FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing

Ubreakifix litigation history

What Ubreakifix 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: 3; 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

Two pending AAA arbitrations (Wireless Circle/UBIF Huntington seeking $9.7M over suspended sales rights and alleged undisclosed fees; Patriot entities seeking ~$12.1M over withheld revenues/fees with Distro counterclaims after store abandonment) and one prior arbitration (Fix My Gadget/Mikell, settled 2021, no monetary payment, non-compete waiver).

Item 3 (litigation) · 3 matters disclosed · 2 pending listed

Litigation cases

The franchisor

Pending (2)

Patriot Raynham LLC, Patriot Salem LLC, Patriot Boston LLC, Patriot Beverly LLC, Patriot Brockton LLC, Patriot Seaport LLC, and UBIF Patriot, Inc. v. UBIF Franchising Co., Asurion UBIF Franchise, LLC, uBreakiFix Repair Parts Co. a/k/a Distro, and Asurion LLC
pending
Brought by a franchisee · filed 2025-10-23 · American Arbitration Association · 01-25-0005-3077
“… (AAA Arbitration Case No. 01-25-0005-3077 filed October 23, 2025).”Page 12 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Wireless Circle Inc. and UBIF Huntington LLC v. UBIF Franchising Co. and Asurion LLC
pending
Brought by a franchisee · filed 2023-08-10 · American Arbitration Association · 01-23-0003-5478
“… (AAA Arbitration Case No. 01-23-0003-5478 filed August 10, 2023).”Page 12 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3

Concluded (1)

Fix My Gadget, Inc. and Larry Mikell v. UBIF Franchising, Co.
settled
Brought by a franchisee · filed 2020-08-06 · American Arbitration Association · 02-20-0005-6049
“… (AAA Arbitration Case No. 02-20- 0005-6049, filed August 6, 2020).”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “On December 20, 2021, the parties entered into a Confidential Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement in which they agreed to dismiss their respective demands with prejudice.”

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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