Power Imbalance
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My Comment on the Franchise Rule
On January 23rd, 2020, I discovered that my comment on the FTC’s Franchise Rule had finally been published. As of January 15th, before the change from the Trump administration to…
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Is Franchising White Collar Racketeering?
As some of you know, I am making an argument that some franchisors, if not a very high percentage of them, are guilty of white collar racketeering. I believe that…
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My Fraud Story Continued: Litigation as a Component of Franchise Fraud
CONTEXT: I signed a franchise contract, realized I’d been defrauded and witnessed the franchisor’s participation in a major privacy crime… all in one month. All that action is in early…
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My Story of Franchise Fraud and Indentured Servitude
I loved seeing franchisees tell the FTC that franchising is like indentured servitude in their comments about the Franchise Rule. I told the FTC that once, too…. a couple years…
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AAFD Names Keith Miller as New Director of Public Affairs and Engagement
On October 3rd, the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) engaged Keith Miller of Franchisee Advocacy Consulting as their Director of Public Affairs and Engagement. In their online announcement,…
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7-11 Franchisees Take the Publicity Lead
On September 27th, Franchise Times published an article entitled, “7-11 Owners Air Cold, Hard Facts Against Corporate.” The decision to air grievances publicly is a rare one in the franchising…
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Franchise Self-Regulation Doesn’t Work
Self-Regulation won’t work in the franchise industry until power is equally balanced between franchiSEES and franchiSORS. Right now, franchise agreements are weighted excessively in franchiSORS’ favor giving franchiSORS too much…
