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A Fran-what?! Surprise! You may be involved in a franchise relationship and not even know it.

Publication: Entrepreneur
Publication Date: 01-MAR-03
Format: Online - approximately 427 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: A Fran-what?! Surprise! You may be involved in a franchise relationship and not even know it.(Legal)

Article Excerpt
IF YOU ENTERED INTO A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, you'd know it, right? Not necessarily. In several recent cases, companies terminating distributor relationships were surprised to learn that the law considered them franchisors, subject to state franchise laws.

"Most people, including lawyers, think a franchise is McDonald's or Ramada Inn," says Edward Dunham, a partner in the New Haven, Connecticut, law office of Wiggin &...

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