FIELD GUIDES

Documented cases and worked scenarios

Distinguish real proceedings and their stated outcomes from explicitly fictional business exercises.

14 published guides · 6 documented cases · 8 fictional scenarios

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Documented case

Alacrity payroll judgment: admitted misclassification, overtime and record violations

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Documented case

Burgerim: the entity default judgment barred franchise sales

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Fictional scenario

Fictional case: a Singapore subsidiary does not settle E-2 nationality

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Fictional scenario

Fictional case: a wealthy partner can still lack the launch money

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Fictional scenario

Fictional case: branch experience does not prove a master-franchise business

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Fictional scenario

Fictional case: import the disinfectant or investigate a U.S. substitute?

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Fictional scenario

Fictional case: rent starts before the restaurant can open

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Fictional scenario

Fictional case: several states are not yet a service plan

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Fictional scenario

Fictional case: the licence label does not classify the offer

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Fictional scenario

Fictional case: the manager and royalty consume the cleaning surplus

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Documented case

OctoClean: why registration and FDD delivery were two separate sales failures

Source review: 2026-11-14 · 4 min read

Documented case

Premier Martial Arts: the FTC challenged the owner-hours and earnings story

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 3 min read

Documented case

Qargo Coffee: licence language did not end the FTC’s franchise allegation

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

Documented case

Tower Cleaning: what the 1996 no-admission decree covered

Source review: 2026-11-12 · 2 min read

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