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Franchisee employees may be considered "joint employees" of the franchisor for purposes of collective bargaining and other employment issues under the National Labor Relations Board's recent decision.

The rocky road of Ukraine's franchise agreement laws and regulations has come to an abrupt end.

A key term of any franchise agreement is the venue selection clause as this page has previously explained.

Civil penalties could be levied against any franchisor that fails to comply with the assurances of discontinuance.

The recent decision in "Burda v. Wendy’s International, Inc. et al.", is prompting us to recommend that all franchisors review certain language regarding suppliers in their franchise disclosure documents and franchise agreements.

Confirming what has been the trend in states including Oregon and New Mexico, the Colorado Court of Appeals recently confirmed, in Craig and Mullins v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, that a religious objection to same-sex marriage is not a sufficient reason to refuse service to homosexual couples.

Effective June 1, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will reinstate its Franchise Directory, a critical development for franchise systems and franchisees seeking SBA financing.

While the Tri County decision does not formally bind Ohio state courts on questions of Ohio law, it binds lower federal courts and provides strong persuasive authority to the state courts on the following points...

Last month’s issue of the Franchise Times contained an interesting article about the issues that may arise when a franchise system uses online contests to drum up business.

Last year, I wrote about Tesla’s efforts to sell its vehicles directly to consumers, and the efforts of dealers and their legislative allies to prevent direct sales

Most business owners want to achieve some form of steady long-term growth. For those owners who have established a true network of licensees that are marketing goods or services under a successful brand or trademark.

Most business owners want to achieve some form of steady long-term growth.

Every business uses the internet.

More and more states are enacting franchise laws that bar out-of-state arbitration.

The question of whether a relationship between a watch manufacturer, Swatch, and a watch shop operator amounts to a "franchise" was answered in the negative by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia in Orologio v. Swatch Group (U.S.) Inc.

Franchisors recently got a little jolt of confidence that perhaps not every franchise relationship would create a joint employment relationship under the National Labor Relations Board Browning-Ferris Industries decision.

Back in May 2014, I reported on a significant case from the Pennsylvania Superior Court regarding restrictive covenants.

In the commercial world there exist myriad fixed term goods and services contracts. Some contracts renew automatically, but the agreement may state how it can be terminated or renegotiated.