Your starting position should be that you'll be the sole owner of the franchise business, and that your wife is not going to sign a personal...

Defense counsel keeps harping on whether or not I understand Franchisor/Franchisee agreements.. he sent me the agreement?

This is critical...it doesn't matter what the contract is named or whether or not it uses the words like "franchise" or "franchisor" or...

What would define a 6 months in this case?

It's very annoying when franchise agreements use ALL CAPS for FRANCHISOR and FRANCHISEE. Really,

Quite possibly. It's typical that a landlord will require personal guarantees, but 10 of them from silent investors seems like overkill. First,...

Is that legal ?

In general, yes; that's legal and enforceable against you. However, the law on non-competes varies depending on what state you are in. In most...

Franchisor insisting on having complete voting rights in our company - is it acceptable?

Non-starter. (That was easy.)

I agree with everyone above, with one additional important point: the financial statements of a brand-new franchisor entity might be completely...

Charged for services we didn't get pricing for or agree to. What can we do?

Generally, the franchisor has no right to charge you fee unless the franchise agreement specifically says that they can. As a first step, I suggest...

It sounds like you have a breach of contract claim, although it depends on the facts and the exact language in your franchise agreement. Typically,...

After signing a franchise agreement for a specific territory, franchisor is informing me that said territory belongs to another

The franchisor is breaching its contract with you. That's true regardless of which contract was signed first, and regardless of whether it was...