The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a Bellingham, Washington-based Little Caesars franchisee this fall, alleging th…
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An Arkansas-based Slim Chickens franchisee will pay $300,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit from the United States Equal Opportunity Co…
Jack’s Donuts filed for bankruptcy October 29 following legal issues and franchisee complaints. In a statement on Facebook, Jack’s Donuts said…
Anchored Tiny Homes is facing backlash from franchisees, customers and contractors after founder Colton Paulhus and his family members and fel…
Xponential Fitness defrauded its investors by making “materially false and misleading statements and omissions regarding Xponential’s business…
Amid arbitration filings from several franchisees, Clean Juice is suing a handful of owners for allegedly violating contracts and using trade secrets to operate a competing business, CraveWell Cafe.
When insurance giant Assurant Inc. bought CPR Cell Phone Repair in 2019, many operators in the 825-unit mobile device repair franchise were hoping for more business from their new parent. But CPR's Independent Owners Association is now suing Assurant, claiming "it changed the deal" and imposed "onerous new burdens on its franchisees, wholly to benefit itself at their expense," the lawsuit claims.
A new lawsuit with 31 Seva Beauty franchisees as plaintiffs seeks $15 million in damages and this time targets a bookkeeping business, Stac Bizness Solutions and its principal Shawna Aho in Woodlands, Texas.
A second lawsuit filed in federal court last Thursday alleges racial discrimination against Black franchisees at McDonald's, this time with current franchisees as plaintiffs rather than former. It is the latest in a stack of challenges facing Reginald Miller, McDonald's newly appointed VP and global diversity, inclusion and equity officer.
When Anna Kaiser sold her dance-based fitness concept called AKT, which stands for Anna Kaiser Technique and is popular with celebrity clients like Shakira and Kelly Ripa, to Xponential Fitness in March 2018, both seller and buyer had glowing words for the other. No more, as hearings are set to begin November 11 in lawsuits exchanged between the two.