DBelow average30/100FDD 2025
Wahlburgers: Litigation & Risk
Full-Service Restaurants · FDD Items 3, 4 & 5
Moderate: Review
1 case disclosed in FDD Items 3 and 4.
Source: FDD Items 3–5
FDD Items 3 & 4
Litigation Metrics
- Cases disclosed
- 1
- Total from FDD Items 3 and 4
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor or officer bankruptcy
- Verdict score
- 30 / 100
- FranchiseVerdict composite · higher is better
- Rating
- D
- A / B / C / D / F verdict grade
FDD Items 5, 6 & 17: What You Give Up
Contract Risk Indicators
- Mandatory arbitration
- Required
- Disputes resolved outside court, limits your legal options
- Jury trial waiver
- Waived
- You give up the right to a jury trial
- Non-compete
- 2 yrs
- Post-termination restriction on similar businesses
- Franchisor can compete
- Yes
- Franchisor can open competing locations in or near your territory
- Right of first refusal
- Yes
- Franchisor can match any purchase offer when you try to sell
- Governing law
- Michigan
- State whose law governs disputes. Relevant if you're not based there
Extracted from FDD Item 3
Litigation Detail
1 case reference(s): 0 pending, 1 settled.
What drove the 30/100 verdict
Risk Score Breakdown
- 01MINORNegative net income -$1,079,718 on revenue $5,147,762
- 02MINORThin franchisor net worth $927,892
- 03MINORNet unit growth -74.2% (steep contraction)
- 04HIGHOne concluded litigation matter (settled $900k)
- 05MINORNo Item 19 disclosure
Severity inferred from FDD text. Not a regulatory or legal classification
Litigation data from FDD Items 3, 4, and 5. SBA data from public 7(a) FOIA records (FY2020–present). Not legal advice. Consult a franchise attorney before signing any franchise agreement.