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An important advantage of establishing a franchise system, as opposed simply to licensing one's intellectual property and know-how, is that it permits the franchisor to exercise significant commercial control over its franchisees while also being insulated from liability. Two recent cases demonstrate and help to clarify this advantage.
Domino's Pizza
In Domino's Pizza, LLC v. Reddy, Bus. Franchise Guide ' 15,501 (Tx. Ct. App. Mar. 19, 2015), one person was killed and another injured when a car driven by a Domino's Pizza delivery driver hydroplaned due to a bald tire and crashed into another vehicle. The guardian of the estates of the injured victim and deceased victim sued the driver, MAC Pizza Management, Inc., a Domino's franchisee, and Domino's itself for negligence. After a trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the crash victims, determining that the driver was 10% at fault, MAC was 30% at fault, and Domino's was 60% at fault.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?