Are you unknowingly operating a franchise system? If you are licensing others to use your trademarks for a fee, the answer could be yes. Under federal or even state law, a commercial relationship between two parties could be a franchise — even if neither of the parties intended to create one.
Category: Legal Perspectives
Vicarious Employment Liability in Franchising: From Nevada Franchisor Roundtable June 2009
When can a franchisor can potentially be found to be an “employer” of a franchisee, and how can that relationship lead to legal liability for a franchisee’s actions? The attached audio file helps to answer that question.
Franchisors: Protect Those Trade Secrets
Here’s the scenario: one of your company’s franchisees is served with a subpoena issued by a regulatory authority in their home state. The subpoena, which
Franchise Attorney, Matthew Kreutzer, Appointed to State Bar of California’s Franchise Law Committee
Armstrong Teasdale LLP franchise attorney Matthew J. Kreutzer has been appointed to the State Bar of California’s Franchise Law Committee, with a three-year term beginning
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