Legal Proceedings
−Removed: a description of our legal proceedings, see Note 6, Commitments and Contingencies, of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,
−Removed: included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
time to time, the Company may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business.
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Except as set forth below, we are not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims against the Company.
−Removed: On or about February 17,
−Removed: 2020, the Company, as plaintiff, filed a complaint with the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland against Vivos Holdings, LLC,
−Removed: VREH and Naveen Doki (the “Defendants”), to enforce MMG’s rights under certain promissory notes and a personal guarantee
−Removed: made by the defendants (the “Debt Collection Suit”).
−Removed: The aggregate amount of these obligations as of the balance sheet date
−Removed: is approximately $4,308.
+Added: or about February 17, 2020, the Company, as plaintiff, filed a complaint with the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland against
+Added: Vivos Holdings, LLC, VREH and Naveen Doki (the “Defendants”), to enforce MMG’s rights under certain promissory notes
+Added: and a personal guarantee made by the defendants (the “Debt Collection Suit”).
+Added: The aggregate amount of these obligations as
+Added: of the balance sheet date is approximately $4,308.
The case is proceeding.
−Removed: The Company believes that it will be granted a judgment in its favor.
−Removed: MMG has vigorously
−Removed: pursued this litigation and atrial on this matter is scheduled to begin in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland,
−Removed: on October 4, 2021.
−Removed: On or about May 6, 2020,
−Removed: the Defendants filed with the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland a Counterclaim and Third-Party Complaint for Damages, Declaratory
−Removed: and Injunctive Relief and Jury Demand (the “Vivos Default Counterclaim”), The Company believes that the Counterclaim has
−Removed: The Company continues to vigorously defended itself and its indemnified officers, directors and other parties as permitted
+Added: The Company believes that it will be granted a judgment in
+Added: MMG has vigorously pursued this litigation but as of September 7, both parties agreed to have their case heard in front of
+Added: a Maryland Arbiter (See Below).
+Added: or about May 6, 2020, the Defendants filed with the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland a Counterclaim and Third-Party Complaint
+Added: for Damages, Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Jury Demand (the “Vivos Default Counterclaim”), The Company believing
+Added: the Counterclaim has no merit, continues to vigorously defended itself and its indemnified officers, directors and other parties as permitted
by the Company’s organizational documents.
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Suit and the Counterclaim stayed pending the outcome of the Arbitration described below in Intent to Arbitrate.
−Removed: A full trial covering
−Removed: the Vivos Group note defaults and the Vivos Group’s countersuit which was originally scheduled for March 2021, will take place
−Removed: starting on October 4, 2021.
+Added: On September 7 th ,
+Added: 2021 (see last paragraph below) both parties agreed to have all matters settled through a binding arbitration process which was cited
+Added: as a remedy for merger violations in the merger agreement.
+Added: This process is to be completed within 150 days of the execution of this agreement
+Added: on September 7 th , 2021.
or about June 5, 2020, the Company submitted a Claimant’s Notice of Intention to Arbitrate and Demand For Arbitration (the “Arbitration”)
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Respondents in connection with the Merger.
−Removed: The Company has brought a motion to compel the Arbitration which is currently being decided
−Removed: by the Federal Courts in New York.
−Removed: The Company believes a strong basis for the motion exists, but no assurance can be given that it will
−Removed: Regardless, the Company intends to pursue claims under the Merger Agreement in whatever venue is required.
+Added: The Company brought a motion to compel the Arbitration and the Respondents countered with
+Added: a motion to dismiss Reliability’s Petition to Compel Arbitration to the Federal Courts in New York.
+Added: On August 4, the US District
+Added: Court, Southern District of New York, denied the Respondents motion to dismiss.
June 12, 2020, Igly Trust, a Vivos entity, asked the Texas court for an injunction requiring the Company to provide a shareholder list
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it made affirmative claims in Texas and because the Court’s order denying the injunction is an important precedent for establishing
−Removed: that the directors under Texas law retain control of shareholder lists and determining the timing of shareholder
−Removed: After an extension was granted to Reliability’s
−Removed: “reply brief,” on June 2nd, 2021, Reliability, Incorporated, Maslow Media Group, Inc, Nick Tsahalis and Mark Speck filed
−Removed: an appellant’s brief in the Fourteenth District of Texas, Houston Texas to challenge the court’s prior ruling granting
−Removed: a special appearance to Igly Trust and to the Doki Shareholders.
