My-Wear Inc. is an apparel retailer based in San Francisco. It operates through a franchise named KL Apparels in Santa Clara. After about six years of operation, My-Wear Inc. cancelled the franchise with KL Apparels without any notification. The franchise period specified in the contract had not expired and the franchisee had met all standards stated by the franchisor. This constitutes a ________.

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Termination at will occurs when a franchisor ends a franchise agreement prematurely without a specific cause, especially when the franchisee has met all the standards and the contract period has not expired. This is what happened with My-Wear Inc. and KL Apparels.