Where is the office of the AAA that is closest to Creative World School's Bonita Springs headquarters?
Creative_World_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 21.02 Agreement to Arbitrate. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, any litigation, claim, dispute, suit, action, controversy, proceeding or otherwise (a "dispute") between or involving you and us (or our and your affiliates' shareholders, directors, partners, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, affiliates, guarantors or otherwise), which are not resolved by mediation as described above, will be submitted for arbitration to the office of the AAA closest to our Bonita Springs headquarters.
Arbitration proceedings will be conducted at our Bonita Springs headquarters.
Except as otherwise described below, the arbitration will be conducted and governed by the AAA under its commercial arbitration rules and the federal arbitration act (9 U.S.C. §§1 et. seq.) and not by any state arbitration law.
All parties to any arbitration will execute an appropriate confidentiality agreement, excepting only such disclosures and filings as are required by law**.**
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 80–247)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Creative World School FDD, any disputes that are not resolved through mediation will be submitted for arbitration to the office of the AAA (American Arbitration Association) closest to Creative World School's headquarters in Bonita Springs, Florida. The FDD does not specify the exact location of that AAA office. However, the arbitration proceedings themselves will be conducted at Creative World School's headquarters in Bonita Springs.
This means that if a franchisee has a dispute with Creative World School that cannot be resolved through mediation, the franchisee will be required to participate in arbitration. While the actual arbitration hearings will take place at the headquarters, the selection of the arbitrator will be done in accordance with AAA procedures. The arbitrator selected must be a retired federal court judge.
The arbitrator has the authority to award various forms of relief, including monetary damages with interest, specific performance, injunctive relief, and reimbursement of attorney's fees and related costs to the prevailing party. All parties involved in the arbitration must also sign a confidentiality agreement, with exceptions only for disclosures and filings required by law.
Prospective franchisees should consider the implications of this arbitration clause, including the location of the closest AAA office and the potential costs and benefits of resolving disputes through arbitration rather than litigation. Franchisees should also be aware that any arbitration will be conducted on an individual basis and not as part of a class action.