FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing
Bambu litigation history
What Bambu 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
- 4
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest settlement, franchisor's own cases
- $5K
- As stated in Item 3
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
- Filing year
- 2026
- Disclosures cover the prior ten years
Extracted from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 3: litigation
Franchisee territory dispute settled 2024; two 2015-2016 predecessor regulatory actions (VA and MD securities/franchise violations, settled with restitution); one 2025 arbitration by franchisor against a former franchisee/guarantors for breach of contract and collection of amounts due.
Item 3 (litigation) · 4 matters disclosed
Litigation cases
The franchisor and its predecessor
Concluded (3)
Sweet Delights by cLc, LLC, d/b/a BAMBU Mays Landing v. Bambu Franchising, LLC and Sadia & Nadia, LLC d/b/a BAMBU Atlantic City
settledBrought by a franchisee · filed 2022-06-08 · Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County (Chancery Division, then Law Division) · ATL-C-34-22; ATL-L-707-23
“… Case No. ATL-C-34-22, in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division – General Equity for the County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey.”Page 11 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Commonwealth of Virginia, ex rel., State Corporation Commission v. Bambu IP, LLC, Bambu Desserts & Drinks, Inc. and Kimhong Thi Nguyen
settledGovernment or regulatory action · Bambu IP, LLC and Bambu Desserts & Drinks, Inc. (BIP and BDDI, our predecessors) · filed 2015 · Virginia State Corporation Commission · SEC-2015-00028
“… (also known as Kelly Nguyen), Case no. SEC-2015- 00028.”Page 11 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
In the Matter of: Bambu Desserts and Drinks, Inc. (Securities Commissioner of Maryland)
concludedGovernment or regulatory action · Bambu Desserts and Drinks, Inc. (BDDI, our predecessor) · filed 2015 · Securities Commissioner of Maryland · 2015-0307
“Administrative Proceeding Before the Securities Commissioner of Maryland In the Matter of: Bambu Desserts and Drinks, Inc., Case no. 2015-0307.”Page 11 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “we paid on behalf of the predecessor $5,000 in restitution to the Virginia licensee. The $5,000 was included in the amount paid under the Virginia Settlement Order described in paragraph 1 above.”
Status not stated in the filing (1)
Bambu Franchising, LLC v. CYF, LLC, Chinh Nguyen, and Phoebe Phan
Brought against a franchisee · filed 2025-07-03 · American Arbitration Association · 01-25-0003-1940
“… (American Arbitration Association, AAA Case No. 01-25-0003-1940, filed July 3, 2025).”Page 12 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
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.
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?