FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing
The Halal Guys litigation history
What The Halal Guys 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
- 3
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- None stated
- 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 cases disclosed: (1) Dream Big Holdings LLC v. The Halal Guys Franchise Inc. et al. (N.J. Superior Court, Case No. BER-L-001062-22) - franchisee dispute over refused franchise agreement and alleged misrepresentations, settled and dismissed with prejudice on April 22, 2024; (2) Ahmed Hegazy et al. v. The Halal Guys, Inc. et al. (U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y., 1:22-cv-01880) - ongoing collective action alleging FLSA, NYLL, and WTPA violations regarding overtime, spread of hours pay, uniform reimbursement, tip deductions, and wage notices; conditional certification motion pending with multiple plaintiffs.
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?