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Privacy Laws Pose a Significant Threat to the Franchise Industry - The Time to Act is Now!

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Data privacy, sometime referred to as the protection of personal information, has developed into one of the most significant challenges facing the franchise industry. As the number of franchises in the United States...more

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How to Overcome Common eDiscovery Challenges for Franchises

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2020 has been an incredibly tough year for many businesses, with companies big and small shuttering at a record pace due to COVID-19 restrictions and significant reductions in customer travel and spending. But there is one...more

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CCPA Regulations: Franchises, Franchisees And Franchisors

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Comments to the final California Consumer Privacy Act regulations asked how franchisor/franchisee compliance with CCPA works? •Does CCPA apply to the franchisee for collecting data on behalf of the franchisor? •How is the...more

Fisher Phillips

Hidden Danger: Where Is Your CCPA Notice?

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As I was checking my wife and myself into a nearby beach town resort during a recent spontaneous trip, I wondered when the smiling gentleman behind the counter would present me with the hotel’s CCPA notice. I am referring, of...more

Kilpatrick

Retail and Consumer Goods Team Alert: 2020 VISION

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With the turn of the calendar, the beginning of the new year, and the collective making of resolutions, it is also a good idea to understand the biggest legal risks that companies may confront in the near- and long-term....more

Fisher Phillips

Franchisees, Subsidiaries, and Affiliates Beware: California’s New Privacy Law May Apply To You, Too

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Many small or solo franchisees, subsidiaries, and affiliates of larger businesses may think the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), does not apply to you because you don’t meet one of the three threshold criteria. Your...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The DOJ is expanding its Wells Fargo sales probe into the bank’s wealth management division, a troubling move for an organization still trying to right the ship in its retail-banking unit where the sham-account scandal...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Not A Minor Issue! FTC Updates COPPA Compliance Plan

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This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) updated its guidance for businesses on complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) . If a website operator or operator of online services collects...more

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Illinois Biometric Privacy Suit over Collection of Fingerprints Settled

Earlier this month, an Illinois state court approved a $1.5 million settlement in a class action against L.A. Tan Enterprises, Inc., operator (directly and through franchisees) of L.A. Tan tanning salons. The settlement...more

Baker Donelson

Use of Customer Survey Data Upheld in Hotel Franchise Terminations

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In most cases, courts and state legislatures have made it more difficult for franchisors to terminate franchise agreements. However, one federal court in New York recently upheld the use of negative guest satisfaction surveys...more

Dickinson Wright

Navigating the Cyber Liability Storm Part I

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Franchisors are facing a precarious three-way intersection of increased accountability and regulation over consumer privacy, the growing volume and sophistication of cyber-attacks on consumer data, and the expanding...more

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