As you may be aware, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued an order late on Thursday prohibiting the operation of a business that is not life-sustaining. The order went into effect
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Coronavirus Legal Information Center
In these uncertain times, maybe while washing your hands for the tenth or twentieth time today, you may be wondering about the legal impact of the coronavirus. In order to
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ALERT: NLRB Rule Requires Direct Control for Joint Employer Status
The wait is over: This morning the NLRB announced that it will issue its final rule governing joint-employer status tomorrow, February 26, 2020. According to the NLRB itself, the “final
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Webinar: Preserving Your Franchise System in the Face of California AB-5
So we’ve talked a bit over the last couple of weeks about California’s AB-5 and the implications for franchising. But maybe you would like to learn more? Then you’re in
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Memorial Day
The seeming confusion over Memorial Day, especially when we’ve lost almost 7,000 American servicemen and women in the wars we’ve been fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, and against ISIS,
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Not a Joint-Employer? Franchisors Now Need to Prove the Negative in California
A wage and hour case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, is the latest front in the joint employer battle. In Vazquez,
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Franchise Times Names Fox Attorneys as ‘Legal Eagles’
Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates Eleanor Vaida Gerhards, John R. Gotaskie, Jr., Elizabeth D. Sigety, and Craig R. Tractenberg, who were featured among the 2019 “Legal Eagles” by Franchise Times magazine.
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Restaurant Structural Change: The Opportunity
Last time we asked, given the high number of restaurant concept bankruptcies and money sloshing around in the sector, is there still more upside than downside in the restaurant franchising
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Restaurant Structural Change: The Challenge
Imagine operating a single restaurant. The food keeps bringing them in, and prices are relatively stable. Consumer confidence is high, unemployment low, discretionary income rising, and people are going out
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Failing to Plan? Then Plan to Fail.
To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.” That is true in any business, but particularly so in franchising. Planning is more important in franchising because
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