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Franchising
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Who Is My Employee?
NYC to Franchisors: We’re Going “Crazy on You”!
In 1976, the band Heart released the album Dreamboat Annie. Soon after its release, the label (Mushroom Records) released a suggestive National Enquirer-style ad suggesting that sister Ann and Nancy…
The Employer Report
Domino’s Not A Joint Employer In Wage Dispute, Judge Rules
By William F. Dugan, Meredith L. Kaufman, Melissa Logan
In a welcome decision for franchisors, and first of its kind in the Second Circuit, the Southern District of New York ruled that Domino's Pizza Franchising LLC, the franchisor (Domino's),…
Maryland Law Blogger
Play By the Franchise Rules
In its simplest form, “Franchising” is the license of the franchisor’s business or operating system and its trademark to a franchisee for some period of time, in exchange for a…
Who Is My Employee?
Extra Pepperoni! Domino’s Fends Off Joint Employment Claims
Domino’s Pizza in Russia recently had to cancel a promotion offering free pizza for life to anyone who got a tattoo of the Domino’s logo after too many people tatted…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
New Scholarship by Professor Gary Spitko on Platform Labor Intermediaries, Quality Control, and the Franchisor-Franchisee Analogy
A significant legal literature is developing addressing the gig workforce and employment law. In a new article, an example of such scholarship, the author argues that one aspect of…
Franchise Law Update
Will a GrubHub Restaurant Take Over a Neighborhood Near You?
Each year in Washington D.C., the IFA joins forces with the International Bar Association’s Franchising Committee (IBA) to hold the IBA/IFA Joint Conference immediately after the IFA Legal Symposium. This…
Rush on Business
What if Franchisors Did Not Terminate Franchisees for Poor Performance?
By Rush Nigut
I recently saw an interesting TED talk on how to be a great leader from Simon Sinek. In the talk he told a story about a business owner who refuses…
Franchising & Distribution Law Blog
Court finds a non-signatory bound to terms of a franchise agreement
A Georgia federal court recently found that a person who did not sign a franchise agreement was nevertheless bound by it. That was good news for a franchisor caught between…
Rush on Business
Franchise King Shares Top Franchise Trends and Predictions for 2018
By Rush Nigut
For this week's franchise post I thought I would share an interesting article from Joel Libava a/k/a "The Franchise King". Joel recently wrote his Top Franchise Trends and Predictions for…
Franchising & Distribution Law Blog
$7.6M award for failure to give proper notice of franchise termination reversed
Unlike some states’ franchise laws, the Missouri Franchise Act gives limited protection to franchisees. However, it does provide that if a franchisor fails to give 90 days’ notice of cancellation…