19th Annual Law of Product Distribution & Franchise Seminar

Topics

Environmental Issues for the Supply Chain: From Labeling to Disposal — It’s Becoming Everyone’s Responsibility
Selecting and Using Foreign Agents and Distributors
Conducting Trade Secret Audits
Termination: You Make the Call
Common Law Claims in Termination Litigation
Strategic Considerations for Suppliers When Dealers and Franchisees Go “Belly Up”
Top 10 Cases of 2009 – 2010
Legislative Update
Straddling State Lines: Legal Issues Impacting Multi-State Dealers
Equipment Dealer Protection: A Trap for the Unwary
Negotiating a Distribution Agreement: Issues, Strategies, and Solutions
The Robinson-Patman Act: Lessons From the Third Circuit’s Feesers Decision
After Leegin: How Courts, Enforcement Agencies, and Legislators Are Responding and Where the Law Is Headed Now
The Lesser of Two Evils? Litigation Versus Arbitration of Distribution & Franchise Disputes
Gold Digging in a Mine Field: Opportunity and Risk in Network Consolidation
Linked In? — The Impact of Social Media and Best Practices for a Social Networking Policy
Staying Competitive and Compliant in the EU
Terminating the Relationship: Look Before You Leap
Emerging Issues in Privacy and Information Security
Dealing With Troubled Suppliers in Uncertain Times

Roundtable Lunch Sessions (Limited Seating)
Session 1: Issues in Dealer Terminations
Session 2: Pricing and Antitrust Issues
Session 3: Dealing withTroubled Dealers and Franchisees
Session 4: Protecting Yourself in Dealing with Troubled Suppliers

This year, you will have the choice to attend an interactive Roundtable Lunch Session. The sessions have very limited seating, so please select your session preference when registering.