The food truck industry is hot and many franchise brands are attempting to capitalize on this new popular trend.

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.

The US House of Representatives passed H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act, with a final vote of 252-172.

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

The General Counsel's move comes a week after the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing to address a possible new definition of "joint employer" under the National Labor Relations Act.

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 general counsel of the NLRB authorized 43 complaints of unfair labor practices brought by McDonald’s franchise workers to proceed against the franchisor.

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.

The U.S. Census Bureau has released the 2007 Economic Census Franchise Report, which is the first comprehensive and detailed report released by this agency which includes information on the role of franchising in the economy.

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.

If you've been keeping tabs on strategy for franchise tax payments in Delaware, annual reports and franchise tax payments are due in the near future.

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA), a sweeping piece of legislation that extends and modifies many provisions of the Tax...

Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Arthur M. Blank Sports and Entertainment, Nick Brown, discusses his transition from private practice to the business side of sports, sharing insights on overseeing operations for an ownership group with franchises spanning multiple professional leagues. The conversation explores the skills that shaped his career, the unique challenges of working in a multi-team sports organization, and the evolving legal and business landscape of professional sports.