Mealey's (March 5, 2019, 10:56 AM EST) -- DALLAS — A federal judge in Texas on March 1 denied a pizza franchisor’s motion for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of equitable intervention, finding that an area developer’s submission of its notice to renew an agreement with the franchisor was timely despite being filed within six months of the renewal date (Pizza Inn Inc. v. Bob Clairday, No. 18-CV-0221-N, N.D. Texas, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32809)....