Mealey's ( December 7, 2020, 2:42 PM EST) -- BOSTON — At the request of the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a federal judge in Massachusetts followed up his entry of partial judgment in favor of 7-Eleven Inc. with a memorandum and order on Dec. 2, explaining there is little overlap between the issues disposed of and those that remain pending in four franchise workers’ action over their alleged misclassification as contractors (Dhananjay Patel, et al. v. 7-Eleven Inc., No. 17-11414, D. Mass., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225628)....