COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES On November 7, 2019, the Company filed a lawsuit in the 44^th District Court of Dallas County, Texas (No. DC-19-17946) against Locke Lord, LLP and Roy Hardin in connection with their legal representation of the Company in its previous litigation against Becton, Dickinson and Company ("BD"). The Company alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties, committed malpractice, and were negligent in their representation of the Company. The Company seeks actual and exemplary damages, disgorgement, costs, and interest. On October 6, 2020, the Court dismissed Locke Lord, LLP and Mr. Hardin’s motion to dismiss. Such order was affirmed on April 20, 2021 by the Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas. On April 7, 2022, the Company amended its petition. On March 23, 2022 and again on May 4, 2022, Locke Lord, LLP and Mr. Hardin filed a motion for partial summary judgment regarding the Company’s cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty. On July 12, 2022, the Court granted a partial summary judgment and ordered that the Company take nothing on its cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty and ruled that such claims be characterized as professional negligence or legal malpractice causes of action. On August 3, 2022, Locke Lord, LLP and Mr. Hardin filed a motion for summary judgment regarding proximate cause and actual damages which was denied for all but one issue on December 14, 2022. On August 12, 2022, Locke Lord, LLP and Mr. Hardin filed a motion for summary judgment regarding Fifth Circuit law on patent infringement as antitrust conduct and such motion was denied on October 3, 2022. On September 2, 2022, the Company filed a Second Amended Petition alleging legal malpractice and negligence. The jury trial date, originally set for April 3, 2023, was postponed to October 30, 2023, following the Company’s motion for continuance.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

On November 7, 2019, the Company filed a lawsuit in the 44^th District Court of Dallas County, Texas (No. DC-19-17946) against Locke Lord, LLP and Roy Hardin in connection with their legal representation of the Company in its previous litigation against Becton, Dickinson and Company ("BD"). The Company alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties, committed malpractice, and were negligent in their representation of the Company. The Company seeks actual and exemplary damages, disgorgement, costs, and interest. On October 6, 2020, the Court dismissed Locke Lord, LLP and Mr. Hardin’s motion to dismiss. Such order was affirmed on April 20, 2021 by the Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas. On April 7, 2022, the Company amended its petition. On March 23, 2022 and again on May 4, 2022, Locke Lord, LLP and Mr. Hardin filed a motion for partial summary judgment regarding the Company’s cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty. On July 12, 2022, the Court granted a partial summary judgment and ordered that the Company take nothing on its cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty and ruled that such claims be characterized as professional negligence or legal malpractice causes of action. On August 3, 2022, Locke Lord, LLP and Mr. Hardin filed a motion for summary judgment regarding proximate cause and actual damages which was denied for all but one issue on December 14, 2022. On August 12, 2022, Locke Lord, LLP and Mr. Hardin filed a motion for summary judgment regarding Fifth Circuit law on patent infringement as antitrust conduct and such motion was denied on October 3, 2022. On September 2, 2022, the Company filed a Second Amended Petition alleging legal malpractice and negligence. The jury trial date, originally set for April 3, 2023, was postponed to October 30, 2023, following the Company’s motion for continuance.