
A Smaller World?
nternational attendance was up at this year’s IFA; here’s why
01 Apr 2010 - Read the full article
Brave New World
New concepts attempt to cut through fog of social franchising
01 Mar 2010 - Read the full article
As the World Turns
IFA and franchise legislation: five decades and counting
01 Feb 2010 - Read the full article
He’s Got It
It’s plain; the pain – and the gain – stay mainly in Spain
01 Jan 2010 - Read the full article
Philip F. Zeidman is a senior partner with DLA Piper's Franchise and Distribution practice, based in Washington, DC. He devotes his practice to domestic franchising law and the rapidly growing field of international distribution, licensing and franchising law. Mr. Zeidman was recently named Global Franchise Lawyer of the Year for the seventh consecutive year, by Who's Who Legal.
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Philip Zeidman writes regular columns for Franchise Times (International column) and these are reprinted here with thanks.
