Recognition Sotos News
10 May 2017 by SotosLLP
Sotos is thrilled to announce that the 2017 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory ranks Sotos LLP as the only boutique firm listed as ‘Most Frequently’ recommended for Franchising Law. The Firm also has more lawyers ranked in Franchising Law (7) than any other firm in Canada.
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Blog Expansion Grocery Hotel Restaurant
27 April 2017 by SotosLLP
Taco Bell Canada recently announced that it will start selling liquor at certain Canadian locations in an attempt to grab more Millennial market share. Though somewhat atypical for quick-service restaurants, alcohol sales could dramatically increase top line sales for franchise systems. While this would mean higher royalty streams for franchisors, does it make sense long-term?
11 April 2017 by SotosLLP
Franchise Times magazine has named eight Sotos LLP’s lawyers to its esteemed list of Legal Eagles in 2017.
Blog Cannabis
27 March 2017 by SotosLLP
If legalization becomes a reality, we can expect storefronts that sell cannabis products (commonly known as dispensaries) to try their hand at franchising their business concepts.
Sotos News Updates
2 March 2017 by SotosLLP
Sotos LLP is pleased to announce Mohsen Seddigh has joined our firm. Mohsen is an associate in our litigation department and will be focusing on class actions.
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27 February 2017 by SotosLLP | Leave a Comment
Franchising is one way of many by which a business can expand. The key ingredient that a business must have that wants to consider expansion through franchising is something that someone would want to license from it to use in the operation of an independently owned business.
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17 January 2017 by SotosLLP | Leave a Comment
Lawyers are often asked to prepare franchise disclosure documents (“FDDs”) for franchisors prior to a location being secured. Practically speaking, some franchisors do not want to undertake the cost and effort and possible risk of finding and securing a site unless they have a committed franchisee. Franchisors consider franchisees to be committed only once they have signed a franchise agreement or at least paid some initial franchise fee or deposit. While this is a common business scenario, the legal framework is fraught with risk as exemplified by the recent Ontario case, Raibex Canada Ltd. v. ASWR Franchising Corp., 2016 ONSC 5575 (“Raibex”).
3 January 2017 by SotosLLP
As the franchise business model continues to flourish across Canada, managing statutory liability risks continues to be a concern for franchisors. Franchisor insurance has long been available to American franchisors. Insurers have recently turned to Canada as a good market for their franchisor insurance products.
14 December 2016 by SotosLLP
Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal – Franchising has ranked Sotos as “Canada’s foremost franchise law firm” this year.
In the News Sotos News
12 December 2016 by SotosLLP
David Sterns' op-ed in the Toronto Star explains how a few simple technological changes would help modernize Ontario’s courts and strengthen the public’s faith in our justice system.
