Mealey's (March 2, 2021, 9:39 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — Four franchising-related associations on Feb. 16 gave notice in a federal suit challenging the constitutionality of California’s “ABC Test” that they intend to file a first amended complaint in time to render the state’s pending motion to dismiss the original complaint moot, saying that the court should deny the motion to dismiss on those grounds. The state argues, among other things, that the ABC Test does not interfere with any congressional objective in the Federal Trade Commission’s Franchise Rule or the Lanham Act....