Atty. David G. Ross

Author: "Talk is Cheap: What the Franchisee Sales Rep Doesn't Want You to Know," The Franchisee Voice, Vol. 11, Issue 5, Spring 2006. Speaker: "Human Resources: What Franchisors Aren't Sharing with You and Why," 2007 annual conference of the American Association of Franchisees & Dealers. Speaker: "Employment Problems are Your Problem: HR Issues for 7-Eleven Franchisees," Spring 2007. Board of Directors Meeting, National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees. Author: "Employee Problems are Your Problem: HR Issues for 7-Eleven Franchisees," July/August 2007 issue of AVANTI, the official magazine of the National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees. Co-Author: "Employer Beware: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You," The Franchisee Voice, Vol. 13, Issue 2, Fall 2007. Updated "Franchise Legal Documents," by Andrew A. Caffey, a chapter in the undergraduate textbook Franchising: An Entrepreneur's Guide, (4th ed. 2008, Justis & Judd, eds.). Co-Author: "Changes to Civil Rights Statutes: The Continued Increase of Employment Liability Risks," LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert, February 2008. Author: "The Good & the Bad: What Congress's 'Fair Pay' and 'Mandatory Arbitration' Bills Mean for Franchisees," The Franchisee Voice, Vol. 13, Issue 4, Spring 2008. Co-Author, "A Fair Use of Nominative Fair Use? Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. v. Tabari," Maryland State Bar Association's Annual Intellectual Property Law Update, Volume IV, June 2011. Co-Author: "Comparing Select Federal and Maryland Procedural Standards," a chapter in the MSBA Maryland Employment Desktop (2014, 2016).