Barry Kurtz is the Chair of our Franchise & Distribution Practice Group.
- Is Franchising in the Crosshairs of Federal Regulators and Legislators?
- Changes: Cooperation Rather Than Conflict
- Competing Tests: Employee or Independent Contractor? Saving the Franchise Model
- New Franchise Regulations on the Horizon?
- Los Angeles County and City Issue Dine-In Orders
- NLRB Proposes Tougher Standards for Plaintiffs Claiming Joint Employer Liability
- Full Speed Ahead: SBA Directory May Hasten Franchisee Lending Process
- Restaurant Industry Gets Another Chance to Chime in on Menu Labeling
- Beep: Your Hamburger is Ready
- Accidental Franchise = Potential Lawsuits + Fines + Other Penalties
- Pass the Beer: Craft Brew Distribution Law in the U.S.
- Franchise Litigation Rising Over Dietary Considerations
- Six Ways Franchisors Can Reduce Joint Employer Liability Risk
- Disabling Code: Franchisors Should Ensure Digital Properties Are Accessible to All
- So You Say You Want a Revolution? Franchises Evolve as Retail Declines
- Trimming the Fat: Restaurant Menu Labeling Rule Under Further Review by FDA
- Will Minimum Wage Hikes Kill Restaurant Jobs?
- Old Grounds: A Lack of Prop 65 Warnings Brew Trouble for Coffee Franchisors
- Franchise Law: Burden of Joint Employer Just Got Lighter
- There’s an APP for That: Franchisors Fight Slumping Sales AND Millennials
- Franchisors, Got Claims? Don’t Let Them Spoil Like Bad Cheese
- Franchisors: New Accounting Rules Will Significantly Impact Revenue Recognition
- Seeing Stars or Trolls? Here’s What Franchises Can and Can’t Do About Negative Reviews
- Negative Reviews: Franchises and Other Businesses Pursuing Truth, Justice & Defamation Claims
- Food Fight: Two Sides to Every Chicken Filler Story
- Beer Bills: New Laws & Legislation on Tap
- Three Tiers for Beer: State Regulations Control Most Distribution
- Watch: Focused on Franchise Law
- New Accounting Rules May Lower Franchisors’ Perceived Values
- Los Angeles Daily Journal – by Barry Kurtz, June 2017
- Beer Distribution Law as Compared to Traditional Franchise Law
- Franchise Law Journal, a publication of the American Bar Association – by Barry Kurtz and Bryan H. Clements, Vol. 33 No. 3, Winter 2014
- Beer Distribution Law as Compared to Traditional Franchise Law
- Franchise Law Journal, a publication of the American Bar Association – by Barry Kurtz and Bryan H. Clements, Vol. 33 No. 3, Winter 2014
- Middle Man Finds Seat at Table With Restaurants
- Quoted: Los Angeles Business Journal, December 2013
- Carving Out a Craft Brew Exception
- Los Angeles Daily Journal – by Barry Kurtz and Bryan H. Clements, November 2013
- Craft Brew: Looking to Traditional Franchising for Guidance
- Modern Brewery Age – by Barry Kurtz and Bryan H. Clements, November 2013

Cindy J. Cardoza
Caitlyn Dillon
Tal Grinblat
Jeffrey A. Kobulnick
Barry Kurtz
Thomas M. Morrow
Heidy A. Nurinda
Matthew J. Soroky
Katherine L. Wallman