David Steinberg

David is an attorney in Taft’s Franchise & Distribution group. He specializes in the development of start-up franchise systems and distributorships, licensing, registration, litigation, and the arbitration of franchise disputes. He has formerly served as General Counsel to a publicly-held franchise company and regularly advises franchisors and franchisees throughout the United States. David is certified by The International Franchise Association as a Certified Franchise Executive.

Speeches

• Speaker, “EB-5 Investor Program Offers Source of Funding for Franchises,” ABA Forum on Franchising, November 14, 2014.
• Panelist, 2009 ABA Forum Committee on Franchising: “Inside a Franchise Arbitration.”
• Guest Speaker, Direct Selling Association, Washington, D.C., February 2004.
• Program Host, “Legal Talk, “Franchise Focus, and “Its Your Business,” Comcast Cable, 1995-2001.

Publications

• Author, “Uncertainty Abounds. The Joint Employer Doctrine and the Franchise Business Model,” Michigan Bar Journal, May 2017.
• Author, “The Accidental Franchise,” Michigan Bar Journal, December 2014.
• Author, “What Do You Mean I Can’t Renew?” The Franchise Lawyer, Summer 2013.
• Co-Author, “Contrasting Perspectives on Franchise Terminations: The Franchisee’s Perspective,” Michigan Bar Journal, December 2012.
• Co-author, “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” Franchise Law Journal, Summer, 2007.
• Contributor, Los Angles Daily Law Journal, 1990.
• Co-Author, “Great Expectation for Franchising: The 1984 Amendments to the Michigan Franchise Investment Law,” Michigan Bar Journal, January 1984.
• Contributor, “Application of the Antitrust and Labor Exemptions to Collective Bargaining of the Reserve System in Professional Baseball,” Wayne Law Review, vol. 28, p. 1301, 1982.
• Contributor, “The Role of Section 2 of the Sherman Act in International Patent Fraud: Walk Tall and Carry a Big Stick, Washington University Law Review, vol. 59, p. 123, 1981.
• Comment, “The National Hockey League Reserve System: A Restraint of Trade?” University of Detroit Urban Law Review, 1979.