SJC asked to resolve conflict between wage-and-hour laws, FTC 'Franchise Rule'

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will either soon end franchising as we know it in the state, or it will create a huge loophole in the independent contractor law through which many corporations will rush to pass. So say the parties in Patel, et al. v. 7-Eleven, Inc., et al., which was argued before the SJC ...

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