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The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has held that an out of state company licensing intellectual property to out of state licensees did not have corporation net income tax or business franchise tax nexus.

Texas courts, especially those in the Eastern and Western Districts, continue to attract patent lawsuits. Fast-paced dockets and plaintiff-friendly juries often lead to challenging litigation environments for franchisors.

Before the pandemic, it was generally accepted that establishing an MAE was very difficult—indeed, only one case in Delaware, 2018's Akorn v. Fresenius Kabi, had ever found that an MAE occurred.

British Columbia, which presently does not have a franchise specific statute, recently took one step closer to implementing such legislation.

Ontario restaurants, bars and other businesses with employees who receive some of their pay through tips and gratuities will face new laws governing how these tips are collected and distributed to employees beginning this summer.

On May 2, 2019, the Ninth Circuit in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l, Inc. held that the California Supreme Court's 2018 decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court applied retroactively.

Jan-Pro Franchising, International, Inc. operates a three-tier franchising structure that offers cleaning and janitorial services.

The proposed rulemaking does not necessitate any change in business practices at this time, but businesses should pay close attention to the proceedings as they unfold.

As we previously reported, the California Supreme Court's landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court adopted a new worker-friendly standard.

The dissent also believes that the Board's decision wastes the Board's resources given the substantial risk of reversal on the basis of deficient pleadings.

The hotel industry in 2026 faces a critical inflection point where technology investment alone no longer guarantees competitive advantage. As AI adoption accelerates, sustainability mandates tighten, and traveler behaviors shift amid economic uncertainty, the defining factor becomes whether hotels have transformed their technology into meaningful guest experiences. This analysis explores how hospitality brands can bridge the gap between technological capability and customer-centric innovation.

Antitrust enforcement of conduct in labor markets has continued to ramp up substantially during the past decade...

Courts sometimes disagree over whether provisions in a borrower's organizational documents designed to prevent the borrower from filing for bankruptcy are enforceable as a matter of federal

Common ownership was determined under a plain reading of the RTFT statutes even though none of the common owners held more than a 50 percent ownership interest.

On December 14, 2017, the U.S. District Court in Bismarck, North Dakota issued a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of recently enacted amendments ...

On August 25, 2023, in Deslandes v. McDonald's, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a district court's dismissal of an antitrust case that challenged no-hire and non-solicitation clauses...

On June 5, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts amended the administrative rule governing the Revised Texas Franchise Tax cost of goods sold deduction.