FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing
Real Producers litigation history
What Real Producers 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
- 2
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- $10K
- 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
Two administrative actions disclosed involving affiliate Neighborhood Networks Publishing, Inc. (now The N2 Company): (1) California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (Order I.D. 337865) - alleged violations of California Franchise Investment Law for offering/selling franchises without required disclosure documents prior to 2016 registration. Settled October 2020 via Consent Order requiring cease and desist and $10,000 reimbursement for investigative costs. (2) Washington Department of Financial Institutions Securities Division (Order No. S-18-2456-18-CO01) - alleged violations of Washington Franchise Investment Protection Act for offering/selling franchises without disclosure documents and making unauthorized financial performance representations. Settled April 2019 via Consent Order requiring compliance, cease and desist, and $4,000 reimbursement for investigative costs. Neither party agreed with findings but settled to resolve matters.
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- No bankruptcy/going-concern; audited + Item 19
The verdict grade is FranchiseVerdict's editorial assessment across SBA loan performance, unit growth, revenue and disclosure signals. It is not investment advice.
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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?