FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing
AC Hotels by Marriott litigation history
What AC Hotels by Marriott disclosed about lawsuits, arbitrations and bankruptcy in the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 3 lists the material legal actions a franchisor must report; Item 4 covers bankruptcy. This is the franchisor's own disclosure, not a court record, and not legal advice.
Items 3 & 4 at a glance
What the filing discloses
- Cases disclosed
- 16
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- $52.0M
- As stated in Item 3
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
- Filing year
- 2025
- Disclosures cover the prior ten years
Extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 3: litigation
Item 3 discloses data security incident litigation (In re Marriott International Customer Data Security Breach Litigation MDL No. 19-md-2879; City of Chicago v. Marriott; consolidated Canadian class actions; numerous administrative investigations resolved including $52M AG settlement and ICO ~$23.8M penalty), resort/destination fee litigation (District of Columbia v. Marriott; Pennsylvania $225,000 resolution), franchisor-initiated arbitrations/suits (Arkansas Knoxville Hotel; Lucky Cleveland Holdings $1.95M award; Pride Hotel), other pending actions (Portillo v. CoStar; Segal v. Amadeus antitrust; Hall v. Marriott $16M jury verdict on agency theory, under appeal), and concluded actions.
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- Significant litigation portfolio including 2018 data breach class actions, regulatory investigations, and ongoing fee disputes affecting brand reputation
The verdict grade is FranchiseVerdict's editorial assessment across SBA loan performance, unit growth, revenue and disclosure signals. It is not investment advice.
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How to read Item 3
A franchisor must disclose pending actions and any material civil action involving the franchise relationship, plus convictions or civil judgments for fraud, unfair or deceptive practices, or franchise-law violations, going back ten years. A case the franchisor brought against a franchisee counts too. Item 3 does not include every dispute: settled claims below the materiality line and matters resolved in private arbitration can be absent.
Questions worth asking current and former franchisees, using the contact list in Item 20:
- Were you, or anyone you know in the system, party to a dispute with the franchisor?
- Was it resolved by settlement, arbitration or a court, and on what terms?
- Has the number of disputes gone up or down since you signed?