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Leisure Law Insider (Vol. 2) - Winter 2024

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Welcome to the second edition of The Leisure Law Insider! It will be released quarterly, covering the latest news and developments in leisure and hospitality law, regulation, and policy. Expect content on hotels, franchising,...more

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Franchisor 101: Waive Before Check Out

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A Georgia district court declined to dismiss a breach of contract case by a hotel franchisor against a franchisee. The court rejected the franchisee’s argument that the franchisor waived its rights under the parties’ license...more

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Franchisor 101: Lesson in License Agreements

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The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld summary judgment for franchisor Buffalo Wild Wings (“BWW”) rejecting a restaurant operator’s counterclaims for wrongful termination, malicious prosecution, and breach of...more

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Franchisor 101: Termination Is Not Enforcement

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A federal district court upheld an arbitration panel’s decision to deny attorneys’ fees to Benihana, even though Benihana won a dispute with its licensee. The licensee started arbitration claiming Benihana breached the...more

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Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: Federal District Court Addresses Branded Retailers Challenge to Franchise Termination

A United States District Court (Northern District California) (“Court”)addressed in a January 3rd Order a retail motor fuel franchisee’s request for a preliminary injunction against an oil company’s termination of its...more

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Accidental Franchisor in Hot Water

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Safe Step Walk In Tub Co. (“Safe Step”) failed to take the requisite “safe steps” before potentially becoming an accidental franchisor. In Safe Step Walk In Tub Co. v. CKH Industries, Inc., Safe Step filed an action against a...more

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Crossing the Line: Don't Let Business Clients Become Accidental Franchisors

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Too often, expansion-minded business owners choose to offer trademarked products or services through purported licensing agreements or distribution or dealership arrangements only to discover, well into the game, that what...more

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