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COMMITMENT & CONTINGENCIES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
COMMITMENT & CONTINGENCIES [Abstract]  
COMMITMENT & CONTINGENCIES
NOTE 12 – COMMITMENT & CONTINGENCIES

Standstill Agreement
On March 19, 2010, the Company and St. George Investments, LLC (“St. George”), which on that date was a 23.13% owner of the Company, entered into a Voting and Standstill Agreement (the “Standstill Agreement”).
On January 10, 2013, the Company entered into a Fourth Amendment to Voting and Standstill Agreement (the "Fourth Amendment") with St. George and The Dove Foundation.

The Fourth Amendment further amends the Standstill Agreement dated March 19, 2010, between the Company and St. George, which was previously amended by (i) the Amendment to Voting and Standstill Agreement dated June 7, 2010, (ii) the Agreement to Join the Voting and Standstill Agreement by Dove dated June 7, 2010, (iii) the Acknowledgment and Waiver of Certain Provisions of the Voting and Standstill Agreement dated June 18, 2010, (iv) the Second Amendment to Voting and Standstill Agreement dated November 3, 2011, and (v) the Third Amendment to Voting and Standstill Agreement dated May 15, 2012 (as so amended, the "Voting and Standstill Agreement").

In connection with the Fourth Amendment, St. George and Dove have agreed to forbear on exercising their rights to cause the Company to purchase their respective shares of the Company's common stock, and the Company has agreed to postpone the "Put Commencement Date" (as defined in the Voting and Standstill Agreement) until October 1, 2013.  As a result, the "Put Exercise Period" (as defined in the Voting and Standstill Agreement) was to end on March 30, 2014.

On October 9, 2013, the Company entered into a Fifth Amendment to the Voting and Standstill Agreement (the "Fifth Amendment") with St. George and Dove.  The Fifth Amendment further amends the Standstill Agreement dated June 7, 2010, (ii) the Agreement to Join the Voting and Standstill Agreement by Dove dated June 7, 2010, (iii) the Acknowledgment and Waiver of Certain Provisions of the Voting and Standstill Agreement dated June 18, 2010, (iv) the Second Amendment to Voting and Standstill Agreement dated November 3, 2011, (v) the Third Amendment to Voting and Standstill Agreement dated May 15, 2012, and (vi) the Fourth Amendment to Voting and Standstill Agreement dated January 10, 2013 (as so amended, the “Voting and Standstill Agreement”).

In connection with the Fifth Amendment, St. George and Dove have agreed to forbear on exercising their rights to cause the Company to purchase their respective shares of the Company’s common stock, and the Company has agreed to postpone the “Put Commencement Date” (as defined in the Voting and Standstill Agreement) until October 1, 2014.  As a result, the “Put Exercise Period” (as defined in the Voting and Standstill Agreement) will end on March 30, 2015.  In addition, the Fifth Amendment deletes certain provisions in the Voting and Standstill Agreement which have become inapplicable or obsolete, such as proxy and standstill provisions, call options, preferred stock calls and board observation rights, and it revises the definition of “Conversion Shares” therein to include share of the Company’s common stock issuable upon conversion of any security or instrument issued by the Company, including any promissory note.
 
Litigation

From time to time, the Company may become involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of its operations in the normal course of business. We are not involved in any pending legal proceeding or litigation and, to the best of our knowledge, no governmental authority is contemplating any proceeding to which we are a party or to which any of our properties is subject, which would reasonably be likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company except for the following:

Aduro Laser
As part of the 2004 purchase of Pulse Systems by Chicago Venture Partners, Grayson Beck and John Gill signed non-compete agreements for eight years ending on June 1, 2012 (California law governing). As part of the June 18, 2010 sale of Pulse Systems LLC to UAHC and the pre-payment of a portion of the preferred stock held by Pulse Corp; Grayson Beck and John Gill extended the 2004 non-compete by one year to 2013. Additionally, as part of the June 18, 2010 sale of the Pulse LLC membership interest to UAHC, (Michigan law governing), Vince Barletta, Demian Backs and Pulse Corp signed new five year non-compete agreements ending June 17, 2015.

On July 29, 2013, Pulse filed a lawsuit against Aduro Laser (“Aduro”), Grayson Beck (“Beck”), Demian Backs (Back’s), and Vince Barletta and obtained a Temporary Restraining Order against misappropriation, transfer, or use of Pulse's confidential information. The Order also required a thorough evidence preservation process whereby Aduro's computer systems and Backs's and Beck's personal computers were forensically preserved and imaged.

On August 19, 2013, UAHC filed a separate lawsuit against Backs and Barletta (signatories to the 2010 UAHC transaction) in Michigan federal court alleging breach of their contractual agreements to keep confidential information and to not compete for Pulse's customers.

On April 21, 2014, UHY Advisors MI Inc. and UHY LLP ("UHY") filed a complaint against the Company for alleged breach of contract.  UHY is seeking damages of approximately $102,000 from the company.