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Last month at the annual Franchise Springboard conference in Philadelphia, a group of panelists consisting of franchisors and social media experts convened to preview an upcoming event – the first annual Franchise YoungConference. The YoungConference will take place next month on November 4th and 5th in Miami Beach, Florida. It will be a place for young and young-minded go-getters in the franchising community to gather, network, and share what they

On Thursday, September 19, 2019, Springboard conference attendees were invited to a panel discussion titled “Change the Course of Your Emerging Brand: The Female Leadership Perspective”. The panel, moderated by Sherri Fishman, President of Fishman PR, sought to explore the unique leadership and emotional intelligence skills inherent to female executives in the franchising world. The panelists included: – Liberty Bernal, COO of Baby Boot Camp; – Karissa Johnson, CEO of

Chambers USA 2018 has identified Lane Fisher of Fisher Zucker, LLC who will be featured as ‘Leaders in their Field’ in the forthcoming edition of ‘Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business’. Chambers USA conducts interviews and independent research to develop its lists of lawyers and law firms.

Find out who all are our attorneys who were honored as “Franchise Times Legal Eagles”.

In November 2016, the SBA announced a streamline of the SBA-backed lending procedures for many franchisors. This process was refined in February 2017 and again in October 2017, and the latest round of revisions is set to take effect on January 1, 2018. Most notably, there is a new SBA “registry” (the “SBA Franchise Directory,” maintained by the SBA itself) that will provide a centralized list of every franchisor whose