McCartin v. Westlake

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• alleged misrepresentations to franchisees regarding franchisor’s plans to open 200 franchises using venture-capital financing were not actionable as they were not statements of fact
• “[B]usiness plans for the future are not actionable because the statements are neither statements of fact nor statements of present intent.”
• “much of what is said during the negotiation of a business agreement never becomes part of the final bargain. Only what matters is reduced to writing and signed”
• “Business people understand that much of what is said during the negotiation of a business agreement never becomes part of the final bargain. Only what matters is reduced to writing and signed.”
• the franchise agreement contained the language that “(n]o agent or either party has the authority to make representations or other agreements, verbal or written, which modify or vary the terms or conditions of this Agreement”

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