Contract Termination, Default

Surrender Condition: Your Lease May Lack a Key Automatic Default Provision

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/27/2025

For commercial landlords, ensuring that tenants return the leased premises in the agreed-upon condition is crucial to protecting their property and income. One effective way to enforce this is by making a tenant's failure to...more

Federal Circuit Reverses Preliminary Injunction on Franchisor’s Patent and Trade Dress Infringement Claim

Lathrop GPM on 3/19/2024

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a preliminary injunction granted as to franchisor Urban Air’s patent and trade dress infringement claims against Kangaroo, LLC. UATP IP, LLC v. Kangaroo, LLC, 2024 WL 658205 (Fed....more

The Owner’s Dos and Don’ts When a General Contractor Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Porter Hedges LLP on 2/2/2024

This blog post addresses: (1) steps to be taken, (2) issues to be aware of, and (3) recovery prospects when a general contractor files for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, from the owner’s...more

Michigan Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment Enforcing Franchise Agreement Termination and Awarding Liquidated Damages and...

Lathrop GPM on 9/8/2023

A federal court in Michigan granted Little Caesar Pizza Enterprises, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment seeking to enforce its termination of the franchise agreements between it and franchisee S&S Pizza Enterprises, Inc....more

The Franchise Memorandum - Issue # 263

Lathrop GPM on 3/11/2021

Illinois Federal Court Excludes Plaintiffs’ Expert Testimony on Certification Motion in Anti-Poaching Class Action - A federal court in Illinois granted Jimmy John’s motion to exclude expert testimony of a putative class...more

If you don’t use it, you lose it – don’t risk losing your right to terminate a contract by failing to timely notify your...

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 7/3/2019

In a recent decision in Inferno Restaurant & Pizzeria, Inc. v SW Michaels Pizzeria, Inc., 2019 NY Slip Op 50995(U) (June 13, 2019), the Supreme Court, Albany County, found that where a defendant knew of a plaintiff’s material...more