California’s Assembly Bill No. 5 (AB-5):
Sometimes it Pays to Wait-and-See
Many franchisors are wondering what changes they should make in response to California’s AB-5 that went into effect on January 1, 2020. In a nutshell, we don’t think it makes sense to make any significant changes to a franchise system because the applicability of AB-5 to franchisors isn’t fully determined, and there will likely be changes to this law in 2020. The purpose of AB-5 is to crack down…