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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS  
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

NOTE 14:    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, the Company may be party to ordinary, routine litigation incidental to their business. Other than below, the Company knows of no material, active or pending legal proceedings against the Company, nor is the Company involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation. There are no proceedings in which any of the Company’s directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered or beneficial shareholder, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to the Company’s interest.

An arbitration proceeding was brought against the Company before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) by a broker seeking to be paid compensation for two financing transactions that occurred in 2018, a warrant conversion and a private placement brokered by another broker. The broker’s claims were based on a placement agent agreement for a private placement it brokered in 2017, under which it alleged it was entitled to compensation for the 2018 transactions. The FINRA panel found in favor of the broker and awarded the broker $2.4 million for compensation, interest and attorney fees. As of December 31, 2021, the Company recorded an accrual of $2.4 million in accrued liabilities on its consolidated balance sheet and a $2.4 million charge to other expenses. On September 17, 2021, the broker filed a petition to confirm the FINRA arbitration award in the Supreme Court of New York for the County of New York. The Company removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 27, 2021. On October 22, 2021, the Company filed a motion in federal court to vacate the award.

On March 9, 2022, the Company was notified that its motion to vacate the award was denied and the broker was awarded an additional $0.1 million in interest. Post judgment interest accrued at 1.02% until the judgment was paid.  On March 24, 2022, the Company paid the broker $2.5 million, which amount included accrued interest. On January 4, 2023, the Company was notified that the broker was awarded an additional $0.1 million in attorneys’ fees, which the Company recorded to other expenses during fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.  The Company paid the $0.1 million on January 9, 2023.