FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing

Soccer Shots litigation history

What Soccer Shots 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 (litigation) & 4 (bankruptcy) at a glance

What the filing discloses

Cases disclosed: 6; 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: 2026; Disclosures cover the prior ten years

Extracted from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document

Item 3: litigation

Soccer Shots Franchising, LLC (franchisor): 1 case - Assurance of Discontinuance with Washington State (Oct 2019) regarding no-poaching provisions in franchise agreements. Affiliate TMA Franchise Systems, Inc. (Mosquito Authority predecessor): 4 cases - Maryland Consent Order (Aug 2013) for unregistered franchise sales; Rhode Island Consent Agreement (Oct 2013) for unregistered franchise sales; Virginia Settlement Order (Jun 2015) for unregistered franchise sales and violations; Minnesota Consent Order (Aug 2017, incomplete text). All cases concluded with consent orders/agreements. Franchisor cooperated fully with state investigations.

Item 3 (litigation) · 6 matters disclosed

Litigation cases

The franchisor

Concluded (1)

In Re: Franchise No Poaching Provisions (Soccer Shots Franchising, LLC)
concluded
Government or regulatory action · filed 2019-10-28 · State of Washington (Attorney General) · 19-2-28301- 7 SEA
“… Case N0. 19-2-28301- 7 SEA. On or about October 28, 2019, we entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance with the State of Washington in which we agreed we (1) will no longer include no-poaching provisions in any of our future U.S. franchise agreements;”Page 12 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3

Parent, affiliates, master franchisor and subfranchisor

Concluded (5)

In the Matter of TMA Franchise Systems, Inc. d/b/a The Mosquito Authority
concluded
Government or regulatory action · TMA Franchise Systems, Inc. d/b/a The Mosquito Authority (predecessor to our affiliate Main Line Brands) · filed 2017-08-11 · Minnesota Department of Commerce · File No. 47341
“… Case No. File No. 47341. On August 11, 2017, TMA entered into a Consent Order with the Minnesota Department of Commerce to resolve allegations that TMA offered and sold an unregistered franchise in Minnesota in violation of Minn. Stat. § 80C.02 (2016).”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
In the Matter of TMA Franchise Systems, Inc. d/b/a The Mosquito Authority and Joseph D. Osborne
settled
Government or regulatory action · TMA Franchise Systems, Inc. d/b/a The Mosquito Authority (predecessor to our affiliate Main Line Brands) · filed 2015-06-18 · Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Securities and Retail Franchising · SEC-2015-00002
“… Case No. SEC-2015-00002.”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Robert Weiss v. Charles J. Bonfiglio
settled
Tint World, LLC (our affiliate) / Charles J. Bonfiglio · filed 2014-12-19 · 17th Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Florida · CACE 2014-023725
“… Case filed on December 19, 2014 in the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida, bearing case no. CACE 2014-023725.”Page 14 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
In the Matter of TMA Franchise Systems, Inc.
concluded
Government or regulatory action · TMA Franchise Systems, Inc. (predecessor to our affiliate Main Line Brands) · filed 2013-08-21 · Securities Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland · 2013-0198
“… Case No. 2013-0198. On August 21, 2013, TMA entered into a Consent Order with the Securities Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland to resolve alleged violations of the Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law.”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
In the Matter of TMA Franchising, Inc.
concluded
Government or regulatory action · TMA (predecessor to our affiliate Main Line Brands) · filed 2013-10-09 · Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation
“… On October 9, 2013, TMA entered into a Consent Agreement with the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation to resolve alleged violations of the Rhode Island Franchise Investment Act.”Page 13 of the 2026 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.

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?

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