FRANCHISE LAW WITH ZING
We wanted to pass along the attached decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday involving La Quinta Inns and a former franchisee that we thought might be of interest to you. The Sixth Circuit reached some helpful conclusions regarding enforcing system change in hotel systems, enforcing liquidated damages in hotel franchise agreements, and […]
Last week, in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found that for the purpose of federal court jurisdiction, a corporation’s “principal place of business” is limited to where its “nerve center” is located (typically, at its corporate headquarters). In Hertz Corp. v. Friend, No. 08–1107, the Court considered an appeal that stemmed from a […]
Tucked into the health insurance reform bill that recently passed in the House of Representatives was a provision labeled “NUTRITION LABELING OF STANDARD MENU ITEMS AT CHAIN RESTAURANTS AND OF ARTICLES OF FOOD SOLD FROM VENDING MACHINES.” A copy of the relevant portion of the bill is attached. This bill is similar to an industry-sponsored […]
