FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing

Dessange litigation history

What Dessange 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 (litigation) & 4 (bankruptcy) at a glance

What the filing discloses

Cases disclosed: 8; Item 3, as counted in the filing

Largest settlement, franchisor's own cases: None stated

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

All disclosed litigation involves affiliate Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation (FSFC), not Dessange Franchising LLC directly. Cases include non-compete enforcement actions, franchisee counterclaims of misrepresentation, and arbitration awards. Several cases settled confidentially; one arbitration award of $70,309.74 confirmed as judgment in 2024.

Item 3 (litigation) · 8 matters disclosed · 1 pending listed

Litigation cases

Parent, affiliates, master franchisor and subfranchisor

Pending (1)

Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. v. KAK Enterprises, LLC and Khurram A. Khan
pending
Brought by the franchisor · Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. (FSFC) · filed 2025-04-02 · American Arbitration Association · 01-25- 0001-6654
“… AAA Case No. 01-25- 0001-6654. On April 2, 2025, FSFC filed an arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, alleging that respondents, former franchisees, were in violation”Page 10 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3

Concluded (7)

Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. v. Linco, LLC, Linda Martinez f/k/a Linda Oppegaard, and Darren Oppegaard
settled
Brought by the franchisor · Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. (FSFC) · filed 2025-04-01 · D. Colo. · 25-cv-01042-KAS
“… Case No. 25-cv-01042-KAS (D. Colo.).”Page 10 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation v. DonMarcos, LLC, Donald Henson, and Mark Patton
judgment
Brought by the franchisor · Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. (FSFC) · filed 2024-02-23 · American Arbitration Association, DeSoto County, Mississippi; W.D. Tenn. (2:24-cv-2867) · 01-24-0002-3427
“… AAA Case No. 01-24-0002-3427, filed on February 23, 2024 before the American Arbitration Association in DeSoto County, Mississippi.”Page 12 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation v. F.S. Salons Sandy Springs, LLC, FS Salons Store #2, LLC, FS Salons Store #3, LLC, and Todd A. Stafford
settled
Brought against a franchisee · Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. (FSFC) · filed 2018-08-29 · American Arbitration Association, Boston, Massachusetts · 01-18-0003-1581
“… AAA Case No. 01-18-0003-1581, filed on August 29, 2018 before the American Arbitration Association in Boston, Massachusetts.”Page 12 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Sharon Halter and CMH Ventures One, LLC v. Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation
dismissed
Brought by a franchisee · Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. (FSFC) · filed 2018-03-29 · American Arbitration Association, Boston, Massachusetts · 01- 18-0001-3212
“… AAA Case No. 01- 18-0001-3212, filed on March 29, 2018 before the American Arbitration Association in Boston, Massachusetts.”Page 11 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation v. Eridon Enterprises, Inc. and Eric Hardaway
settled
Brought by the franchisor · Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. (FSFC) · filed 2017-01-14 · American Arbitration Association, Boston, Massachusetts · 01- 17-0000-3092
“… AAA Case No. 01- 17-0000-3092, filed January 14, 2017 before the American Arbitration Association in Boston, Massachusetts.”Page 11 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation v. HopeWorks, LLC, Asha Vasant, and Umar Latif (with Hope Works and Vasant v. FSFC, et al.)
settled
Brought by the franchisor · Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. (FSFC) · filed 2017-05-10 · American Arbitration Association; Superior Court of the State of California, Orange County (30-2017-00958860) · 01-17-0002-7304
“Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation v. HopeWorks, LLC, Asha Vasant, and Umar Latif AAA Case No. 01-17-0002-7304, filed on May 10, 2017 before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in Boston, Massachusetts.”Page 11 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Envision Investments, LLC and R.U.T. 13, LLC. vs. Fantastic Sam’s Franchise Corporation d/b/a Fantastic Sam’s, JAS Investments, Inc. and John Shand
settled
Brought by a franchisee · Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. (Old FSFC) · filed 2012-07-06 · North Carolina General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, County of Union · 12CVS01944
“… Case No. 12CVS01944, North Carolina General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, County of Union.”Page 10 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “a settlement amount of $296,000 was paid to the plaintiffs by Old FSFC; (ii) the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss their claims against Old FSFC with prejudice; and (iii) the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss their claims against JAS and Shand without prejudice and not refile any claims related to this” (page 11)

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.

Disclosure signals that moved the score

How this shows up in the verdict

Parent company (FSFC) litigation involving fraud allegations, non-compete violations, and trademark infringement creates reputational and operational risk

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?

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