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Change to Grow, Lead to Change
Facilitating best practices conversations among franchising's leaders has been the driving force behind the FaegreBD Franchise Summit since the first event in 2006. In August, we held our eighth annual Franchise Summit, keynoted by Steve Romaniello, chair of the International Franchise Association (IFA) and managing director at Roark Capital. Over 100 leading franchise executives from more than 50 companies, with headquarters in 20 states and Canada, attended.
Many franchise executives spend most, if not all, of their time working in their businesses and their franchise systems. They have few opportunities to get together with other franchise executives and exchange best practice ideas and solutions for their major challenges. Over the course of a day-and-a-half, the Summit enabled franchise executives to talk and listen to one another regarding common challenges and opportunities, potential solutions and what solutions have and haven't worked.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.