From what time period are claims released in the Clean Your Dirty Face franchise agreement?
Clean_Your_Dirty_Face Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Consistent with the previous introduction, you, on your own behalf and on behalf of your successors, heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, agents, assigns, partners, shareholders, members, directors, officers, principals, employees, and affiliated entities (collectively, the "Releasing Parties"), hereby forever release and discharge us and our current and former officers, directors, members, shareholders, principals, employees, agents, representatives, affiliated entities, successors, and assigns (collectively, the "Franchisor Parties") from any and all claims, damages (known and unknown), demands, causes of action, suits, duties, liabilities, and agreements of any nature and kind (collectively, "Claims") that you and any of the other Releasing Parties now has, ever had, or, but for this document, hereafter would or could have against any of the Franchisor Parties, including without limitation, Claims (1) arising out of or related to the Franchisor Parties' obligations under the Franchise Agreement or (2) otherwise arising from or related to your and the other Releasing Parties' relationship, from the beginning of time to the date of your signature below, with any of the Franchisor Parties. You, on your own behalf and on behalf of the other Releasing Parties, further covenant not to sue any of the Releasing Parties on any of the Claims released by this paragraph and represent that you have not assigned any of the Claims released by this paragraph to any individual or entity who is not bound by this paragraph.
We also are entitled to a release and covenant not to sue from your owners. By his, her, or their separate signatures below, your owners likewise grant to us the release and covenant not to sue provided above.
IF THE BUSINESS YOU OPERATE UNDER THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IS LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA OR IF ANY OF THE RELEASING PARTIES ARE RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA, THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
SECTION 1542 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. IT IS YOUR INTENTION, ON YOUR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE RELEASING PARTIES, IN EXECUTING THIS RELEASE THAT THIS INSTRUMENT BE AND IS A GENERAL RELEASE WHICH SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS A BAR TO EACH AND EVERY CLAIM, DEMAND, OR CAUSE OF ACTION RELEASED BY YOU OR THE RELEASING PARTIES. YOU RECOGNIZE THAT YOU OR THE RELEASING PARTIES MAY HAVE SOME CLAIM, DEMAND, OR CAUSE OF ACTION
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 54–186)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Clean Your Dirty Face Franchise Disclosure Document, the release covers claims from the beginning of time to the date of signature. Specifically, the franchisee releases Clean Your Dirty Face from any and all claims, damages, demands, causes of action, suits, liabilities, and agreements of any nature that the franchisee has, ever had, or would have against Clean Your Dirty Face. This includes claims arising out of the Franchise Agreement or the relationship between the franchisee and Clean Your Dirty Face.
This release also includes a covenant not to sue Clean Your Dirty Face on any of the released claims. Furthermore, the franchisee represents that they have not assigned any of the released claims to any individual or entity not bound by this release. This comprehensive release ensures that Clean Your Dirty Face is protected from past, present, and future claims related to the franchise.
For franchisees in California, or if any releasing parties are residents of California, there is a specific acknowledgment related to Section 1542 of the California Civil Code. This section states that a general release does not extend to claims that the releasing party does not know or suspect to exist at the time of executing the release, and that if known, would have materially affected their settlement. By signing the release, franchisees acknowledge they have consulted with legal counsel and understand the implications, including the waiver of rights under Section 1542, consenting to the full effect of the release, including the release of unknown claims.