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16633 Ventura Boulevard
Eleventh Floor
Encino, California 91436, United States
Phone: (818) 990-2120
Fax: (818) 981-4764
Areas Of Practice
- Business Organizations
- Class Action
- Commercial Law & Contracts
- Construction Law
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Health
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment Law
- Litigation
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Number of Attorneys
25-50 Attorneys
In 2026, various states reformed franchise laws to significantly impact the franchisor-franchisee relationship. Recently, Maryland lawmakers approved legislation that follows this trend.
On May 12, Gov. Wes Moore signed…
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/ Franchise Law
A federal district court in California granted in part a franchisee’s motion to enforce a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) issued by a state court, finding the franchisor engaged in coercive “self-help” measures by…
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/ Franchise Law
A group of franchisees filed a petition to compel arbitration against two franchisor entities and their parent company. The district court found that the franchisees failed to show the parent company was bound by the arbitration…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Franchise Law
The widespread adoption of fully remote and hybrid work arrangements brings lasting changes to how and where hourly employees perform their jobs. While much of the public conversation focuses on productivity, collaboration, and…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
It appears that franchisors will remain targets of state governments in 2026. Although a franchise system may not call a state with new legislation its home, franchisors and franchisees should stay informed about the potential…
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/ Franchise Law
A federal district court in New York recently dismissed a case for lack of diversity subject matter jurisdiction where the franchisee plaintiff and franchisor defendant were both foreign entities, even though they both…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Franchise Law, International Law & Trade
The federal district court in North Dakota granted a franchisee’s motion to dismiss a franchisor’s complaint for failure to state a claim and its motion for sanctions, finding the franchisor improperly attempted to relitigate…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Franchise Law
On April 13, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed House Bill 69 and its companion Senate Bill 240 into law. The new legislation takes effect on July 1 and makes two major changes to the Virginia Retail Franchising Act. The Act applies…
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/ Franchise Law
If your business paid duties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs imposed in 2025, you may be entitled to a refund.
On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court in Learning Resources, Inc. v…
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/ Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade, Taxation
When does a volunteer legally become an employee? For California’s nonprofit sector, the answer just got a lot clearer.
A recent California appellate case, Spilman v. Salvation Army, provides a roadmap for distinguishing…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Nonprofit Law
A California federal court denied a franchisee’s motion for summary judgment on its California Franchise Investment Law (“CFIL”) claims and denied the franchisee’s request to add new affirmative defenses…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Franchise Law
A Utah federal court denied a motion by Larada Sciences, Inc. (“LCA”), a franchisor of lice clinics, for a preliminary injunction preventing a former LCA franchisee, The MIH Group, LLC (“MIH”), from operating competing lice…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Franchise Law
With Valentine’s Day over, couples may have already eaten the chocolate and thrown away the flowers often associated with the holiday, but the thoughtful gifts they exchanged remain. What happens to those gifts if the holiday…
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/ Family Law
The Connecticut court of appeals held that petroleum retailers were not franchisees, and therefore not entitled to the protections afforded under the Connecticut Petroleum Franchise Act (CPFA)…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Franchise Law
A Louisiana district court held that a franchisee waived its right to remove a dispute with its franchisor from state court to federal court, based on the forum selection clause in the parties’ franchise agreement…
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/ Civil Procedure, Franchise Law
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