"I feel a bit like Jim Lehrer," said Tim Bryant, moderating a, mock debate the day after the actual PBS newsman did those honors for the first presidential contest. Bryant is an attorney with Preti Flaherty in Portland, Maine, and with two colleagues he presented a workshop at the American Bar Association's 35th annual Forum on Franchising in October. They were Susan Grueneberg, of Snell & Wilmer in Los Angeles, and Jane LaFranchi, with Marriott International in Bethesda., Maryland.

Their topic was a mouthful: "Drafting a pragmatic franchise agreement against the backdrop of over fifty years of franchise law precedent."

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