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A Virginia circuit court has held that a taxpayer was entitled to an exception to the general rule requiring the addback of federal intangible expense deductions and costs to taxable income.

You have one location and are killing it: your buildout and operation costs are far less than you expected, while your revenues, and relatedly, your profits, far exceed your wildest dreams.

As has been widely reported, a verdict came down in the Missouri landmark case of Sitzer et al. v. National Association of Realtors, et al., commonly referred to as the Sitzer/Burnett litigation.

Are you a small business owner who has considered franchising your business? Franchising can be a great way to expand your company's physical presence, grow your revenue, and increase your brand recognition.

In a 2017 interview, Nigel Travis, former CEO of Dunkin' Brands, stated that "delivery will be the next wave" in the restaurant industry and that it would "be like a revolution,"

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), which became effective June 1, 2025 and will impact franchisors, particularly those utilizing SBA-backed loan programs.

An attack against the franchise model and specifically against McDonald’s by the Service Employers International Union (SEIU) is underway seeking to hold McDonald’s as a "joint employer" alongside its franchisees.

The Kansas Legislature has amended its Restraint of Trade Act effective July 1, 2025, to create some conclusive presumptions regarding when non-solicit agreements are enforceable and to require that courts reform...

Businesses are using AI more than ever before. In a recent workplace survey of 13,000 people across 18 countries, 50% of respondents said their company was using AI...

On Thursday, August 8, 2019, the US DOJ announced that it will hold a public workshop on September 23 to discuss "the role of antitrust enforcement in labor markets and promoting robust competition for the American worker."

Courts and lawyers must deal with ambiguous statutes all the time. But Judge Wood's frustration with the Indiana Deceptive Franchise Practices Act (IDFPA)...

Many state motor vehicle dealer statutes require that franchisors provide dealers with an opportunity to cure contractual breaches prior to implementing terminations.

Anyone who is planning to scale or buy another business may want to franchise. This option focuses on expansion, growth, and opportunity. Like any important decision...

In August 2017, five individual convenience store franchisees filed suit in federal court for violations of the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law (Massachusetts ICL), the Massachusetts Wage...

Franchisors must exercise caution in how they support franchisees on the labor front. In recent years, the franchise world has been upended by an aggressive, anti-franchise, NLRB.

A recently issued California Franchise Tax Board Chief Counsel ruling provides important guidance on the scope of a regulation regarding qualification as a "financial corporation" for California corporation franchise...

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic decision in Leegin Creative Leather Prods., Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 2705 (2007), the latest congressional proposal to reverse that decision was introduced by Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's Courts & Competition Policy Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Henry C. (Hank) Johnson, Jr. (D-Ga.) and the full Committee's Chairman Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) on July 13, 2009.