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The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a landmark $17 million settlement against Xponential Fitness, a franchisor operating popular fitness brands including Club Pilates, Pure Barre, YogaSix, StretchLab, and
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The SBA Franchise Directory is officially back online from June 1, 2025, and with it comes a series of critical updates for franchisors and franchisees discussed in the virtual briefing
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“Danger, Danger Will Robinson!” That was the warning of the guardian robot in the 60’s television show, Lost in Space. Intellectual property lawyers are giving similar warnings when it comes
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In the near future, customers will likely be ordering their fast food through their smart home devices, such as Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home. Gary Vaynerchuk, chairman of VaynerX,
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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has requested public comments on its Trade Regulation Rule entitled “Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising” (the “Rule”). The Rule makes it an unfair or
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The Trump administration is moving forward with an Obama-era initiative requiring certain food establishments to list calorie information
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Just four days shy of the enforcement deadline, the FDA extended the date for restaurants and similar retail food
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Over two years ago, on December 1, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published a food labeling
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A couple years ago, I wrote a blog on the first Annual Summit of the Professional Athletes Franchise Initiative (PAFI). Fox Rothschild had become a charter member of that initiative
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Okay. It’s hot. Very HOT here in Western Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Three Rivers. Where, the iconic Point State Park fountain flows again. And, more and more, Pirates