FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing
Poop 911® litigation history
What Poop 911® 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
- 2
- 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
Item 3 (litigation) · 2 matters disclosed
Litigation cases
The franchisor
Concluded (2)
Hounds Mounds, Inc. dba Poop 911 vs Adrian Finch
dismissedBrought against a franchisee · filed 2013-08-13 · American Arbitration Association; 17th Judicial Circuit Court, Broward County, Florida · AAA Case #71-20-1300-0449; Case No. CACE13021959
“On August 13, 2013, Hounds Mounds, Inc. (Claimant) filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association for breach of contract against a former franchisee Adrian Finch (Respondent) in the Ft.”Page 12 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “On April 18, 2016, the arbitrator found that, since neither party could provide evidence that a signed franchise agreement ever existed and insufficient evidence was offered to support the damage claims although Respondent may have breached some terms in the unsigned franchise agreement, no damages were awarded.”
Matter with no printed caption
concludedGovernment or regulatory action · filed 2013-03-12 · Securities Division, Washington Department of Financial Institutions · S-13-1191-13CO01
“On March 12, 2013, we voluntarily entered into a Consent Order with the Securities Division, Washington Department of Financial Institutions.”Page 12 of the 2025 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.
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- 5-year litigation with former franchisee Adrian Finch (2013-2018) involving breach of contract and trademark infringement raises contract enforcement and IP protection concerns
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?