David S. Sager, Member of the Firm, is a veteran litigator who represents businesses throughout the United States, including high-profile national brands such as Ramada, Howard Johnson, Days Inns, Wyndham, Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's and Genesis HealthCare. He has extensive experience litigating and arbitrating disputes involving franchise and distribution relationships, acquisitions and divestitures, and consumer class actions.
David has litigated scores of franchise disputes, and his work in this area has led to numerous published decisions and earned him national-level recognition in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers. He has spoken and written about a variety of franchise-related topics, including his presentation of the judicial update at the 2007 ABA Forum on Franchising, for which he co-authored the ABA book Annual Franchise and Distribution Law Developments (2007).
Publications
· Annual Franchise and Distribution Law Developments 2007
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· Franchisees: Withhold Royalties at Your Own Risk
Franchise Law Journal, Spring 2006
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· Liquidated Damages Provisions and the Case For Routine Enforcement
Franchise Law Journal, Spring 2001
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Press Mentions
· In Law360, Best Law Firms' Law Firm Insider and on Citybizlist.com, David Sager's addition as Member of the Firm in Lowenstein Sandler's Commercial & Business Litigation group is highlighted., Law360, Best Law Firms' Law Firm Insider, Citybizlist.com, May 2012
Affiliations
· American Bar Association - Litigation Section and Forum on Franchising
· Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey
· New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee, District X, 1999 - 2003