Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
What’s an FPR?
Originally posted on 02/01/2016, content updated on 11/30/2023 Every franchise buyer wants to know how much money he or she…
Read MoreState Regulation of Biz Ops
Originally posted on 01/04/2016, content updated on 11/24/2023 As of January 2016, 26 states in the U.S. had laws that…
Read MoreImproving Franchise Laws
Originally posted on 03/31/2016, content updated on 11/10/2023 As I’ve written elsewhere, my guess is that the California franchise relationship…
Read MoreWhat’s a Biz Op?
What’s a business opportunity or, as we often say, a “biz op”? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulates biz op…
Read MoreWhat’s an Exclusive Territory?
The extent of a franchisee’s territorial rights is the subject of Item 12 of the franchise disclosure document (FDD). One…
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