Franchisee: No Arbitration Of Termination After Changes, Misrepresentations

Mealey's (September 13, 2017, 9:00 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A franchisor’s misrepresentations coupled with changes to the business model and focus are grounds for termination of the franchise agreement and fall within the agreement’s propriety of termination exception to arbitration, a franchisee tells the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in its Aug. 29 reply brief (Charging Bison, LLC v. Interstate Battery Franchising & Development, Inc., No. 17-10509, 5th Cir.)....