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Franchise 101: Court Holds Joint Liability is Fashionable; and Lack of Personal Training and Personal Jurisdiction
Franchisor 101: Court Holds Joint Liability is Fashionable A California federal district court held that judgment entered against individual owners of a franchisor entity, KEP Fortune, LLC, finding them jointly and severally liable with the
Franchise 101: Franchisor Cannot Massage its Way Out of Vicarious Liability; and Insurance Franchisor Cannot Mitigate Franchise Claims
Franchisor 101: Franchisor Cannot Massage its Way Out of Vicarious Liability A Texas court of appeals affirmed judgment in favor of a plaintiff who claimed a franchisor was vicariously liable for a franchisee’s employee’s wrongful
Franchise 101: Liquidated Damages in 30 Minutes or Less; and The Price is Right: What Payments Establish a Franchise Relationship?
Franchisor 101: Liquidated Damages in 30 Minutes or Less A Michigan district court held a franchisee breached its obligations under its franchise agreements and upheld the liquidated damages clause in the agreements. Little Caesar Enterprises,
Franchise 101: The Secret is Not in the Dough; and An UnBakeable Non-Compete
Franchisor 101: The Secret is Not in the Dough A Utah federal judge denied cookie franchisor Crumbl an injunction preventing its competitor, Dirty Dozen, from opening new locations while litigation between the two franchisors was
Franchise 101: Not at Liberty to Change Venue; and Blurry Choice of Remedies
Franchisor 101: Not at Liberty to Change Venue A Dallas-based federal district court denied a franchisor’s request to keep its action against former franchisees in Texas and transferred the action to the Eastern District of
Franchise 101: Salon Franchisor Weaved into Joint Employment Claims; and No Joint Employment, No Cry
Franchisor 101: Salon Franchisor Weaved into Joint Employment Claims A Michigan federal district court denied a franchisor’s motion to dismiss claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Michigan law, and
Franchise 101: Pizza Franchisor’s Release Overcooked; and Court Taxes Franchisor’s Restrictive Covenants
Franchisor 101: Pizza Franchisor’s Release Overcooked A federal district court denied a pizza franchisor’s motion to dismiss a former franchisee’s complaint, finding the former franchisee sufficiently pleaded the franchisor coerced the franchisee into signing a
Franchise 101: Court Hits Brakes on Former Franchisees; and Pandemic No Excuse for Non-Payment
Franchisor 101: Court Hits Brakes on Former Franchisees An Ohio appellate court upheld the state trial court’s decision to grant a permanent injunction against two former franchisees of an auto body shop franchise working for
Franchise 101: Promises to Prospectives; and Default! Default!
Franchisor 101: Promises to Prospectives A federal district court in New Jersey denied Travelodge Hotels’ motion for partial summary judgment against a former franchisee, holding there are genuine issues of fact as to Travelodge’s breach
Franchise 101: Greener Grass in a Foreign Forum; and The Ties That Won’t Bind
Franchisor 101: Greener Grass in a Foreign Forum A federal court in Maryland denied Marriott International, Inc.’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ action based on forum non conveniens. Plaintiffs sued Marriott and the JW Marriott hotel