Franchisee 101: Booked for Personal Jurisdiction
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24
The California Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision finding that a Texas court had personal jurisdiction over a California franchisee. GlobalCFO, LLC and GlobalCFO Franchise, LLC (collectively, “GlobalCFO”), the franchisor of bookkeeping and accounting, fundraising, and financial modelling and budgeting services businesses, initiated a lawsuit in Texas against a franchisee and its owner and her husband, alleging violations of GlobalCFO’s intellectual property rights and certain...
By: Lewitt Hackman