Summary Judgment Ruling For 7-Eleven Issued In Franchise Class Dispute

Mealey's ( September 29, 2022, 1:02 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts on Sept. 28 allowed summary judgment in favor of 7-Eleven Inc. in a five-year-long putative class dispute over the classification of franchisees, opining in part that “the mere fact that the parties share economic interest does not imply that [the franchisees] perform services for 7-Eleven.”...