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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8) |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | NOTE 8 — 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. Although the parties are seeking mediation, the court has set a trial in this matter for March 18, 2024. 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. 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 total amount involved is approximately $300,000. Management has petitioned for reassessment and believes the hired workers at issue were indeed actual contractors and not employees. We have no business in California other than one part time and one full 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 $300,000 and, as such, has accrued this amount on the consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and believes it has adequately accrued for this matter. Demand Letter from The University of Arizona On December 8, 2022, the Company received a demand letter from the University of Arizona seeking payment of $111,094 purportedly due on an Investigator Initiated Cooperative Study Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2017 (the “2017 Study”). The Company believes that the 2017 Study was not completed and no payment was due. In fact, for a number of months prior to receipt of the demand letter, the Company had had discussions with the person at the University of Arizona who was to conduct the 2017 Study concerning updating the 2017 Study and completing an updated study and related work. After receipt of the demand letter, the Company has had discussions with the University of Arizona concerning resuming an updated study and receipt of credit for some or all the monies claimed to be due for the 2017 Study. Such discussions are ongoing, and no resolution has been reached but the Company hopes to achieve a consensual resolution.

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