From the Editor-in-Chief

ABSTRACT

First up is an article by Dean Fournaris and Bob Burstein addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted lost-profits damage claims in "The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Franchise Lost Profits Claims." [...]a doyen of the franchising bar, Ted Pearce, has written an article discussing the challenges of a maturing franchise system and how to address them in "Addressing Issues That Arise in a Mature Franchise System." [...]the new and improved Currents, now titled "LADR Case Notes (April-June 2021) and Franchising & Distribution Currents (Winter 2022)," is brought to you by Bill Bryner, Jared Miller, and Kevin Shelley. 1.