Articles and Books

W. Michael Garner

Books

Franchise & Distribution Law & Practice, 3 vols.,  (West, 1990), with annual supplements.

Franchise Desk Book, (Editor) (American Bar Association, 2001, 2007).

"Franchise and Distribution Agreements," chapter 14 in New York Forms of Jury Instruc­tions (Matthew Bender, 1992).

Articles

"Utilizing the Doctrine of Prior Material Breach to End A Franchise Relationship," (with Sarah A. Johnston) an article in Franchise Law Journal, Summer 2004.

"Twenty Five Years of Franchising:  Where Have We Been and Where are We going?" (with three other authors) 25th Annual Forum on Franchising, 2002.

"Class Actions" (with Craig Trachtenberg and Erik Wulff) 32nd Annual Legal Symposium, IFA, 1999.

"Franchisee Bankruptcy and Workout Issues" (with Rochelle Spandorf) 31st Annual Legal Symposium, IFA, 1998.

"Legal Issues Arising From Ownership of Competing Franchise Systems," (with Joel Buckberg and Jonathan Solish) 22nd Annual Forum on Franchising.

"Essentials of Registration and Disclosure for Litigators " (with Kim A. Lambert) 1998 Annual Forum on Franchising.

"Anatomy of a Fraud Case," (with Charles G. Miller) Nineteenth Annual Forum on Fran­chising, 1996.

"The Implied Covenant of Good Faith in Franchising: A Model for Discretion," Okla­homa City University Law Review, Summer and Fall 1995.

"Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements," (with Charles Modell), 20th Annual Legal Symposium, Interna­tional Franchise Asso­cia­tion, 1995.

"The Tides of Franchising," (with John F. Dienelt and Susan Cahoon), Seventeenth An­nual Forum on Franchising, 1994.

"Encroachment:  The Thorn in Every Franchisor's Side," (with Rupert M. Barkoff), Six­teenth Annual Forum on Franchis­ing, 1993.

"The Year In Review," (with Rochelle B. Spandorf), Fif­teenth Annual Forum on Fran­chising, 1992.

"Secondary Marketing Opportunities," (with Donna E. Stra­ff), Fourteenth Annual Fo­rum on Franchising, 1991,

"Life after Death:  Renewal Rights and Remedies," (with Michael J. Dady), Thir­teenth Annual Forum on Franchising, 1990.

"Tell Me A Promise, Sell Me A Lie:  Post-Sale Disclosure Obligations," International Franchise Association, 23rd Annual Legal Symposium, May, 1990.

"Litigation Strategies," (with Jonathan Solish), Twelfth Annual Forum on Franchis­ing, Forum Committee on Franchising, 1989.

"Procedural Aspects of Franchise Termination and Nonre­newal," Eleventh Annual Fo­rum, Forum Committee on Fran­chising, 1988.

"Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Choice of Venue in the Wake of Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz," 3 Franchise Legal Digest 19, May-June 1987.

"On the Auction Block:  Franchising and Bankruptcy," (with Joyce G. Mazero), Ninth Annual Forum, Forum Committee on Fran­chising, 1986.

"The Current Status of Civil RICO and Franchising," 6 Fran­chise Law Journal 1, 1986.

"Franchise and Dealer Agreements under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code," 59 Amer­ican Bankruptcy Law Journal 88 1985,  reprinted in 1 Franchise Law Review    (1986); 4 Fran­chise Legal Digest 16 (July/August 1986).

Columns

"Judicial Update," a column in Franchise Update magazine; approximately 1993 – 2000.

"Franchising," a column in the Licensing Journal, approximately 1995.

Various articles in Entrepreneur magazine, approximately 1991 - 1992.

"Editor's Column," Franchise Law Journal, quarterly, 1988 - 1993.

"United States v. ASCAP: The Licensing Provisions of the Amended Final Judgment of 1950," Bulletin of the Copyright Society of the United States, February 1976.