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Litigation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Litigation  
Litigation

Note 8. Litigation

 

Philip Forman (Forman), who served as Chairman, a director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Advisor of the Company at various times between 2011 and October 2015, filed a lawsuit against the Company and our then-Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Beplate, in the United States District Court of the District of Nevada. The plaintiff has claimed, among other things: that the June 25, 2015 Amendment to his November 10, 2014 Employment Agreement with the Company, which terminated the Employment Agreement on October 1, 2015, is not enforceable due to lack of consideration; that a July 22, 2015 Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the plaintiff sold Company shares issued to him under the Amendment to a third a party is unenforceable (despite the fact that all payment for the shares under the Stock Purchase Agreement was made); that the plaintiff’s 2014 Employment Agreement remains valid and that he is entitled to cash and stock compensation under that Employment Agreement (without giving regard to the Amendment); and that the Company and Mr. Beplate defrauded the plaintiff relating to the foregoing. The plaintiff is seeking declaratory judgment regarding the parties’ relative rights under the Employment Agreement, the Amendment and the Stock Purchase Agreement; money damages of no less than $2,795,000; and punitive damages of $8,280,000. The Company filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claims which was denied on March 19, 2020. On May 5, 2021, the plaintiff provided a deposition as instructed by the Court, subsequent to which the Company filed a motion for dismissal of this proceeding. On February 14, 2022, the Court issued an Order which declared the Amendment to be unenforceable and thus the terms of the original Employment Agreement to remain in effect. The Order also noted that the Company is not a party to the Stock Purchase Agreement, and the Employment Agreement does not constitute a prior agreement that could have been superseded by the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

The parties reached a settlement agreement, in which as full and complete consideration, the Company issued to Forman 1,850,000 shares of common stock of the Company with a fair value of $462,500.