Franchise Arbitration and Litigation Lawyers

Representing Franchisees in Arbitrations and Litigation Involving Doctors' Associates LLC (Subway Restaurants), Sharkey's Franchising Company (Sharkey's Cuts for Kids), and any other Franchise Disputes Requiring Arbitration or Litigation in Connecticut.

The franchising agreements of Doctor's Associates LLC's (the franchisor of Subway Restaruants) and Sharkey's Franchising Company (the franchisor of Sharkey's Cut's for Kids)  require all disputes related to their franchise agreements to be resolved by  by arbitration in Connecticut.   Arbitration is serious business and the stakes are substantial.   

Franchisees Urged to Review Leases and Franchise Agreements.

The terms of the DAL (fka DAI)  and Sharkey's Franchising Company arbitration provisions are such that virtually all disputes between Franchisees and these franchisors are resolved by Arbitration.  Arbitration is often quicker and less expensive than trials to a court: That is the good news.  However, these arbitrations are resolved without published decisions and almost always with non-disclosure requirements.  As a result, franchisees and lawyers who have not handled arbitrations related to these franchises  will not have access to the arbitration decisions:  That is the bad news.

Those of us who do handle franchise arbitration with these franchisors know what has happened on the cases we have worked on.   That information may help us in representing other franchisees. However, we are prohibited from sharing with other franchisees information about resolutions that are subject to non-disclosure agreements.

We can tell you that franchisees that have retained us to represent them in arbitrations against DAL or Sharkey's Franchising Company  have chosen to use us in subsequent arbitrations and recommended us to other franchisees that have asked them for a recommendation.

For franchise owners who wish to be proactive, we offering franchise termination risk assessment audits.  Termination risk assessment audits are scheduled on a first-come basis.