Today is Day 1 of Franchise Times Dealmakers Week. The webinar series is serving up a week of can’t-miss conversations with top franchise leaders who are building platforms, scaling brands, and reshaping the future of franchising. As a transactional and regulatory franchise attorney, these webinars provide valuable industry deal insight.
The week kicked off
This week I am continuing to provide some takeaways from a few of the many sessions I attended at the International Franchise Association’s Annual Convention in Las Vegas earlier this month. Google Head of Data Measurement and Analytics for WPP Agencies, Nadia Carta (“Carta”), led a super session on how franchisors and franchisees can easily
The International Franchise Association’s Annual Convention is always filled with useful take home information for franchise practitioners. Last week, I attended the session “Proactive Strategies for Franchisors to Prevent Litigation Risks” with panelists Don Fox (Former CEO of Firehouse Subs), Michael Seid (Managing Director of MSA Worldwide) and Bret Lowell (Partner at DLA Piper). It
Contributed by Kevin M. Granahan and Christopher J. Pippett
The Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) reporting requirements are officially back in force, requiring non-exempt entities to disclose beneficial ownership information (BOI).
This week, a Texas federal court lifted the last remaining nationwide injunction that had blocked enforcement of these rules. As a result, most reporting companies
Recently, the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.’s (“NASAA”) Franchise and Business Opportunities Project Group (“FPG”) issued guidance on post-term non-compete clauses in the context of the franchise business model (“Guidance”).
The FPG is a standing committee of NASAA comprised of state franchise examiners that study and makes recommendations to NASAA about model acts, statements
The Minnesota Supreme Court (Court) recently granted review of two franchise questions in the case of Cambria Co., LLC, v. M&M Creative Laminants, Inc:
Contributed by Ari N. Stern, Esq.
January officially starts the “Franchise Disclosure Document (“FDD”) Update Season”. And for franchise lawyers that focus on representing franchisors in the development of FDDs and related tasks, it is arguably the most wonderful (and busiest) time of the year.
Under the Federal Trade Commission – Franchise Rule (the
Deciding whether to choose state or federal court can be outcome determinative. This is particularly important in deciding to remove a case from state to federal court. Some state franchise statutes clearly allow a court to enjoin threatened or actual violations of the franchisee protective statutes. Federal courts, however, answer to Congress, and under the
Key Takeaway: A Texas federal judge issued a nationwide injunction, but it was stayed by an appeals court. Now that stay has been lifted — so the injunction is in force again.
As the year-end filing deadline approached for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), we’ve seen a dizzying series of court rulings that put a
Key Takeaway: In response to the stay order, the government extended the January 1st filing deadline to January 13, 2025.
An appellate panel has stayed the nationwide injunction issued by a federal judge in Texas that halted enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).
Hours later, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) posted an alert on its website
