Legal Matters | 6 Months Ended |
Jun. 30, 2014 |
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15. Legal Matters |
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Siegfried and Jensen |
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On September 26, 2012, we received a "Summons & Complaint" from Ned P. Siegfried and Mitchell R. Jensen in conjunction with an outstanding $50,000 "Convertible Promissory Note." Under the complaint Siegfried and Jensen are asking for $68,000, interest to date and attorney fees. The $50,000 Convertible Promissory Note was signed on October 1, 2010 and had a conversion price of $0.70. Throughout the duration of the note, we tried several times to reach out to Siegfried & Jensen to settle this debt. We offered reduced conversion prices, none of which were satisfactory to Siegfried & Jensen. On October 23, 2012, we filed an "Answer to Complaint", in the Third Judicial District Court in the State of Utah. In February 2014, the parties reached a settlement requiring the Company to make the following payments: $10,000 upon execution of the settlement; $15,000 on or before February 24, 2014; $5,000 on or before March 25, 2014; and $5,000 on or before the 25th day of each month thereafter to and including December 25, 2014, for a total of $75,000. We have made no payments in 2014. |
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UTOPIA |
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On March 2, 2011, we received from UTOPIA a notice of termination in conjunction with the agreement between Connected Lyfe and UTOPIA entitled Non-Exclusive Network Access and Use Agreement. According to the notice, Connected Lyfe had until May 2, 2011 to transition its customers to another service provider on the UTOPIA network or cure the breach by working out an arrangement with UTOPIA that is acceptable. The notice of termination is due to non-payment of network access fees. |
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On March 3, 2011, we received a "notice of exercise of video system reversionary rights" from UTOPIA. Currently, there is a dispute between UTOPIA and Connected Lyfe as to who has not performed under the existing contract. As stated in the notice, UTOPIA had been working with Connected Lyfe on a resolution. |
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On September 28, 2012, we received a "notice of transfer of customers" from UTOPIA to transfer the existing customer base to another provider on their network. |
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On October 2, 2012, we received a "Summons & Complaint" from UTOPIA in conjunction with their claim that we failed to comply with both the "Network Access Agreement" and the "Video Systems Agreement". Under the complaint, UTOPIA is asking for $495,000 in relief from Connected Lyfe, Inc. |
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On October 10, 2012, we signed an agreement with Veracity Networks to transfer those customers remaining on the UTOPIA network. |
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On November 2, 2012, we filed our official answer and subsequent counter complaint to the Utopia allegations. We allege in our answer and counter claim to the court that Utopia failed to deliver the Video Head End as per the "Video Systems Agreement" which was executed on June 21, 2010, and seek reimbursement of $375,000. Further, we allege in our answer and counter claim that Utopia has consistently overbilled for services, and prevented us from managing our customer accounts on the Utopia network, resulting in $240,000 of damages. Further, we are also claiming the full value of our customers that were transferred as a result of Utopia's actions in October 2012. We are seeking |
$1,900,000 in damages. Finally, we are claiming substantial additional consequential and punitive damages. These actions came after years of failed negotiations between Utopia and us. We decided it was in the best interest of our shareholders to take decisive action in a court of law against Utopia in order to recover any losses that Utopia has caused us to incur and believe that we will be successful in this pursuit. As of June 30, 2014, we have a $350,000 deposit recorded on the balance sheet in other assets as well as $446,212 recorded in accounts payable related to this matter. |