International program materials from the IBA/IFA Joint Conference and international IFA events.
Workshops and speaker biographies from the 2016 IBA/IFA Joint Conference.
Program materials and information from the 2017 IBA/IFA Joint Conference.
Information and program materials from the 2018 IFA-IBA Joint Conference.
In recent years, the federal and several state governments have introduced legislation that would codify franchise contracts into law, which would increase regulation on small business owners, reduce franchisee equity, damage brand standards and public safety, and insert the federal and/or state government into all preexisting and future contracts.
IFA not only advocates for the interests of its members at the federal level, it also advocates at the state and local levels including, opposing discriminatory minimum wage increases and predictive scheduling laws.
The Trademark Licensing Protection Act (TLPA) will resolve a “catch-22” regarding brand standards in federal law: trademark law requires franchisors to enforce their brand standards, but at the same time, employment law penalizes them for enforcing those same brand standards.
The Board of Directors of the International Franchise Association (IFA) has established a task force to explore leveraging the methods used in Commercial Franchising to benefit those organizations serving the Bottom of the Pyramid.
Materials and information for the 2015 IFA Legal Symposium and archives for past years of the event.
Information and program materials from the 2016 IFA Legal Symposium.