Judge Denies Sandwich Franchisor’s Motion To Dismiss Antitrust Claims

Mealey's (June 17, 2019, 3:13 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Noting reasons given in an earlier ruling by a retired judge on a gourmet sandwich franchisor’s motion to dismiss, a federal judge in Illinois on May 21 denied the franchisor’s renewed motion to dismiss claims for violations of the Sherman Act because the franchisor failed to show that there was any clear error in the previous order (Donald Conrad v. Jimmy John’s Franchise LLC, et al., No. 18-00133, S.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94411)....