Lifestyle Publications litigation history

The franchisor and its predecessor

Concluded (5)

• In the Matter of Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC - Consent Order of the State of California, Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

  concluded

  Government or regulatory action · Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC (“LMS”), the franchisor's predecessor per Item 1 · filed 2021-10-20 · State of California, Department of Financial Protection and Innovation · FIL ORG ID. 346859 (printed thus; the filing gives no docket number)

  “LMS entered into a “Consent Order” with the State of California, Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“CA Department”) dated October 20, 2021 (FIL ORG ID. 346859).”Page 13 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3

  Outcome: “Under the Consent Order, LMS agreed to cease and desist from violating the California Law and pay $7,500 to the CA Department.”

• In the Matter of Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC - Consent Order of the Securities Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland

  concluded

  Government or regulatory action · Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC (“LMS”) is the respondent, but the order's undertakings bind “we and LMS” - i.e. the franchisor Lifestyle Publications, LLC jointly; see count_note · filed 2020-03-31 · Securities Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland · 2020-003

  “LMS entered into a “Consent Order” with the Securities Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland (“Maryland Division”) dated March 31, 2020 (Case No. 2020- 003).”Page 12 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3

  Outcome: “Under the Consent Order, we and LMS agreed to cease and desist from violating the Maryland Law, refund all initial fees to Maryland publishers who had closed, provide all then-open Maryland publishers the opportunity to rescind their publisher agreements, register this franchise disclosure document (“FDD”) with the State of Maryland, and pay $2,000 to the Maryland Division.”

• In the Matter of Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC - Consent Order of the State of Minnesota, Department of Commerce

  concluded

  Government or regulatory action · Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC (“LMS”), the franchisor's predecessor per Item 1 · filed 2020-12-08 · State of Minnesota, Department of Commerce · 61509/BD

  “LMS entered into a “Consent Order” with the State of Minnesota, Department of Commerce (“MN Department”) dated December 8, 2020 (Case No. 61509/BD).”Page 12 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3

  Outcome: “Under the Consent Order, LMS agreed to cease and desist from violating the Minnesota Law, refund the initial fees a former publisher, disclose the Consent Order in this FDD for a period of two years from the date of the order, immediately register this FDD with the State of Minnesota, and pay $2,450 to the MN Department.”

• In the Matter of Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC - Consent Order of the State of Washington Department of Financial Institutions Securities Division

  concluded

  Government or regulatory action · Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC (“LMS”), which Item 1 names as the franchisor's predecessor and which operated under the name “Lifestyle Publications, LLC” from 2013 to 2019 · filed 2020-05-21 · State of Washington Department of Financial Institutions, Securities Division · S-20-2867-20-CO01

  “LMS entered into a “Consent Order” with the State of Washington Department of Financial Institutions Securities Division (“Washington Division”) dated May 21, 2020 (Order No. S-20-2867-20-CO01).”Page 12 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3

  Outcome: “Under the Consent Order, LMS agreed to cease and desist from violating the Washington Act and pay $2,000 to the Washington Division.”

• Christopher Lowe, Amy Wimer, Ansley Allen, Jennifer Root, Lori Cruz, Lucy Jones, Rand Brenner, Robert Whyte, Daniel Austin, Steve Ford, and Gregory Yee, vs. Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC (formerly known as Lifestyle Publications, LLC)

  concluded

  Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC - the caption and the body both print “Lifestyle Publications, LLC”, which is the franchisor's current name but was LMS's name from 2013 to 2019; see count_note · filed 2019-10-07 · United States District Court for the Central District of California · 8:19-cv-00198 JVS (ADSx)

  “vs. Lifestyle Media Solutions, LLC (formerly known as Lifestyle Publications, LLC), Case No.: 8:19-cv-00198 JVS (ADSx) (C.D. Cal. Oct. 7, 2019). The plaintiffs were independent publishers who claimed that Lifestyle Publications, LLC violated certain California laws”Page 13 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3

  Outcome: “The parties settled the claims in August 2020 where the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss their claims in exchange for a monetary payment of $659,000, a mutual release of claims by the parties against each other, mutual waiver of unknown claims, and confidentiality of the settlement itself. Defendant did not, explicitly, admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.”