FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing
Aussie Pet Mobile litigation history
What Aussie Pet Mobile disclosed about lawsuits, arbitrations and bankruptcy in the 2026 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 (litigation) & 4 (bankruptcy) at a glance
What the filing discloses
- Cases disclosed
- 1
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest settlement, franchisor's own cases
- None stated
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- Disclosed
- Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
- Filing year
- 2026
- Disclosures cover the prior ten years
Extracted from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 3: litigation
One disclosed matter: a 2006 Consent Order with the Maryland Attorney General's Securities Division under prior ownership, requiring cessation of franchise sales in violation of Maryland Franchise Law and rescission of an improperly-disclosed franchise agreement; no monetary sanctions.
Item 3 (litigation) · 1 matter disclosed
Litigation cases
The franchisor
Concluded (1)
In the Matter of: Aussie Pet Mobile, Inc. and Ian Moses
concludedGovernment or regulatory action · Securities Commissioner of Maryland (administrative proceeding) · 2004-0162
“… (Administrative Proceeding before the Securities Commissioner of Maryland;”Page 14 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “On January 25, 2006, Aussie Pet Mobile, Inc., while under previous ownership, entered into a Consent Order with the Securities Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland (the “Division”) that required the franchisor to cease and desist from taking certain actions and to make certain representations.”
Item 3 lists the litigation the franchisor must disclose; a matter against a parent, an affiliate or a named officer is not a matter against the franchisor, and pending claims are allegations, not findings.
Disclosed in the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 4: bankruptcy
Aussie Pet Mobile, Inc., under previous management, filed Chapter 11 in the Central District of California on March 12, 2012 (Case No. 8:12-bk-13141-MW). A Plan of Reorganization was confirmed December 10, 2012, effective December 25, 2012; case discharged January 15, 2013 and closed January 21, 2015.
Before you weigh a lawsuit
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?