Self-Serve tier

Audit a franchise agreement's arbitration clause and class-action waiver under the FAA (9 USC §§1-16), AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, Epic Systems, Lamps Plus, and Viking River Cruises. Computes severability, class-arbitrability, and tolling/American Pipe interplay for franchisee m

Enforce the federal 14 calendar day pre-signing cooling-off rule under 16 CFR §436.2 plus state overlays (e.g., New York 7 day FDD-after-first-meeting and 7 day disclosure-document waiting periods). Computes counted days, exceptions, and state-stricter rules.

Analyze a franchisee encroachment / territorial-protection claim under FDD Item 12 disclosed territory grant, the contract's protected-territory clause (or absence), the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and the federal-rule disclosure mandate for alternative-chann

Render a Franchise Disclosure Document compliance checklist covering all 23 mandatory Items under 16 CFR §436.5, plus required exhibits, cover page, receipt page, and electronic-delivery rules under 16 CFR §436.6. Surfaces annual-update and material-change rhythm under §436.7.

Build or audit a Financial Performance Representation under FDD Item 19 / 16 CFR §436.5(s). Enforces the reasonable-basis substantiation, the system-comparison metrics, the no-cherry-picking rule, and the §436.9(c) prohibition on extra-FDD earnings claims by salespeople.

Sequence a franchisor termination notice for franchisee default. Identifies cure-period statutory floors in state franchise relationship laws (e.g., MN, WI, IA, NJ), per-default vs. cumulative-default theory, and the difference between curable and incurable defaults. Outputs a de

Determine whether a business arrangement is a "franchise" under the FTC Franchise Rule (16 CFR Part 436), triggering federal pre-sale Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) delivery. Applies the three-element test (trademark license, significant control/assistance, required payment

Track the joint-employer standard volatility for franchisor exposure to franchisee-employee NLRA, wage-hour (FLSA), and Title VII claims. Surfaces the NLRB 2023 final rule rescission, the Browning-Ferris common-law return, the DOL/EEOC posture, and franchise-specific drafting hyg

Audit a franchisor's post-termination non-compete (in-term and post-term) against state-specific reasonableness standards, blue-pencil vs. red-pencil judicial-modification doctrine, the FDD Item 17 disclosure, and the FTC's 2024 non-compete rulemaking posture for franchise carve-

Sequence pre-effective franchise registration across the 14 registration states (CA, HI, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, NY, ND, RI, SD, VA, WA, WI), the filing/notice states, and exemption-only states. Tracks NASAA Franchise Project Group uniform forms, filing fees, effective dates, and ren

Sequence franchise renewal or non-renewal under franchisor-disclosed renewal terms (FDD Item 17) with state mini-rule overlays — good-cause standards, advance-notice requirements, and statutory anti-discrimination protections in registration and relationship-law states.

Apply the franchisor vicarious-liability "control" or "instrumentality" test for tort, premises-liability, agency, and apparent-authority theories. Distinguishes brand-protection control (permitted) from operational control of the instrumentality of harm (vicarious-liability trig