Following the Supreme Court's holding in State Oil Co. v. Khan, 522 U.S. 3 (1997) that maximum price fixing was no longer a per se antitrust violation, some franchisors have imposed deep discounting on their franchisees through resale price caps.
WASHINGTON — On August 10 President Barack Obama signed the Speech Act, which shields American journalists, publishers (both print and online) and bloggers from “libel tourism,&rdquo
CHICAGO —Quiznos encountered a franchisee revolt so vast that it has been forced to settle, following years of litigation brought by literally thousands of its franchise owner-operators.
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Will they actually do any of the things they are told to do by the court, or will they find someway to get around all of
BOSTON – Just when franchisors thought it was safe to assume that franchisees cannot claim to be employees rather than independent contractors, attorney Gregg A. Rubenstein of law firm Nixon Peabody says not so fast.
DETROIT—A seller of business opportunities, Career Agents Network Inc., not only lost its case against a persistent blogger who wrote unkind things about the firm, but in an unusual move the licensor was also ordered by the court to compensate the blogger $23,000 for legal fees.
