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A company’s trademark or brand name is often a valuable asset. A company may capitalize and exploit its trademark by licensing the use of the mark to third parties.

This Thanksgiving, Trade Secrets Watch is serving a delicious tale about protecting trade secrets in a franchising relationship.

In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in sports and entertainment mixed-use developments that blend professional or collegiate stadiums or arenas...

Those of us in California who give advice regarding the structuring of IRC Section 1031 like-kind tax-deferred exchanges of real property are well aware that the California...

Tennessee generally imposes franchise and excise taxes on all entities that provide limited liability protection.

Gov. Bill Lee recently signed into law Public Chapter 950, which creates significant changes in how Tennessee's franchise tax is calculated.

The Maine Attorney General's Office recently announced that it has convened an 11-person working group of industry stakeholders to develop recommendations for legislation to establish an entity with rulemaking.

On September 19, 2018, the European Commission issued a decision that nontaxation of certain McDonald's profits in Luxembourg was not illegal State Aid.

Illinois recently enacted legislation that offers significant benefits to delinquent taxpayers and corporations doing business in Illinois.

Around this time of year, I always get a note from a panicked startup company that has logged in to pay their annual Delaware franchise...

Registration and renewal season is here for many franchisors, and state comment letters offer a glimpse of the hot-button issues in franchise disclosure.

It appears the franchisor warned the franchisee about the planned meeting of the biker gangs, but the franchisee ignored any such warnings.

A federal court recently denied a franchisor's motion to dismiss a workplace-abuse lawsuit filed by its franchisee's employee because the employee stated...

On January 31, 2022, the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill (AB) No. 257, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act)...

On Oct. 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its Final Rule on the joint-employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which will take...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement that Japan will join talks on the Trans-Pacific Pacific Partnership presents potential challenges for the U.S. automotive sector.

In McMichael v The New Zealand & Australian Lamb Company, the plaintiff, a former VP of operations at a lamb processing facility owned by the defendant in Los Angeles,