In another installment to our blogs on sugary drink legislation, also known as the “soda tax”, Mayor Kenney of Philadelphia introduced his proposal of a Sugary Drinks Tax in
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How Does a Restaurant Brand Successfully Redesign a Unit Concept?
Last month’s Franchise Times had two interesting articles both of which focused on profiling franchise brands that recently modified the design or style of their “standard” unit location. There are
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Are You at Risk for a Lawsuit over Restaurant Tipping and Over-Time Violations?
A multi-unit Houlihan’s franchisee, A.C.E. Restaurant Group Inc., operating 17 restaurants across New York and New Jersey is accused of keeping tips and wages from servers and bartenders and failing
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Chick-Fil-A to Open in Denver Airport Despite Concerns About Executive’s Same-Sex Marriage Position
The Denver City Council recently voted to allow Atlanta-based fast food chicken franchisor Chick-fil-A to open a location within Denver International Airport. The decision was not unanimous, however, with one
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NLRB’s “Refined” Joint-Employer Test: What is “Indirect” Control?
Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Thomas Basta, an associate in the Labor and Employment department:
In a highly anticipated decision, the NLRB today departed from three decades
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Count your calories and add 1 year: Final Menu Labeling Rule postponed until Dec. 2016
Under pressure from large retailers, trade associations and lawmakers, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) will delay rules requiring certain food establishments to list calories on their menus. The original
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NLRB Office of General Counsel: Franchisor is NOT joint employer with franchisee
In what many in the industry are likely to see as a commonsense result, a recent advice memorandum issued by the NLRB Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) concluded that franchisor
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Domino’s Allegedly Delivers Less than Minimum Wage
Domino’s franchisees had a rough last few weeks. In a matter of two days, two class action lawsuits were filed against Domino’s franchisees alleging that the franchisees had paid delivery
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Would you like fries with that lawsuit?
The big news in recent weeks is the lawsuit that was filed against McDonald’s in the Western District of Virginia alleging discrimination. The reason this case is big news is
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Will Generation X and Y Prompt New “Quasi-Franchising” Trend?
Recently the Wall Street Journal published an interesting article pondering the next frontier for franchising. In the article, the WSJ
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