This week the Washington Securities Division announced that it is considering an amendment to the Washington Administrative Code (“WAC”) to formally adopt the Statement of Policy Regarding the Use of
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Update: This New Year’s Eve say Auld Lang Syne to Old Franchise Questionnaires and Acknowledgements
This fall we posted about the North American Securities Administrators’ (NASAA) adoption of a Statement of Policy Regarding the Use of Franchise Questionnaires and Acknowledgments (the “SOP”). Technically, NASAA’s SOP…
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FTC Fines Epic Games $520 Million: What You Need to Know
Guest Post by Odia Kagan
You may think that, unless your website is specifically intended for kids, you don’t need to worry about the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of…
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As expected, the majority of this year’s State Regulatory Update Workshop at the Annual ABA Forum on Franchising Annual Meeting in San Diego, focused on the new NASAA Statement…
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Contributed by Marissa Koblitz Kingman
The U.S. Department of Justice has recently begun charging defendants with bank fraud in relation to Paycheck Protection Program loans as part of its continuing…
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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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Webinar: The Pandemic’s Impact on I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed a lot of things, including employment verification. Does your franchise system understand the special provisions the federal government instituted in the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification…
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WHIPLASH! A stunningly fast reversal of labor policies
It was predictable – even inevitable – that the Biden administration would reverse much of Trump’s labor oeuvre. But no one could have predicted how quickly! In a little more…
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Are COVID Immunity Laws Good for Franchising?
(This post solely reflects the views of the author, and not that of Fox Rothschild or any of its other attorneys.)
While I am not opposed to immunity laws generally,…
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What Do You Know About Cryptocurrency? (Probably Not Enough)
Five years ago, “Bitcoin”, “blockchain”, and “cryptocurrency” were not in the common lexicon. Five years ago, Bitcoin, the seminal cryptocurrency, was valued at approximately $275.00 (a staggering 2,749,900% return on…
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