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		<title>Franchising&#8217;s Future</title>
		<link>http://www.franchisinglaw.com/index.php/2010/08/franchisings-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is a documented fact that between the years 2002-2008 a lot of franchises were sold.   Not coincidentally this was also the time when the franchise lead generation portals began to proliferate. And so, one could argue, 2002-2008 could be seen as the Golden Age of franchise sales.  But with the success [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website design: for your clients and for you.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is quite likely that any individual that practices in the field of franchise law will at some point have a client who generates leads online.   Franchise lead generation is the single greatest source for franchise leads as well as franchise sales.   The franchise law practitioner would thus be well advised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eternal recurrence and the doctrine of initial interest confusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 06:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do the concepts of eternal recurrence and the trademark infringement doctrine of initial interest confusion have in common?   There are only two possible answers to this question:  everything or nothing.  Nothing if the concept of eternal recurrence is wrong.  Everything if eternal recurrence is correct.]]></description>
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		<title>Purchasing trademarked keywords</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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The purchasing of branded or trademarked keywords by an entity other than the owner of the keywords in a paid advertising medium is a practice that commonly occurs.  The extent to which it occurs is impossible to know.   But one can look at the legal landscape and get some idea of the pervasiveness of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work place accommodations for pregnant employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Franchisee and Franchisor are faced with a similar legal issue:  when an employee becomes pregnant what type of work place accommodations may she demand?

The answer to this question depends largely on the individual fact pattern of each case.  It also depends as to whether the facts are being analyzed under state or federal law.  Broadly speaking, however, under federal law an employer does not owe a pregnant employee special accommodations simply because she is pregnant.   At the same time, an employer may not withhold an accommodation that normally would have been granted to a non-pregnant employee simply because the employee is now pregnant.]]></description>
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		<title>The International Franchise Association is speaking out against a ruling by U.S. District Court of Massachusetts.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Franchise Association spoke out against a ruling by U.S. District Court of Massachusetts Judge William G. Young.
The ruling in question defines Massachusetts franchisees not as business owners, but as employees of their franchisors.
According to the IFA, this decision will have a severe impact on the ability of franchise businesses to operate, create jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enforceability of in-term non-compete provisions in Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last summer the Georgia Supreme Court in Atlanta Bread Co. v. Lupton-Smith held that covenants not to work for a competitor or perform competitive acts during the course of employment were subject to strict scrutiny.  In Georgia, application of a strict scrutiny review makes it considerably more difficult for an in-term covenant to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Out here a man settles his own problems&#8221;:  taking another look at small claims court</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it may be true that the civil court dockets have seen a increase in activity on account of the recession it remains the case that for many disputes the courts are not being utilized to the degree intended by the legislature.  Whereas the judges bemoan the "clogging" of the state court calendars the "small claims" calendars are many times underutilized by small business as far too many a small business simply writes off debt without attempting to collect through the courts]]></description>
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		<title>E-Mail Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.franchisinglaw.com/index.php/2010/01/e-mail-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-mail is ubiquitous.  And it is here to stay.  But regardless of whether you are a luddite or &#8220;crackberry&#8221; junkie the rules surrounding the use of e-mail for commercial purposes can be confusing.  Lawyer, franchisor, and franchisee alike are familiar with the relatively strait forward requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act.  But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protection of client lists under Georgia&#8217;s Trade Secrets Act</title>
		<link>http://www.franchisinglaw.com/index.php/2010/01/protection-of-client-lists-under-georgias-trade-secrets-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garth  Snider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia continues to be a hot-bed for franchising.   Of the more than 75,000 prospective franchise owners that submitted their information to the Franchise Opportunities Network in 2009 the number submitting from Georgia ranked 5th nationally.  Thus the laws related to transacting business in Georgia should be of an elevated interest to both [...]]]></description>
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