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4. Litigation | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Legal Matters and Contingencies [Text Block] | 4. Litigation In March 2011, four of our shareholders filed an action in Superior Court of California, in Santa Barbara County (lead plaintiff is Howell Douglas Wood (“Wood”)), against us, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and our outside directors. The complaint alleges violations of the California Corporations Code relating to the issuance of securities to the plaintiffs, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing relating to the handling of requests by the plaintiffs to sell their shares. The complaint seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, recovery of attorney fees and costs and certain equitable relief. We believe the claims are without merit and have defended the action. The Company filed a demurrer to the operative complaint (which is the second amended complaint), and no trial date has been set. In September 2011, Maier & Company, Inc., filed a lawsuit against the Company and PSEI for alleged breach of a consulting agreement. In November of 2011, a default judgment was entered for $117,165 against both the Company and PSEI. In January of 2012, the Company and PSEI filed a motion to set aside the default and default judgment. That motion was granted, and the Company and PSEI filed an answer to the complaint. The parties have since entered into an agreement to stay discovery or other activity until the parties conduct a mediation in June 2012. In November 2011, twelve additional shareholders filed an action in Superior Court of California, in Santa Barbara County (lead plaintiff is Jeffrey Tuttle), against us, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer or its outside directors. This complaint was filed by the same law firms as the Wood complaint, and is similar to the Wood complaint. As with the Wood complaint, the Tuttle complaint alleges violations of the California Corporations Code relating to the issuance of securities to the plaintiffs, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing relating to the handling of requests by the plaintiffs to sell their shares. The complaint seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, recovery of attorney fees and costs and certain equitable relief. We believe the claims are without merit and have been aggressively defending the action. The Company filed a demurrer to the operative complaint (which is the first amended complaint), and no trial date has been set. In April 2012, Ned Sands filed a lawsuit against the Company for alleged discrimination based on religion and age in an employee termination, as well as fraud in inducing him to join the Company. The Company has not yet been required to respond to the complaint. A case management conference is set for August 2012, at which point the trial court may set a trial date.

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