Michael F. Millerick Law Blog

San Diego attorney Michael F. Millerick, Esq. recently prevailed in a hotly contested arbitration matter brought before the American Arbitration Association against a San Diego based furniture dealer, Home Solutions, Inc., on behalf of his client, Mark Horn. Millerick alleged that the "dealership" Horn purchased from Home Solutions was in actuality a franchise offering and that Horn was entitled to a return of all the money he paid Home Furnishing Solutions, Inc. and it's individual... Read More

Two significant events have, and are occurring, which will change the entire landscape concerning how franchise disputes are going to be resolved.

Over one half of existing franchise agreements include arbitration clauses which require franchisees and franchisors to resolve most of their disputes where the franchisor's place of business is located and before professional arbitrators who presumably have experience dealing with the same types of issues on repeated occasions. Some... Read More

Arbitration / Franchise Agreements

 The United States Legislature is currently considering altering the ability of franchisors and franchisees to voluntarily include within their contracts fully enforceable arbitration clauses which they can rely on. Lumped together with employment, civil rights issues, and consumer contracts, the United States Legislature in H.R. 1020 / S.931 is considering a blanket prohibition on the enforceability of... Read More