Dealership/Franchise Litigation and Counseling
RL Attorneys successfully represent clients in a wide variety of dealership/franchise litigation and transactional matters. Whether RL Attorneys are obtaining a seven figure recovery and an injunction for a national franchisor against a former franchisee, creating a franchise system and associated agreements, protecting a client's trade secrets and intellectual property, representing an automobile dealership in litigation over the sale of a $30 million dealership, or providing day to day advice in this complicated field, RL Attorneys understand the importance and system wide concerns raised by dealership/franchise issues that make these "must win" situations.
Please see some of our winning results 
Obtained a judgment, including injunctive relief and damages, on behalf of a national franchisor against a franchisee attempting to separate from the franchise system including an award of all customer lists, contracts, and proprietary systems
Successfully prosecuted a specific performance action involving extensive due diligence and financing issues on behalf of the buyer of an over $30 million automotive dealership
Successfully prosecuted and defended an action on behalf of an automotive dealer against a dealership brokerage firm arising out of alleged misrepresentations during the dealer acquisition process and alleged entitlement to a commission resulting from the subsequent sale of the real property under the dealership
Successfully represented a national franchisor in multi-state litigation against former franchisees and their principals involving issues of misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark infringement, unfair business practices, breach of contract, and conversion
Successful representation of a national franchisor and negotiation with a franchisee committee resulting in a new system wide franchise agreement
Successful representation of national franchisor in prosecuting infringement actions protecting the value of the franchisor's brand name
Obtained a judgment against a terminated franchisee for injunctive relief, past and future damages, and attorneys fees arising out of the franchisee's abandonment of the franchise
Successfully represented franchisors against former franchisees that had abandoned their franchises including winning injunctions precluding the former franchisees from further use of the franchisors' marks, ordering post-termination audits of the former franchisees, and awarding lost future profits damages
Successfully defended franchisors against vicarious liability claims brought by customers of franchisees resulting in dismissals of every case with no payment by the client.