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FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing

Registry Collection Hotels litigation history

What Registry Collection Hotels disclosed about lawsuits, arbitrations and bankruptcy in the 2026 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
13
Item 3, as counted in the filing
Largest disclosed settlement
$7K
As stated in Item 3
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None
Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
Filing year
2026
Disclosures cover the prior ten years

Extracted from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document

Item 3: litigation

Three pending class action lawsuits against franchisor affiliates (SAS Institute Inc./IDeaS, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts). Cases involve allegations of price-fixing conspiracy, revenue management software usage, and misleading hotel fees. (1) Benoit v. Integrated Decision and Systems Inc. et al. - Quebec class action filed January 2026 alleging price-fixing in hotel room charges. (2) Jantunen v. SAS Institute (Canada) Inc. et al. - British Columbia class action filed December 2025 alleging similar price-fixing conspiracy. (3) Proulx et al. v. Orsini Bros. Inns Inc. et al. - Ontario class action filed July 2025 alleging misleading hotel fees labeled to appear government-imposed. No trial dates set for any cases.

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?