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New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Automotive Retailers Association Has Associational Standing to Assert Claims Under New Jersey...

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A New Jersey appellate court, reversing a summary judgment decision, recently held that the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers, Inc. (the Coalition) had associational standing to bring an action against Ford Motor...more

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Franchisee 101: Don’t Terminate the Hand That Delivers Your Pizza

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A Wisconsin pizza maker, Heggie’s Pizza (Heggie’s) argued that its relationship with a purported pizza distributor A & B Distribution (A&B), did not meet the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law (WFDL) definition of a “dealership.”...more

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Franchisor 101: No Need for Good Cause

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A Wisconsin federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of a food service and cleaning equipment maker (“Stoelting”), ruling that minimum purchase requirements under two dealer agreements were not a franchise fee under...more

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Franchisee 101: A Lifeline Franchise?

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When you pay your phone bill, part of the taxes go into a fund used by the government to subsidize cell phone service to qualifying individuals, under federal and state Lifeline programs. Phones typically reach the end...more

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FRANCHISEE 101: Squeezed at the Pump

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Most dealership and franchise agreements require the franchisor's prior written consent to the transfer of a business from one franchisee to another. The new franchisee is often required to sign the franchisor's then-current...more

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