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The legal issues of Burger King include several legal disputes and lawsuits involving the international fast food restaurant chain Burger King (BK) as both plaintiff and defendant in the years since its founding in 1954. These have involved almost every aspect of the company's operations.
For at least a decade, Burger King's formula for European expansion has relied on a joint venture partnership, including a master franchisee, to open and operate new locations. But now the fast ...
The company known today as Burger King itself began as a franchise; the predecessor of the modern company was founded in 1953 in Jacksonville, Florida, as Insta-Burger King. The original founders and owners, Keith J. Kramer and Matthew Burns, opened their first stores around a piece of equipment known as the Insta-Broiler.
Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens was boiling mad after a local Burger King allegedly messed up his Whopper order -- so he called for backup, newly released bodycam shows.
The court ruled that, because of the federal trademark registration, and because the federal law indicated priority over state law, [5] Florida's Burger King had rights to the name almost everywhere in the United States, including in Illinois, except in the Mattoon area, where the Hoots family had prior actual use. As a result of the case, the ...
A daily look at legal news and the business of law. . . Burger King Franchisees' Double Cheeseburger Lawsuit Goes Forward Burger King's franchise agreements allow it to impose maximum prices for ...
Burger King brought a diversity action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) [2] against the defendants in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in May 1981. Burger King also invoked the Court's original jurisdiction over disputes arising under federal trademark law pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a). The District Court ...
The lawsuit against the city steps up the legal battle between Texas and the sanctuary cities, namely Chicago and New York. Chicago has received nearly 35,000 migrants, mainly on buses from Texas.