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franchisor sued for damages More than 100 investors seek $15 million Dana Flavelle Christopher Pancras thought he was buying himself a nice small business when he invested $11,000 of his hard-earned savings in a pay telephone business. In its newspaper ads, Universal Payphone Systems Inc. had promised investors

lawyers rope a landmark Internet case Michelle Lore When they started practicing law, the Internet was only in its infancy. But this past year, Minneapolis attorneys J. Michael Dady and J. Michael Garner won a landmark Internet battle involving the rights of franchisees. The two local franchise attorneys convinced

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs seek compensatory damages from Defendants Pear, Sperling, Eggan and Daniels, P.C., and Paul R. Fransway, jointly and severally, for negligent misrepresentation in the amount of One Million Five

If this activity does not cease, we will take such further legal steps, without notice to you, as are necessary against your company and the personal guarantors, to have this

Let us be totally candid. Your client is well aware that her future as a Great Canadian Bagel Franchisee is in serious jeopardy. Accordingly, her motives for calling this meeting

Franchisor will appeal decision to gain time Guilt: pain caused by doing what you know to be wrong Lawsuits, individual Lawyers being threatened with lawsuits for speaking out Lawyers sued

In addition, the franchisees allegedly created a web page which transformed Worldsites' three-globed logo into three lemons, and changed the "Worldsites" name to read "Worldshits." Worldsites says the franchisees

Since the corporate stores have no involvement with the lawsuit, we consider your communication with them as interference with business. Please desist immediately. If you fail to do so, we

lawyers Kill the messenger Libel chill McLibel Media is sued Money swears Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st Punished for talking to police Punished for talking to press Retaliation Ridicule Right to associate and right to harass Scapegoating Scum Slander Strategic lawsuit against public participation, SLAPP Cheating works

…are attempting to turn the suit into a class action. They claim in the suit that the corporate decision in 2002 to manufacture doughnuts off-site and then ship frozen