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Franchising
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Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Ostensible Agency, Hold the Class Certification: Would You Like Franchise With That?
By Kevin Young
Authored by Rachel M. Hoffer 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—and…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Country Lawyer; Franchising your Business, and ADR Advice: New Blogs joining the LexBlog Network
Well the Holidays are over and unfortunately so is the NFL regular season. Which means we are back into the grind of the new year, and as we welcome in…
Franchise Law Update
State Regulators Strike Back: Franchisees Reclassified as Employees
While the changes coming to Our Nation’s Capital in 2017 likely mean the end of the fight over reclassifying franchisees as employees at the federal government level, a recent New…
Franchising & Distribution Law Blog
Index adjustments under the FTC Franchise Rule affect available exemptions
Several of the exemptions available under the FTC Franchise Rule are tied to dollar thresholds. For example, when the current FTC Franchise Rule was adopted in 2007, a franchise sale…
Franchising & Distribution Law Blog
IFA symposium highlights important topics in franchising
The International Franchise Association’s annual Legal Symposium took place May 15-17, 2016. Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale attorneys Dawn Johnson, Beata Krakus, Kim Myers, Abby Risner and Leonard Vines attended the program in Washington, D.C, where industry speakers…
Franchising & Distribution Law Blog
ABA Forum on Franchising seeks applicants for scholarship honoring John Baer
The American Bar Association is accepting applications for a Forum on Franchising scholarship established in memory of the late Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale partner John Baer. In October 2015, the…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
New Georgia Law Says Franchisors Generally Not Employers of Franchisees or Franchisees’ Workers
By Jonathan J. Spitz, Jackson Lewis P.C.
The “Protecting Georgia Small Businesses Act” amends Georgia’s Labor and Industrial Relations Code to provide that neither a franchisee nor a franchisee’s employee is considered an employee of a franchisor…
Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright
TOP FRANCHISE DECISIONS: TWO STANDOUTS FROM 2015
By: Barry M. Heller, John F. Verhey, John A. Hughes (Reposted from IPT News Q1 2016) Perhaps the most significant decision last year affecting franchising was not issued by a court and did not…
ContractsProf Blog
Shipping War (the package kind, not the fanfiction kind)
How far does a franchisor have to go to help out a franchisee? That was the question asked in a recent case out of the Southern District of New York,…
Rush on Business
Investigate Franchises Carefully Before Investing or Buying
By Rush Nigut
In the Des Moines Register today there is an article about a food truck franchiser that allegedly got cross-wise with investors and franchisees. The article shows just how critical it…