The American Association of Franchisees & Dealers Announces Platinum PayrollSM Powered By ADP. SAN DIEGO, FEB 2013 – The American Association of Franchisees & Dealers (AAFD), a non-profit trade association that represents the interests of franchisees and independent dealers, announced today a partnership with human resource powerhouse ADP® to...

In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a franchisee who sues her franchisor for constructive termination of the franchise contract must abandon her franchise unit before filing the suit. Dr. Uri Benoliel, head of the Commercial Law Department at the Academic Center of Law & Business, recently published an article in the Rutgers Law Journal noting that...

As the AAFD nears the culmination of our 20th anniversary celebration, I happened to dig out an old TV news series about the franchise industry from our early days.  We have posted these features on the AAFDtv YouTube channel, and viewers will be surprised that the major issues and risks surrounding franchising that are highlighted in the series are sadly...

Ohio’s Business Opportunity Law was recently amended, significantly increasing the rights and remedies of franchise owners. The author of this post was privileged to be a member of the Committee of the Ohio Bar Association that drafted the new law. No registration or other governmental filing by a franchisor is required in Ohio. However, unlike other...

A Commanding 74% of Super Bowl Commercials were from Companies Engaged in Franchising. The game it sponsored may have gone to the Baltimore Ravens by a razor thin margin, but the 25th Advertising Super Bowl was a blowout triumph for franchising as franchising companies continued to dominate the advertising buys for the most viewed television program of the...