Mealey's (July 29, 2016, 1:21 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal bankruptcy judge on July 20 ruled that a company’s rights to enforce noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions of a franchise agreement entered into with a debtor are not claims as defined in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and therefore are not dischargeable (In re: Carl S. Hurvitz, No. 16-11844, D. Mass. Bkcy., Eastern Div.; 2016 Bankr. LEXIS 2657)....