August 15, 2019
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.
June 13, 2019
A former McDonald's manager challenging a no-poaching rule for franchises told a federal court the fast-food giant can't review client intake forms she submitted to her lawyers, saying a third-party vendor's access to the forms doesn't waive attorney-client privilege for the records.
June 25, 2018
An Illinois federal judge on Monday allowed a federal antitrust claim in a proposed class suit by a former employee of a Florida McDonald's franchisee to proceed, but trimmed the state law claims from the suit challenging the company's policy prohibiting employee poaching.
June 29, 2017
A former employee of a Florida McDonald's franchise sued the fast-food giant in Illinois federal court Wednesday, claiming that a policy prohibiting employee poaching that all franchisees must agree to is anti-competitive to the detriment of employees.