Frustration runs prevalent when, as a franchisor, you invest a lot of time and money courting a prospective franchisee only to have the deal blow up in the final stages.

While litigation sounds technical, it boils down to resolving a dispute. That’s it. Simple in theory, but as these disputes become more intricate, so does the process. Child custody issues, property ownership rights or disputes over large sums of money add both an emotional layer and make the nuances a little trickier. In order to create boundaries and outline processes, we have applied rules around how we approach resolving disputes.

California customers of Bank of America may have heard that the financial institution asked a federal court to toss out two government lawsuits that accused BoA of defrauding its investors during the financial crisis.