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
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How Franchisors Can Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve their Franchise System and Help Franchisees
Today, I attended Part I of a new International Franchise Association series hosted by Dan Monaghan of Clear Summit Group exploring the opportunities and threats to franchising created by artificial
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The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) movement is presenting companies challenging — but important — issues that must be considered.
Regulators, investors, consumers and employees are increasingly focused on what
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Franchisors: Praising Your Competitors Might Promote Your Brand
You never, ever mention your competitors in your marketing and advertising. Unless maybe you attack them. That’s Marketing 101, right?
Well, the conventional wisdom appears to be wrong.
Recent research
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The Accidental Franchise: An Evergreen Issue
On September 28, 2021, Fox Rothschild partner Craig Tractenberg with Rochelle Spandorf from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP provided perspectives on drafting licenses and distribution agreements respecting the evergreen issue of
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Latest Franchise Investment Trends
Recently, I moderated a panel for an International Franchise Association webinar called “From Venture Capital to Private Equity: Franchise Investment Trends and Terms”. I was fortunate to have fantastic panelists:
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Franchising Threat No. 4: The Deus Ex Machina (A Biden Executive Order)
While the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act was passed by the House of Representatives, it has not been made part of the Biden administration’s infrastructure efforts thus far
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Franchising Threat No. 3: Other State Legislation and Policies
The California version of the ABC test is arguably the most hostile to franchising. Nonetheless, the risk is not confined to California.
This is because the ABC employee classification test,
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Franchising Threat No. 2: Joint Employment is BACK!
The second troublesome threat is the joint employment standard. The Obama Adminstration DOL caused angst in the franchise industry in January 2016, when it adopted a joint employment standard that
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Franchising Threat No. 1: The PRO Act
The PRO Act would do serious, and perhaps mortal, damage to the franchise industry. It would make sweeping changes to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the Labor Management Relations
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