no. b-000119-c melinda matthews, individually ) in the district court ...

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1 When a franchisor requires someone to do
2 something - make a change, come into compliance --
3 A Open at 8:00, close at 6:00.
4 Q -- is that different than recommending or
5 asking them to do it?
6 A Yes.
7 Q And how is that different?
8 A How is it different?
9 Q How is when a franchisor requires a franchisee
10 to do something different than when they just recommend
11 them to do something?
12 A Well, my understanding -- My understanding of
13 that difference would be like saying, "Okay. You are
14 required to have insurance. You are required to open
15 these kinds of hours. You are required to have a
16 certified manager. You are required to carry these
17 kinds of food products. You are required to have this
18 kind of signage. And we recommend you carry these kind
19 of condiments and we recommend that you have logoed
20 napkins, but we require you to use this machinery and we
21 require you to use these ingredients."
22 Q And with that, from the franchisor's
23 perspective, "required" brings an element of - that they
24 have the power to have some sort of enforcement or
25 control over that things - over things that they are