Congress just passed a bill to allow terminated auto dealers to arbitrate their termination under an expedited procedure. The procedure highlights the issue of faster, cheaper, that I've been discussing.
According to a U.S. senator, General Motors executives have been pressuring individual car dealers to oppose legislation aimed at restoring their terminated franchise agreements and rights.
The large hotel franchise companies do not grant “areas of protection” (AOP) to their franchisees. At best, some of them utilize third-party impact studies to try to quantify the effect of the proposed new hotel on the existing franchisee. The results of these impact studies are highly subjective.
