New owners were barred from living more than an hour's drive from their restaurants, corporations were not permitted to own franchises, and franchisees could no longer operate other chains.
Under the Federal Trade Commission's franchise law, franchisers are not permitted to make "predictions" about franchisees' financial success unless they do it in the Uniform Franchise Offering Document, which typically contains a host of disclaimers.
Mr. Wisinski said the group had not sought financing yet for either of those projects — not because of the tighter credit markets — but because the company usually waited to get building permits and franchise licenses before obtaining financing.
Of course, there are not enough LeBrons and Kobes and Carmelos to fill 30 rosters, nor do the rules permit owning multiple franchises and ferrying them across the seven seas for personal amusement.
This also permitted Hyde to purchase a minority share of the franchise.
To the grievances, she added "He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise", and to the Sentiments, she added a line about man depriving woman of "the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation... ...... Stanton then copied the Declaration and resolutions into final draft form for presentation at the meeting.
Hizzoner did not care if the Giants were still legally permitted to attach the name of his fair city to their franchise.
Is there any other film franchise in the history of cinema that would be permitted, by its fans and by critics, to recycle so many plot points?
A team representative is not permitted to talk about acquiring a player under contract with another franchise -- an issue since Derek Fisher was actively trying to get the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA Finals over the past few weeks.
And some municipal officials are wary of Verizon's efforts to lobby Congress to end the local control that individual franchise agreements permit.
The racing association depends on a renewable state franchise that permits betting at its tracks, and generates millions of dollars a year in state parimutuel taxes, although that number has declined in recent years.
