Food Truck Law: Legal Considerations

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Course Description

This program was recorded on January 23rd, 2019

Food trucks are becoming rapidly popular amongst hospitality entrepreneurs. With the growing number of mobile eateries comes legislation and regulations. This course will discuss the new rules that govern the industry while addressing what takes to start and run a food truck and what legal challenges come with mobile food units. 


  • Rachel Schaffer Lawson
    After interning in Nashville during her time at Loyola University College of Law, Rachel knew she needed to make Music City her permanent home upon graduating in 2010. Though she passed the Tennessee bar exam in Fall of the same year, finding a job in the midst of a recession seemed abysmal. In deciding what her next step would be, she took the leap into starting her own business with Schaffer Law Firm PLLC.

    Since the firm’s creation in 2011, Rachel sought to help local lifestyle small businesses that did not seem to get the same amount of love and attention from attorneys and other professional providers as larger high-growth businesses like health care and tech. After helping one of her long-time clients, Bella Napoli Pizzeria, she accidentally found herself assisting them with renewing their alcoholic beverage licenses. She discovered that although it was very complex, she loved helping with the process. When she looked around, she also noticed there were not many other attorneys practicing in this area. From there, she set out to teach herself how to help restaurants, bars, breweries, distilleries and distributors obtain their beer and liquor licenses.

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      • 1 General Credit
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    1. A Brief Overview of the Food Truck Industry in the U.S.
    2. Types of Mobile Food Units,
    3. Entity Selection and Formation,
    4. Trademark Considerations,
    5. Permitting
      1. Health Permits
      2. City Permits
      3. Permitting Issues