If you are filing a franchise renewal application in California, then you will need to do so earlier this year if you want to take advantage of the state’s automatic effectiveness rule.

Over the past year, we have covered the legislature's attempts to reform the Massachusetts beer franchise law, G. L. c. 138, § 25E,

A federal court in New Jersey recently granted summary judgment against the guarantor of a hotel franchise agreement, requiring him to pay contractual post-termination damages. Ramada Worldwide Inc. v. Keys Hosp.

Elizabeth D. Sigety was featured in Marketplace article "NLRB Decision Pushes 'Employee' Debate."

Last month, the North Carolina State Assembly voted 109-0 to pass SB 303, which mandates that a franchisor is not the employer of a franchisee or a franchisee's employees.

We continue with the third installment on Observations from the IFA Convention on the Ins and Outs of Financial Performance Representations ("FPRs"). Again, our thanks to Max Schott of Gray Plant Mooty for co-authoring this summary with me.

The following guidelines will help business owners avoid potential ADA violations pertaining wrongful exclusion of a patron with a service animal.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed a district court's dismissal of a franchisee's declaratory judgment claim, finding that the claim was properly brought in Tennessee.

Practices can vary greatly from franchisor to franchisor when it comes to updating a Franchise Disclosure Document at the end of a fiscal year.

In case you're just back from vacation and have not kept a close eye on the business press, you may have missed the recent Browning-Ferris Industries decision issued on August 27 by the National Labor Relations Board.

While the debate rages over the fallout from the Obama Administration's decision to revise overtime rules for the first time in almost a decade and a half, other threats to the franchising model continue lurking about as well.

Earlier this year, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced settlements with fast-food franchises to remove "no-poach" clauses from their franchise agreements.

Elizabeth D. Sigety was featured in Marketplace article "NLRB decision pushes 'employee' debate."

Under the previous standard, a company such as a franchisor could be a joint employer if it had direct and immediate control over working conditions.

The post-COVID-19 restaurant renaissance has rapidly turned into a restaurant recession. Over the past year, a smorgasbord of notable restaurant chains and franchisees...

As a thank you to our valued readers, we are pleased to announce the webinar "Enforcing Non-Compete Provisions in Franchise Agreements" is now available as a podcast and webinar recording.

We previously addressed a recent series of cases across the country in which municipalities sought to impose franchise fees, like those that apply to cable TV, on streaming TV providers like Netflix and Hulu.

Bob Braun recently wrote an article for Today's Hotelier on the issues hotel owners should watch for when selling a property with a franchise agreement.

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Mike Sontag, Steve Jasper, Sara Morgan and Robert Guth authored an article for Tax Notes State examining Tennessee's recent repeal of the state's so-called...

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has released draft amendments to the Article 9-A corporate franchise tax regulations.