LifeMD, Inc. 10-Q

Item 4. Controls and Procedures Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation and subject to the foregoing, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below. The ineffectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was due to the following material weaknesses which are indicative of many small companies with small number of staff: (i) inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives; (ii) insufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting with respects to the requirements and application of both U.S. GAAP and SEC Guidelines; and (iii) inadequate security and restricted access to computer systems including a disaster recovery plan. Management has been implementing and continues to implement measures designed to ensure that control deficiencies contributing to the material weaknesses are remediated, such that these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively. The Company has added a functioning audit committee and adopted written policies on related party transactions and whistleblower protection. Additionally, the Company has added qualified independent outside directors and hired additional qualified officers and skilled accounting personnel. The other remediation actions planned include: (i) re-design of our accounting processes and control procedures; (ii) further documentation and implementation of control procedures and the implementation of control monitoring; and (iii) identify and remedy gaps in our security and restricted access policies to computer systems and implement a disaster recovery plan. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting As discussed above, we are implementing certain measures to remediate the material weaknesses identified in the design and operation of our internal control over financial reporting. Other than those measures, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended September 30, 2022, that materially affected, our internal control over financial reporting as of that date. 37 PART II – OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS In the ordinary course of our operations, we become involved in ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business. Material proceedings are described under Note 9, “Commitments and Contingencies” to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.