Monthly Archives: July 2026

We are pleased to share a significant victory for our client, MDR United LLC, and an important federal court decision for the franchise community addressing contractual releases, franchise assignments, choice-of-law provisions, contractual limitations periods, and the enforceability of agreements between sophisticated parties. On July 28, 2026, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon of the Southern District of Florida issued a 27-page decision in Labento, LLC v. MDR United, LLC and

If your franchise counsel handles your FDD renewal every year and little else, you’re only getting half the protection your franchise agreement was built to provide. A franchise agreement is not a document you file away after registration. It’s a living set of obligations that only has value if it’s periodically enforced. Franchisors who treat enforcement as an afterthought — something to worry about only when a dispute becomes impossible