LITIGATION RECORD · SOURCED
Has CRUMBL been sued?
CRUMBL's 2026 FDD discloses 1 litigation matter(s) in Item 3 — the section where franchisors must list material lawsuits, arbitrations, and government actions. Independent monitoring — federal dockets via CourtListener/RECAP and news coverage — shows 7 litigation or bankruptcy signal(s) on record, listed below with citations.
ITEM 3 1 disclosed litigation matter(s). The full case list — parties, courts, and outcomes — is in the document itself.
ITEM 4 No bankruptcy history disclosed.
- LITIGATION
Warner Music and Crumbl reach settlement in $24M copyright infringement lawsuit over TikTok posts
SOURCE: NEWS:MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE - BANKRUPTCY
Forget Crumbl, rival cookie chain files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
SOURCE: NEWS:YAHOO FINANCE - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: Branigan v. Crumbl Franchising LLC (District Court, S.D. Florida)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: Branigan v. Crumbl Franchising LLC (District Court, S.D. Florida)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: Branigan v. Crumbl Franchising LLC (District Court, S.D. Florida)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: Warner Records Inc v. Crumbl LLC (District Court, D. Utah)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: Jimenez v. Crumbl Franchising, LLC (District Court, M.D. Florida)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP
Coverage note: docket monitoring relies on CourtListener/RECAP, a partial mirror of federal court records — state courts, arbitrations, and unmirrored federal cases will not appear. Absence here ≠ absence of litigation. The authoritative disclosure is Items 3–4 of the FDD itself; read them.
CRUMBL litigation questions, answered
Has CRUMBL been sued?
CRUMBL's 2026 FDD discloses 1 litigation matter(s) in Item 3 — the section where franchisors must list material civil actions, arbitrations, and government proceedings involving the franchisor and its executives. Independent monitoring (federal court dockets via CourtListener/RECAP and news coverage) shows 7 litigation or bankruptcy signal(s) on record for CRUMBL, each cited on this page. Court-record coverage is partial, so absence of a docket here is not evidence of absence of litigation.
Has CRUMBL disclosed bankruptcy history?
No — Item 4 of CRUMBL's 2026 FDD discloses no bankruptcy history for the franchisor or its executives.
Where can I verify CRUMBL lawsuits myself?
Read Items 3 and 4 of the official FDD (linked from this page), search the brand and its legal entity on CourtListener/RECAP (free federal docket mirror), and ask the franchisor's representative directly — they are required to disclose material litigation.
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