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  1. August 15, 2019

    Where Franchise No-Poach Agreements Stand Today

    Washington state's attorney general is forging ahead with a campaign against no-poach provisions in franchise agreements, cutting deals last week with four more chains to eliminate the practice, but with few courts weighing in so far, it is unclear which legal standard for judging the provisions will prevail.

  2. March 19, 2019

    Fast-Food Chains Settle In DOJ, Wash. AG No-Poach Battle

    The U.S. Department of Justice may have to find another forum to argue how courts should handle antitrust lawsuits against franchise-based no-poach agreements after a federal judge in Washington state disclosed a settlement between three fast-food chains and former workers.

  3. March 12, 2019

    Wash. AG Says State No-Poach Claims Follow 'Different Path'

    Former workers suing three fast-food chains in proposed class actions over franchise-based no-poach agreements shouldn't have to pursue their state law antitrust claims under a harder to prove legal standard even if it applies to federal claims, the Washington state attorney general's office told a federal judge.

  4. March 08, 2019

    Wash. AG Picks Fight With DOJ Over No-Poach Agreements

    An unusual fight is brewing between the Washington state attorney general's office and the U.S. Department of Justice that has potentially major ramifications for the legal standard to be used for judging scores of proposed class actions accusing fast-food chains and other franchise-based businesses of anti-competitive no-poach deals.

  5. March 07, 2019

    Fast-Food No-Poach Deals May Be Beneficial, DOJ Says

    The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday argued that no-poach agreements between fast-food parent companies and individual franchisees may actually have consumer benefits, calling for a harder-to-prove standard for proposed class actions that claim the agreements are anti-competitive.

  6. March 05, 2019

    Wash. AG Moves To Defend Easier No-Poach Legal Standard

    The Washington state attorney general's office has asked to participate in proposed antitrust class actions accusing fast-food chains of anti-competitive no-poach agreements, seeking to file amicus briefs arguing the claims should be judged under an easier-to-prove legal standard that could put it at odds with the U.S. Department of Justice.

  7. January 29, 2019

    DOJ Gives Fast-Food Chains Ammo Against No-Poach Suits

    The U.S. Department of Justice appears poised to undermine a key argument for workers accusing fast-food chains of anti-competitive no-poach agreements that inhibit individual franchises from hiring each others' employees.

  8. October 24, 2018

    Carl's Jr., Auntie Anne's Want No-Poach Suits Cooked

    Carl's Jr. and Auntie Anne's each urged a Washington state federal judge to toss parallel proposed class actions accusing the fast-food chains of antitrust violations through so-called no-poach agreements prohibiting their respective franchisees from recruiting workers from sister franchises.

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