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Global Franchise & Supply Network - 2025 Report

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While 2024 saw more stability in the financial markets than 2023, many challenges arose in 2024 for franchised businesses, manufacturers and retail chains, including bankruptcies of many large restaurant and retail chains,...more

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Impactful Rulings and Cases Shaping Bankruptcy Law: 2024 Restructuring Recap

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The restructuring landscape in 2024 demonstrated dynamic shifts, with courts across jurisdictions issuing pivotal rulings that helped reshape bankruptcy law....more

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Michigan Bankruptcy Court Holds That a Non-Compete Clause Survives the Rejection of an Executory Contract and That a...

In a recent decision of interest, the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan held that a non-compete clause within a franchise agreement as well as confidentiality agreement could not be rejected as an...more

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Non-Compete News: – Georgia Court Interprets Non-Compete Statute's "Sale-of-a-Business" Provision

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Georgia’s Restrictive Covenants Act (O.C.G.A. § 13-8-50 et seq.) (“RCA”) governs Georgia non-compete agreements entered into after May 2011. Very few courts have interpreted the RCA since its inception. In Bearoff v. Craton,...more

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Company's Position Taken in Bankruptcy Voids Noncompete Obligations

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The Delaware Court of Chancery's decision in Hipcricket v. mGage, C.A. No. 11135-CB, (Del. Ch. July 15, 2016), highlights the importance of coordinating the positions taken in different legal proceedings. The plaintiff in...more

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