Franchise Legal News

Franchisees Sue KFC to Retain U.S. Marketing Control
by Janet Sparks
The KFC National Council and Advertising Cooperative, Inc. (NCAC) filed a lawsuit last week against the world’s most popular fried chicken chain after KFC's corporate office made a number of marketing blunders in promoting a new product, Kentucky Grilled Chicken, without authorization.

Franchise War Brewing at Wyndham?
by BMM Staff
Super 8 hotel owners are up in arms with their franchisor, Wyndham Hotels Group. Hundreds of franchisees have been asking for additional time and flexibility in upgrading an expensive property management system, a sort of hotel point of sales and inventory solution, that they allege not only has major glitches but also will cause considerable financial hardship to its hotel owners.

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Issues of Constructive Termination and Non-Renewal under the PMPA
by Robert Salkowski, Esq.
On January 19, 2010, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Mac’s Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products, Inc., a case involving a group of Shell service station franchisee dealers who claim that their franchisor violated the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (“PMPA”), through acts that constitute either constructive termination or non-renewal.

A Franchisee's Dilemma with Renewing
by Keith Kanouse, Esq.
The vast majority of today's franchise agreements (that is, "one-sided, franchisor-oriented") normally contain the following provision as one of the conditions to the franchisor agreeing to renew the franchise agreement at the end of the initial term.

The System Doesn't Work
by Peter Silverman, Esq.
Businesses are demanding fast, cost-effective resolutions for every aspect of their companies, and dispute resolution should not be any different.

Zarco Speaks on Future of Dunkin', Ethics of Outside Counsel
Interview with Robert Zarco, Esq.
Robert Zarco, one of America's leading franchise attorneys, gives an exclusive interview to Blue MauMau while attending the  American Bar Association's Forum on Franchising in Toronto.

Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009
BMM note: As of January 15, 2010, this bill is still in committee.
by Carmen Caruso, Esq.
Currently pending in the United States Congress is an important piece of legislation that all franchisees should enthusiastically support.

ABA Forum on Franchising 2009
by Mr. Blue MauMau
By permission of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, we are posting parts of articles provided in the Workshops in the hopes of facilitating continued dialog about these legal issues.

Gardner Sees Signs of Recovery, Change in Franchise Bar
Interview with Ronald Gardner, Esq., chairman of the ABA Forum on Franchising
For the first time the ABA Forum on Franchising is led by a franchisee-side attorney. In an exclusive interview with BMM, Chairman Ronald Gardner, managing partner of Dady & Garner, P.A., discusses the current state of the Forum and the hopeful signs for 2010.

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