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FTC Ratchets Up Focus on Franchise Issues

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And then, third, quietly on a Friday afternoon, the agency issued a request for information (RFI) on “franchise agreements and franchisor business practices, including how franchisors may exert control over franchisees and their workers.” The ability of franchisors to make unilateral changes to the franchise system.

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Nothing to See Here … Move Along. The Seventh Public Commission Meeting on Identity Theft

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Yesterday’s sole topic for the monthly public Federal Trade Commission (FTC) meeting was identity theft. Both franchisee owners asked the FTC to look into actions of franchisors that made it difficult for the franchisees to succeed. That’s it.