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ATLANTA – Hooters of America last week sued a 20-year veteran franchisee for abandoning two of its twelve restaurants on the east coast, one in such deplorable condition that customers sent Hooters corporate detailed complaints about the store's filth, stench and buckling floor slates.

OAK BROOK, Illinois – Scott Magee, blind from macular degeneration, filed a putative class action lawsuit against McDonald's last week.

SYDNEY – After two hand-picked independent panelists made the decision that 7-Eleven must pay 400 store employees up to $400,000 each in back pay, the corporate office halted the process last week, fearful that the total amount could skyrocket.

WALLINGFORD, Conn. – A putative class action lawsuit was filed last week against Edible Arrangements claiming the franchisor sent mass unauthorized automated text messages to consumer cell phones in marketing its fruit and candy bouquets, which is a clear violation of federal law.

MINNEAPOLIS – An appeals court last Friday affirmed a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that a Jimmy John's franchisee illegally fired workers who launched a poster campaign against its sick leave policy, a protected concerted activity.