Editor’s note: This month, Independent Joe offers an updated look at the legal impact from California’s Franchsie Relations Act, which has been covered extensively in this magazine. Franchise attorney Peter Lagarias provides this review of the statutory changes and how they affect Dunkin’ Donuts franchise owners. The landmark California Franchise Relations Act (CFRA), which went…
Read More »California Governor Gerry Brown, who last week made doctor-prescribed suicide legal in California and this week signed into law the strongest equal pay law in the nation, has yet to give any indication on what, if anything, he might do regarding the California Franchise Relations Act (fair franchising). The franchising legislation passed both branches unanimously…
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Customers may be lining up like never before for coffee, donuts and other treats as the economy rolls again, but Big Brother appears intent on crashing the party. Dunkin’ and other quick service franchise owners are facing an avalanche of new regulations and laws across the country dictating everything from what you pay an employee…
Read More »Earlier this week, the Senate Business & Professions Committee gave its approval to AB-525, the California Franchise Relations Act. As we’ve told you in past issues, the bill has been refined further this legislative session to eliminate concerns that Governor Jerry Brown expressed last year when he vetoed the bill at the 11th hour. His…
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It’s easy to see why backers of California’s historic Fair Franchising Bill feel a bit like the 2007 New England Patriots. You may remember that team that went 18-0 before losing the Super Bowl to the New York Giants. The Coalition of Franchisee Associations, which counts as its members franchisee associations from Dunkin’ Donuts, Subway,…
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California Governor Jerry Brown waited until the last day to kill the hope of restoring some semblance balance and equity to the franchise relationship in the Golden State, vetoing the California Franchise Relations Act on the 29th of September. Had he not taken action by the 30th, the bill would have become law without his…
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Speaking of next Wednesday, that’s when we will know whether the California Franchise Relations Act (SB 610) has been signed into law, allowed to become law without the signature of Governor Jerry Brown, or vetoed by him. You will recall the legislature passed the bill in the latter part of August and the Governor has…
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California Governor Jerry Brown has not yet taken action on the California Franchise Relations Act (formerly SB 610) which the legislature sent him a few weeks ago. California law gives the Governor until September 30 to sign or veto the legislation, so there is still time for you to send him a letter encouraging him…
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