FRANCHISE LAW WITH ZING
Amanda Bannourah was recently featured in QSR Magazine, where she explores how the penny shortage is impacting quick-service and fast-casual franchise systems nationwide. In the absence of clear federal guidance, brands are facing legal and operational challenges...
Best Lawyers | August 20, 2025 Plave Koch is proud to announce that Partner Leslie D. Curran has been recognized by her peers as the 2026 Edition “Lawyer of the Year” in Franchise Law for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area by The Best Lawyers in America. This...
Auto Rental News | December 17, 2018 Leslie Pujo’s article on Carsharing and Other Mobility Platforms: Legal Issues to Keep in Mind (co-authored with Wes Hurst of the Polsinelli law firm) was the second most-read article of 2018 in Auto Rental News. Mobility platforms...
Who’s Who Legal | May 2018 Lee Plave of US firm Plave Koch was recognized as the WWL Franchise Lawyer of the Year 2018 at the WWL Awards in London on 8 May. The winners were announced at a black-tie Awards Ceremony at Plaisterers Hall in London. Over 230 guests,...
Restaurant Finance Monitor | December 1, 2017 The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which sets U.S. GAAP standards, has clarified key language around its new revenue-recognition guidelines. “Consequently, we were going to end up in a situation where those...
Auto Rental News | December 28, 2016 Leslie Pujo’s article on the Graves Amendment (co-authored with Wes Hurst of the Polsinelli law firm) was the second most-read article of 2016 in Auto Rental News. The Graves Amendment is a 2005 federal law providing that a motor...
Modern Restaurant Management | December 19, 2016 MRM is a resource for restaurant-industry professionals, focusing on restaurant management news. The online magazine incorporates profiles, trends and expert advice to offer valuable content to readers in this niche.
Auto Rental News | November 9, 2016 On October 31, 2016, McDonald’s USA, LLC and several affiliates settled a case in which they were sued by employees of a franchisee that operates five California restaurants. As pointed out by Leslie Pujo in this summary by ARN,...
MLaw Newsroom | August 16, 2016 The work of Michigan Law’s International Transactions Clinic (ITC) came alive in the heat and sun of a settlement in Colombia earlier this summer when clinic director David Guenther and adjunct professor Dave Koch worked to mix mortar...
1851franchise.com | February 18, 2016 Lee answers questions from the online trade publication about what the NLRB’s recent rulings really mean for the franchise business model.
