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Partner Dean Fournaris and Counsel Robert Burstein Published an Article on Covid-19’s Effect on Franchise Lost Profits Claims in the Most Recent ABA Franchise Law Journal

March 18, 2022

Dean T. Fournaris, Robert S. Burstein

In the latest issue of the ABA Franchise Law Journal, Partner Dean Fournaris and Counsel Bob Burstein published an article titled “The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Franchise Lost Profits Claims.” The article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted lost profit claims. More specifically, it examines the pandemic’s effect on business operations, and how its impact may cause a sever in the causal chain between a purported breach and the alleged resulting lost profits. As a result a potential defense is provided by overlooking performance or by skewing the calculation of lost profits.

Partner and Editor-in-Chief of the ABA Franchise Law Journal, John Doroghazi, put out an editorial in this latest issue.

To read the latest issue, click here.

The article – titled “The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Franchise Lost Profits Claims” – can be read in full at the PDF link below.

For further information, please contact our Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Franchise attorneys Dean T. Fournaris (dfournaris@wiggin.com) and Robert S. Burstein (rburstein@wiggin.com), or our New Haven, Connecticut-based Partner John Doroghazi (jdoroghazi@wiggin.com). To learn more about our Franchise and Distribution Practice, please click here.

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