Item 1. Legal Proceedings
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1. Legal Proceedings.
From
time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However,
litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may
harm our business.
On
August 7, 2018, we commenced an action against North Empire LLC, or North Empire, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County
of New York for breach of a Securities Purchase Agreement or Agreement in which we are seeking damages in an amount to be determined
at trial, but in no event less than $616,000. On August 2, 2018, North Empire filed a Summons with Notice against us, also in the same
Court, in which they allege damages in an amount of $11.4 million arising from an alleged breach of the Agreement. On September 6, 2018,
North Empire filed a Notice of Discontinuance of the action it had filed on August 2, 2018. On September 27, 2018, North Empire filed
an answer and asserted counterclaims in the action commenced by us against them, alleging that we failed to deliver stock certificates
to North Empire causing damage to North Empire in the amount of $10,958,589. North Empire also filed a third-party complaint against
our CEO and now former Chairman of the Board asserting similar claims against them in their individual capacities. On October 17, 2018,
we filed a reply to North Empire’s counterclaims. On November 15, 2018, our CEO and now former Chairman of the Board filed a motion
to dismiss North Empire’s third-party complaint. On January 6, 2020, the Court granted the motion and dismissed the third-party
complaint. Discovery has been completed and both parties have filed motions for summary judgment in connection with the claims and counterclaims.
On
July 5, 2021, the Company was served with a legal complaint filed by Fidelity Venture Capital Ltd. and Dror Atzmon in the Magistrate’s
Court in Tel Aviv for a monetary award in an amount of NIS 1,436,679 and declaratory relief. The plaintiffs allege that the Company breached
its contractual obligations to pay them for services allegedly rendered to the Company by the plaintiffs under a certain consulting agreement
in an amount of NIS 819,000. Additionally, the plaintiffs allege that the Company should compensate them for losses allegedly incurred
by them following their investment in the Company’s shares issued under a certain private offering. In the alternative, the plaintiffs
move that the court will declare the investment agreement void with full restitution of plaintiffs’ original investment in an amount
of NIS 1,329,650. At this preliminary stage, before any fact finding and pre-trial procedures (including disclosure of documents) have
been conducted and before the statement of defense has been prepared and filed, we cannot evaluate the chances of the claim to succeed.
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