Articles & Presentations

Drawing from his active case docket, Carmen Caruso is a frequent author and lecturer on trial technique and franchise law for the American Bar Association (Forum on Franchising), the International Franchise Association, and numerous other trade associations and publications. He is frequently sought by members of the news media for information and commentary on franchise issues in the news, and decisions in his cases have been the subject of commentary by the American Bar Association (Forum on Franchising) and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.

Carmen has recently served as revisions editor for two publications that are available through the American Bar Association:

1. The Franchise and Dealership Termination Handbook (Revisions editor in 2008 for Chapter One, “What is Termination?”), publication forthcoming by the American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law.
2. Franchise Desk Book: Selected State Laws, Commentary and Annotations, Second Edition (Revisions editor in 2007 for Illinois law chapter), available through the American Bar Association (Forum on Franchising).

   
     Some of Carmen’s papers that have been published in recent years:

3. SUPPORT THE ARBITRATION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2009, as published by the DAIRY QUEEN OPERATORS ASSOCIATION/DAIRY QUEEN COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION in their September 2009 newsletter “The Bottom Line”

4. EVIDENTIARY & TRIAL ISSUES IN FRANCHISE CASES:   THE IMPLIED COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH & FAIR DEALING AND COMMON LAW FRAUD,  American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October 2008

5. FRANCHISING’S ENLIGHTENED COMPROMISE: published by the American Bar Association (Forum of Franchising) Franchise Law Journal Spring, 2007

6. “UNCONSCIONABILITY AND FRANCHISE LITIGATION”, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October 2006

7. FREQUENTLY ASSERTED FRANCHISEE CAUSES OF ACTION AGAINST FRANCHISORS,  International Franchise Association, Legal Symposium, May 2006

8. WHAT LIES BENEATH: THE FRANCHISEE PERSPECTIVE ON FRANCHISE CLAIMS BEYOND THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT,  American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October 2003

9. HANDLING DEFAULTS ANDTERMINATIONS EFFECTIVELY, International Franchise Association, Summer 2006

10. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IN HOTEL FRANCHISING, Asian American Hotel Owners Association, January 2008.

11. ASSOCIATION STANDING TO SUE AND COERCED CONCEPT CHANGE, American Association of Franchisees & Dealers, Summer 2008.

12. TEN LEGAL ISSUES FACING NEW AND ESTABLISHED INDEPENDENT FRANCHISEE ASSOCIATIONS, American Association Of Franchisees & Dealers,2004

13.  FRANCHISING LITIGATION: THE AMERICAN DREAM OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP ON TRIAL, Association Of Trial Lawyers Of America, 2000

14. AMBIGUITY IN YOUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT: NEGOTIATE NOW OR LITIGATE LATER!, the American Franchisee Association,April 2000

15. CLASS ACTIONS IN FRANCHISING CASES, American Franchisee Association, April 1999

16. TRANSFERS & RENEWALS, American Franchisee Association,April 1998

17. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN FRANCHISING, published Franchise Times®, June 2001

     

    Expert witness and related trial practice articles:

18. THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES,  Illinois CLE, in 2001

19. MAKING SURE THAT THE EXPERT OPINIONS ARE ADMISSIBLE, American Franchisee Association, 2001

20. EXPERT WITNESSES IN FRANCHISE TERMINATION CASES, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, 2002

21. RICO CLAIMS IN BUSINESS LITIGATION, Greater Chicago Chapter Of The National Association Of Certified Fraud Examiners,October 1994,updated in 2002