The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . . § 817.416 (count two); violation of the Florida Sale of Business Opportunities Act, Fla. . . .
. . . More specifically, Count VI asserts that all Defendants violated Florida’s Franchise Act, Section 817.416 . . . Stat. § 817.416. D.E. 1, ¶¶ 156-163. . . . chances of success of a proposed or existing franchise or distributorship’ ” in violation of Section 817.416 . . .
. . . arbitration of claims for fraud in the inducement and violation of the Florida Franchise Fraud Act, section 817.416 . . .
. . . . § 817.416(2)(b), which reads: which violates any of the provisions of this section, if knowledge or . . . (Fla.Stat. § 817.416(2)(b).) However, that section is qualified by Fla. . . . . § 817.416(2)(a), which sets forth the activities prohibited under the FFA: (2) Declarations.— (a) It . . . (Fla.Stat. § 817.416(2)(a) (emphasis added).) . . .
. . . ’ State Court Complaint sought damages pursuant to Florida’s Franchise Act, Florida Statute Section 817.416 . . .
. . . . § 817.416(3). . . . Id. § 817.416(l)(a). . . . Stat. § 817.416(1)(a), (3)). . . . Stat. § 817.416(3), the FDUTPA contains no such limitation. . . .
. . . . § 817.416 (2) (a). . . .
. . . . § 817.416. . . .
. . . Section 817.416(2), Florida Statutes (2005), reads in pertinent part as follows: (a) It is unlawful, . . . It appears to us that KC Leisure has sufficiently pled the requirements of section 817.416 to state a . . . Stat. (2005). . § 817.416, Fla. Stat. (2005). . . .
. . . . § 817.416(2)(a)(l)-(2). . . . Id. § 817.416(3). . . . is sold in violation of § 817.416(2). . . . Ann. § 817.416(2) (emphasis added). . . . Misrepresentations about advertising plans would be relevant to a claim under § 817.416(2)(a)(l) only . . .
. . . . § 817.416, Fla. Stat. . . . .
. . . 2002, plaintiff sued AREI for breach of contract, rescission, and statutory restitution under section 817.416 . . .
. . . complaint against VoiceStream includes a claim for violation of the Florida Franchise Act, section 817.416 . . . franchise or distribution” and the court may award such person reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. § 817.416 . . . Therefore, on remand, should the Dealers prove their entitlement to money damages provided for in section 817.416 . . .
. . . See, e.g., § 817.416(l)(b), Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . breach of fiduciary duty, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, a violation of section 817.416 . . .
. . . . § 817.416(2)(a). . . .
. . . .§ 817.416, Fla. Stat. (1993). . . . See § 817.416(3). We disagree. . . . In this case, the “person who invested” in the Checkers franchise is Tampa Checkmate, see § 817.416(1 . . .
. . . violation (Count VI), a violation of Florida Restraint of Trade laws (Count VII), violation of section 817.416 . . .
. . . . § 817.416(2). . . . Fla.Stat. § 817.416(2). . . . Fla.Stat. § 817.416(l)(a). . . . Fla.Stat. § 817.416(3). . . . Fla.Stat. § 817.416(l)(a). . . .
. . . and misrepresentation; (4) negligent misrepresentation; (5) violation of the Florida Franchise Act, § 817.416 . . . Stat. § 817.416(2)(a). . . .
. . . . § 817.416(3), provides, in pertinent part: “Any person, who shows in a civil court of law a violation . . . an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity doing business in Florida.” § 817.416 . . . of the Act indicates that the Act only applies to “persons” that are “doing business in Florida.” § 817.416 . . .
. . . . § 817.416(2)(a) “by purposefully misrepresenting material facts with the intent to induce BARNES to . . . Complaint at ¶48. § 817.416(2)(a)(3) provides: (a) It is unlawful, when selling or establishing a franchise . . . In its Motion for Summary Judgment, Burger King argues that Barnes’ claims under § 817.416 must fail . . . to expect the market or market area for the particular franchise or distributorship to sustain.” § 817.416 . . .
