Unfair Dealing, Trade Practices Claims Against 7-Eleven Survive Dismissal Bid

(February 27, 2017, 11:16 AM EST) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — 7-Eleven Inc. did not breach contracts with two franchisees by pricing gasoline too high at the franchisees’ four 7-Eleven stores but may have breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and violated Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act with its gas pricing for the stores, a federal judge in Florida held Feb. 2 (Mahaliza, Inc., et al. v. 7-Eleven, Inc., No. 16-61754, S.D. Fla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15441)....

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