COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	NOTE 9 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Legal Claims There are no material pending legal proceedings in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or in which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of any class of its voting securities, or security holder is a party adverse to us or has a material interest adverse to the Company other than the following: Sarah Veltz v. Nexalin Technology, Inc. et al. Plaintiff, Sarah Veltz, filed a lawsuit in this matter on January 20, 2021 in Orange County Superior Court (Case No. 30-2021-01180164-CU-WT-CJC) (the “Complaint”) naming the Company and others as defendants. In her Complaint, Plaintiff contends that she was employed by defendants, including Nexalin, and has not been paid all wages, including overtime wages and other benefits allegedly due her. Plaintiff also contends that, during her employment, she was subjected to sexual harassment by the Company’s then Chief Executive Officer. Plaintiff seeks both compensatory and punitive damages. On March 12, 2021, the Company filed its answer to the Complaint. The court has set a jury trial in this matter for April 24, 2023. Management’s intent is to contest the allegations vigorously and, as of the date of this report, is unable to provide an evaluation of the potential outcome of the litigation within the probable or remote range or to provide an estimate of the amount of or a range of potential loss that might be incurred by the Company. The Company believes its potential exposure to be approximately $50,000 and, as such, has accrued this amount on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. Employment Development Department The Company is currently engaged in settlement discussions with the Employment Development Department (EDD) of the state of California. This matter involves issues related to our previous management’s classification of certain work provided to or on behalf of the Company’s business as contract labor instead of employee labor. The EDD has subpoenaed six years’ worth of information from the Company and currently is considering levying a $286,000 tax charge. Management have petitioned for reassessment and believe the hired workers at issue were indeed actual contractors and not employees. All our business in California has been closed and moved out of the state. We have one part time worker residing in California. An initial hearing before an EDD magistrate was held on April 15, 2022. A second hearing was held in June of 2022. We are now in negotiations with the EDD for a final settlement. The Company believes its potential exposure to be approximately $286,000 and, as such, has accrued this amount on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

NOTE 9 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Claims

There are no material pending legal proceedings in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or in which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of any class of its voting securities, or security holder is a party adverse to us or has a material interest adverse to the Company other than the following:

Sarah Veltz v. Nexalin Technology, Inc. et al.

Plaintiff, Sarah Veltz, filed a lawsuit in this matter on January 20, 2021 in Orange County Superior Court (Case No. 30-2021-01180164-CU-WT-CJC) (the “Complaint”) naming the Company and others as defendants. In her Complaint, Plaintiff contends that she was employed by defendants, including Nexalin, and has not been paid all wages, including overtime wages and other benefits allegedly due her. Plaintiff also contends that, during her employment, she was subjected to sexual harassment by the Company’s then Chief Executive Officer. Plaintiff seeks both compensatory and punitive damages. On March 12, 2021, the Company filed its answer to the Complaint. The court has set a jury trial in this matter for April 24, 2023. Management’s intent is to contest the allegations vigorously and, as of the date of this report, is unable to provide an evaluation of the potential outcome of the litigation within the probable or remote range or to provide an estimate of the amount of or a range of potential loss that might be incurred by the Company. The Company believes its potential exposure to be approximately $50,000 and, as such, has accrued this amount on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

Employment Development Department

The Company is currently engaged in settlement discussions with the Employment Development Department (EDD) of the state of California. This matter involves issues related to our previous management’s classification of certain work provided to or on behalf of the Company’s business as contract labor instead of employee labor. The EDD has subpoenaed six years’ worth of information from the Company and currently is considering levying a $286,000 tax charge. Management have petitioned for reassessment and believe the hired workers at issue were indeed actual contractors and not employees. All our business in California has been closed and moved out of the state. We have one part time worker residing in California. An initial hearing before an EDD magistrate was held on April 15, 2022. A second hearing was held in June of 2022. We are now in negotiations with the EDD for a final settlement. The Company believes its potential exposure to be approximately $286,000 and, as such, has accrued this amount on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.