FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing
Le Macaron French Pastries litigation history
What Le Macaron French Pastries 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
- 1
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- $317K
- 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
Le Macaron Development LLC and Le Macaron Confectionary LLC v. Le Macaron LLC et al. (Case No. 2017-CA-02339-NC): breach of contract, trademark infringement, and related claims over unpaid franchise fees/loans; awards entered for LMD and LMC; defendants' counterclaims dismissed; defendants appealing as of 2025 FDD
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- Active litigation with appeal/remand: Franchisor sued franchisee for breach; case still unresolved indicates potential contract enforcement issues and ongoing legal risk
- Going concern: False flag indicates potential financial instability of franchisor, threatening support infrastructure and system viability
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?