Franchisor 101: Successor Franchisor’s Territorial Takeover
By EsqSocial Corporation 29/04/21
A federal court in Connecticut ruled against an urgent care franchisor’s motion to dismiss, finding the plaintiff had standing to sue under Article III of the U.S. Constitution. The court still dismissed the plaintiff’s claims under the Connecticut Franchise Act (“CFA”) and the Sherman Act. AFC Franchising (“AFC”), the successor-in-interest to Doctors Express Franchising, entered into a Master Development Agreement (“MDA”). The MDA granted the master developer exclusive rights to develop, open...
By: Lewitt Hackman