FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing
Avis litigation history
What Avis 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
- 5
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- $6.7M
- 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
5 pending actions including class actions re fraudulent counter sales (Bacon v ABG), toll fee claims (Valli v ABG), shareholder derivative suit (De Angelis), and two Travelers United consumer fraud complaints. Several concluded matters resolved by settlement. FTC consent orders for Budget affiliate (fuel charges, damage disclosures).
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- Active litigation involving consumer fraud, deceptive counter sales practices, and contractor misclassification suggests systemic operational issues that could expose franchisees to legal liability
- Multiple concluded settlements for undisclosed surcharges, unwanted text messages, and administrative fees indicate pattern of problematic revenue collection practices that could damage franchisee reputation
The verdict grade is FranchiseVerdict's editorial assessment across SBA loan performance, unit growth, revenue and disclosure signals. It is not investment advice.
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?