ArticleHigh Risk, High Reward: When Is It Time To Establish Or Grow A Cannabis Franchise System?Cannabis and CBD-driven business format franchising is coming.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleIs Your Trademark "License" An Unintended Franchise Agreement?All too often, trademark licensors offer the use of their mark along with other intangibles without considering if the trademark license is actually an "unintended" offer of a sale of a franchise. United StatesIntellectual PropertyWaller Lansden Dortch & Davis
ArticleFTC Posts $20 Million Settlement With Dealer Group For Alleged Deceptive PracticesOn Thursday, December 19, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Illinois Attorney General announced a massive $20 million settlement with Leader Automotive Group...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticlePotential NFL Running Back Union? Lessons To Be Learned From Derrick Henry And Other Top RBs As They Discuss Feeling Devalued In Their PositionsRecently, star Tennessee Titans Running Back, Derrick Henry, admitted to forming a group chat linking all of the top NFL running backs together to discuss long-held sentiments of feeling devalued...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentFord Harrison LLP
ArticleTwo Dickinson Wright Lawyers Recognized In The 2020 Edition Of Chambers CanadaDickinson Wright LLP, Canada's leading full-service business law firm specializing in cross-border counsel, is pleased to announce that Lawyers Ned Levitt and Michael Lipton United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDickinson Wright PLLC
ArticleBiometric Data In The Workplace Could Trigger Privacy Litigation WaveBiometric data can be thought of as innate, unique, and immutable information about a person.United StatesPrivacyJones Day
Article2016 Due Date For Delaware Franchise Taxes And Domestic Corporation Annual ReportsAll Delaware domestic corporation annual reports and franchise taxes are due Tuesday, March 1, 2016. United StatesTaxTMF Group BV
Article5 Things To Consider Before Becoming A FranchiseeA franchise is a business model in which one party (the franchisor) grants another party (the franchisee) the right to operate a business using the franchisor's brand...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawRomano Law
ArticleAre You A LatAm Based Entrepreneur And Would Like To Establish An International Franchise In The Region Or Expand Your Business To Other Countries?Franchising offers the opportunity to rapidly expand a proven business model by allowing a franchisee to operate its own business...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBrown Rudnick LLP
ArticleHold That Order - Perspective On NLRB vs. McDonald’s As Joint Employer Of Franchise WorkersThe NLRB General Counsel this week served notice that McDonald’s could be treated as a joint employer with its franchisees in various complaints.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleIN THE NEWS: Dozens Of McDonald's Corporation's African-American Franchisees Sue Alleging Pervasive Racial DiscriminationMcDonald's Corporation (McDonald's) is facing two high-profile lawsuits involving allegations of race-based discrimination against franchisees and executivesUnited StatesCorporate/Commercial LawGray Reed
ArticleOstensible Agency, Hold The Class Certification: Would You Like Franchise With That?It's a common business model in the fast-food industry: a massive restaurant company provides the menu, the marketing—including catchy slogans and a universally recognized logo...United StatesEmployment and HRSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleThe NLRB General Counsel's Decision To Name McDonald's As A Joint Employer Threatens To Change The Franchise Model – And MoreThe National Labor Relations Board Office of the General Counsel vowed to name franchisor McDonald's, USA, LLC as a joint employer respondent in complaints alleging unfair labor practices.United StatesEmployment and HRHanson Bridgett LLP
ArticleFantasy Sports Venture Partners With NBA FranchisesThis week, industry leader FanDuel announced that it has agreed to exclusive multi-year partnerships with 13 individual National Basketball Association ("NBA") franchises.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentKlein Moynihan Turco LLP
ArticleMcDonald's & Monopsony: The Seventh Circuit Vacates District Court's Dismissal Of A Per Se No-Poach TheoryIn an opinion written by Judge Easterbrook, and a major win for per se no-poach claims, the Seventh Circuit has vacated a district court's dismissal of a Sherman ActUnited StatesAntitrust/Competition LawBona Law PC
ArticleEleventh Circuit Revives Putative Class Action Against Burger King For Violation Of Federal Antitrust Laws Based On No-Poaching Provisions In Franchise AgreementsIn October 2018, a former line cook of a Burger King franchise restaurant in Illinois, filed a class action complaint in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Burger King...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
ArticleFederal Court Dismisses OEM Challenge To Illinois Warranty Labor Time Guide AmendmentLast week, the Illinois federal court in Volkswagen Group of America v. Illinois Secretary of State, 2024 WL 2020036 (N.D. Ill. May 6, 2024) granted a motion to dismiss a challenge brought by Volkswagen ...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleFranchising Expansion In South Florida: The Risks From Money To PoliticsSouth Florida emerged as one of the most sought after markets coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. People flocked to the area, purchasing valuable real estate – both residential and commercial.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
ArticleGetting Back To Business: Considerations For Motor Vehicle Manufacturers In The COVID-19 EnvironmentThe White House recently issued guidelines for "Opening Up America Again" in anticipation that the COVID-19 pandemic may soon begin to recede, at least in some areas of the country.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleHow Much Control Makes A Franchisee An Employee? A Pennsylvania Federal Judge Weighs InRecently, several franchisees convinced a federal court in Pennsylvania to certify a class action suit against the world's largest commercial cleaning franchisor, Jani-King. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFox Rothschild LLP