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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

Franchise relationship disputes are common, often arising over money, compliance with systems and standards, concerns with franchisor support, or supplier designations. Let us offer a legal opinion on strategies to address and resolve disputes, to enforce obligations under the franchise agreement, and to bring about system compliance based on our 30 years of experience in doing just that.

For those franchisors with a December 31st fiscal year end, the April 30th Franchise Disclosure Document (“FDD”) update deadline (March 31st in Hawaii and April 20th in California) is certainly creeping up pretty quick. And this year, in addition to the range of usual considerations when updating the FDD, franchisors planning to register in the so-called “registration states” must contend with two major new developments in franchise regulations. First, the