FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing
Boston's The Gourmet Pizza litigation history
What Boston's The Gourmet Pizza 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
Four disclosed matters: (1) Patel v. Boston's (2019) - franchisee sued over development agreement dispute, settled for $5,000 paid by Boston's; (2) Boston's v. Kaushal (2020) - franchisor sued ex-franchisee for $205,000 liquidated damages, dismissed without prejudice; (3) Boston's v. BOSTCG/Patel (2023) - franchisor sued for $271,947 liquidated damages, settled for franchisee paying Boston's $85,000; (4) Boston's intends to arbitrate against Arjan, LLC and guarantors for $381,664.95 in unpaid royalties/fees/damages.
Item 3 (litigation) · 4 matters disclosed
Litigation cases
The franchisor
Concluded (3)
Boston Pizza Restaurants, LP v. BOSTCG, LLC, Piyushkumar Patel, and Smitaben Patel
settledBrought against a franchisee · filed 2023-09-01 · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division · 4:23-CV-00913-P
“… Cause No. 4:23-CV-00913-P in the United States District Cort for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division.”Page 12 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Boston Pizza Restaurants, LP v. Rakesh Kaushal
dismissedBrought against a franchisee · filed 2020-01-08 · District Court of Dallas County, Texas, 191st Judicial District · DC-20-00420
“… Cause No. DC-20-00420 in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas, 191st Judicial District.”Page 12 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Mineshkumar Patel v. Boston Pizza Restaurants LP and BPR GP, Inc.
settledfiled 2019-05-29 · District Court of Dallas County, Texas, 160th Judicial District · DC-19-07656
“… Cause No. DC-19-07656 in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas, 160th Judicial District.”Page 11 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “Boston’s paid Mr. Patel $5,000, all prior development agreements or franchise agreements were terminated and the parties agreed to file a dismissal of their respective demands.”
Status not stated in the filing (1)
Boston Pizza Restaurants, LP v. Arjan, LLC, Harsimrat Bhasin, Imroj Singh and Balwinder Singh Chandi (intended AAA arbitration)
Brought against a franchisee · American Arbitration Association (Dallas, Texas)
“Boston’s intends to commence arbitration before the American Arbitration Association in Dallas, Texas, seeking to recover $381,664.95 from its former franchisee, Arjan, LLC and Arjan, LLC’s guarantors, Harsimrat Bhasin, Imroj Singh and Balwinder Singh Chandi”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?