How does Canada differ from the U.S. on franchising, from restaurants to cannabis? What have they done differently during COVID?
Don't clear out the in box just yet. That was advice for franchisees offered by Jason Murray, partner at K&L Gates, on a new Franchise Times Legal Eagles webinar about terminations and litigation arising out of COVID-19.
A year after entering a merger plan with Just Eat Takewaway.com, Grubhub is defending itself against a handful of shareholder lawsuits. In all, 14 lawsuits have hit the courts alleging various issues in the merger agreement.
As the economy continues to pick up steam overall, there are still plenty of weak spots. But it's getting harder and harder to make the case for help from landlords or franchisors.
While there was plenty that proved awful about 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, many franchise systems made changes that started as survival tactics but ultimately strengthened the brand. This “forced innovation,” as Cheng Cohen attorney Michael Daigle put it, pushed franchisors to roll out n…
Horsepower Brands is among the new entrants to the world of multi-brand home services franchises. That world includes Neighborly, with more than 20 brands spanning everything restoration to flooring to landscaping, Authority Brands, with 10 brands focused on home and lawn care, and fellow re…
Before the pandemic, Peter Loh and his colleagues at Foley & Lardner were constantly jumping on flights and spending nights in hotels to go to a 20-minute status meeting or to collect witness depositions. Now, the majority of preliminary legal work can be done remotely over a Zoom or Mic…
If 2021 is the year deferred debt comes due for lenders and operators, then Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code is a little-known way to deal with it. Subchapter V, meanwhile, is a new tool for small businesses, making it faster and less expensive to reorganize under Chapter 11.
Some operators won’t even say the word “bankruptcy.” Take Adam Zeitsiff, CEO of Gold’s Gym when it filed for Chapter 11 in May 2020. "I don’t use the B-word," he said at the time. But can bankruptcy be a good thing? These five franchise operators used the process to their advantage.
While bankruptcy isn’t usually the most attractive option for a franchisee, it’s also not the worst outcome, and it isn’t always bad for the franchisor.
The first time Joni Genovesi tried Beyond Juicery + Eatery, it was during a casual lunch with a friend. At the t…
As Aloha Poke CEO Chris Birkinshaw says, "It’s a really interesting time to be talking about FDDs."
Membership in the International Franchise Association affords some franchisors and suppliers the “patina” of goo…
Cresting the 100-location mark is a big deal in franchising. But Teriyaki Madness Chairman and CEO Michael Haith…
Nick-Anthony Zamucen witnessed a traumatic scene in his early 20s that inspired him to create a crime and trauma…
Schopp founded Neighborhood News in October 1996 and started franchising the concept under Neighbors Choice in A…
Whenever there's an economic hiccup—or outright disaster—franchising tends to benefit from some extra interest.
Jeff Elgin, CEO of franchise brokerage FranChoice, decided to fight rather than settle back in early 2019. That’…
Malcolm Jenkins, the New Orleans Saints safety who confronted quarterback Drew Brees last year over national ant…
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