. . . . § 817.416; Count VIII seeks rescission of their Franchise and Lease Agreements with BKC for Burger . . . Nor have Agad and Balagam-wala stated a cause of action under the Florida Franchise Act, Fla.Stat. § 817.416 . . . McDonalds Corp., supra, 757 F.Supp. at 1358 (section 817.416 did not apply because plaintiff purchased . . . In order to recover under section 817.416, a franchisee must demonstrate “proof of intentional words . . .
. . . See § 817.416, Fla.Stat. (1991). . . . .
. . . . § 817.416, must be dismissed because all of Holder’s franchises are located in Kansas. . . . The parties agree that there are no cases which address whether § 817.416 applies to the sale of franchises . . . Section 817.416(l)(a), however, defines person as an “individual, partnership, corporation, association . . . also rejects Burger King's argument that Holder has failed to allege the requisite elements of a § 817.416 . . .
. . . . § 817.416) by intentionally misrepresenting material facts regarding Franchise # 6470 that were intended . . . BKC counters that Austins do not have standing under the Florida Franchise Act (§ 817.416(l)(a)) because . . . Id. at § 817.416(l)(b) (emphasis added). . . . Id. at § 817.416(3) (emphasis added). . . . claims that defendants "have failed to allege the requisite elements of a cause of action under [§] 817.416 . . .
. . . In this instance, the Court is directed towards Florida Statute § 817.416, a criminal statute, which . . . Specifically, § 817.416(2)(a) states that: It is unlawful, when selling or establishing a franchise or . . . Fla.Stat.Ann. § 817.416(2)(a) (West 1988). . . .
. . . complaint, Revels further argued that, because it alleged violation of a statutory duty, imposed by Section 817.416 . . . As noted above, Count II of the complaint alleged violations of Section 817.416, Florida Statutes, in . . . also denied as to this count on the ground that the violations alleged therein were based on Section 817.416 . . . agreement by misrepresentations regarding exclusivity of sales territory is not proscribed by Section 817.416 . . . We make the same finding with regard to Section 817.416(2)(a)3, Florida Statutes, governing Revels’ allegation . . .
. . . Enterprises, and the trial court’s denial of their motion to amend their counterclaim pursuant to section 817.416 . . .
. . . purported misrepresentations regarding the prospects for success of a franchise, in violation of section 817.416 . . .
. . . pending plaintiff filed the present case in state court seeking relief under Florida Statute section 817.416 . . .
. . . Count three sought damages pursuant to § 817.416(3), and count four sought rescission of the franchise . . .
. . . . § 817.416: first, plaintiffs’ store was not a “franchise” as defined by the Act; second, the Act only . . . Fla.Stat.Ann. § 817.416(l)(b)(4). . . . Section 817.416(2)(a) of the Act provides: (a) It is unlawful, when selling or establishing a franchise . . . A construction of § 817.416(2)(a)(l) which would exclude a franchiser on these facts would not be in . . . Fla.Stat.Ann. § 817.416(3). Fee awards are discretionary under the Act. . . .
. . . . § 817.416 (1979) and Florida’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Fla. . . .
. . . Section 817.416, supra, prohibits misrepresentations in the sale of franchises and distributorships. . . . A violation of the section is a crime. § 817.416(2)(b). . . . to an interpretation of the provision in question is the language found in subsection (3) of Section 817.416 . . .
. . . Travelodge relies for reversal primarily upon its contentions (1) that Section 817.416(2)(a)(l), Florida . . . The statute, Section.817.416(2)(a)(l), provides in part: (a) It is unlawful, when selling or establishing . . .
. . . Statutes (1977), (2) intentional misrepresentations in the sale of a franchise as prohibited by Section 817.416 . . .
. . . Section 817.416, F.S.1971, provides in relevant part as follows: (2) Declarations.— (a) It is unlawful . . .