−Removed: A response to the filed appellant brief has not yet been received.
−Removed: On December 23, 2020, after
−Removed: an evidentiary hearing before the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, a judge denied a motion by Vivos Holdings, LLC, VREH,
−Removed: Doki, Kaylan Pathuri (“Pathuri”), Judos Trust by Shirisha Janumpally, its trustee (“Judos”) and Igly Trust by
−Removed: Kaylan Pathuri, its trustee, (“Igly”) to compel a shareholder meeting based on the facts presented at trial.
−Removed: The judge also
−Removed: commented that, based on the evidence presented, management was performing its fiduciary duties to protect the Company despite adverse
−Removed: circumstances.
−Removed: This same judge will be presiding over a full trial regarding Company’s lawsuit to enforce the repayment of notes
−Removed: and the Vivos Group counterclaim, in a trial starting on October 4, 2021.
−Removed: On January 20, 2021, Defendants
−Removed: and Counter/Third-Party Plaintiffs, Vivos Holdings, LLC (“Vivos”), Vivos Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“VREH”), Dr.
−Removed: Naveen Doki (“Doki”), Kaylan Pathuri (“Pathuri”), Igly Trust (“Igly”), Judos Trust (“Judos”),
−Removed: by counsel, filed a Notice of Appeal with the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland denying their Motion for Preliminary Injunction
−Removed: signed on December 23, 2020.
−Removed: 9 , 2021, Reliability filed an additional claim in the Debt Collection Suit and Vivos Default Counterclaim in the Circuit
−Removed: Court of Montgomery County, Maryland against Doki, Valleru, Pathuri, Janumpally, Igly, and Judos, asserting that the Respondents
−Removed: breached the Merger Agreement in a number of significant respects and potentially committed fraud in connection with the
−Removed: The following legal proceedings
−Removed: where Vivos Group borrowings impacting MMG:
+Added: that the directors under Texas law retain control of shareholder lists and determining the timing of shareholder meetings.
+Added: has since been moved into a single binding arbitration proceeding in Maryland.
+Added: an extension was granted to Reliability’s “reply brief,” on June 2nd, 2021, Reliability, Incorporated, Maslow Media
+Added: Group, Inc, Nick Tsahalis and Mark Speck filed an appellant’s brief in the Fourteenth District of Texas, Houston Texas to challenge
+Added: the court’s prior ruling granting a special appearance to Igly Trust and to the Doki Shareholders.
+Added: A response to the filed appellant
+Added: brief has not yet been received.
+Added: This matter has since been moved into a single binding arbitration proceeding in Maryland.
+Added: December 23, 2020, after an evidentiary hearing before the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, a judge denied a motion by
+Added: Vivos Holdings, LLC, VREH, Doki, Kaylan Pathuri (“Pathuri”), Judos Trust by Shirisha Janumpally, its trustee (“Judos”)
+Added: and Igly Trust by Kaylan Pathuri, its trustee, (“Igly”) to compel a shareholder meeting based on the facts presented at trial.
+Added: The judge also commented that, based on the evidence presented, management was performing its fiduciary duties to protect the Company
+Added: despite adverse circumstances.
+Added: A full trial to address the Company’s lawsuit to enforce the repayment of notes and the Vivos Group
+Added: counterclaim, was scheduled to commence in early October but was preempted by an agreement by both sides to go to arbitration (See last
+Added: January 20, 2021, Defendants and Counter/Third-Party Plaintiffs, Vivos Holdings, LLC (“Vivos”), Vivos Real Estate Holdings,
+Added: LLC (“VREH”), Dr.
+Added: Naveen Doki (“Doki”), Kaylan Pathuri (“Pathuri”), Igly Trust (“Igly”),
+Added: Judos Trust (“Judos”), by counsel, filed a Notice of Appeal with the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland denying
+Added: their Motion for Preliminary Injunction signed on December 23, 2020.
+Added: However, the deadline to pursue the appeal lapsed absent additional
+Added: filings by the Vivos Group.
+Added: August 9 th , 2021, Reliability filed an additional claim in the Debt Collection Suit and Vivos Default Counterclaim in the
+Added: Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland against Doki, Valleru, Pathuri, Janumpally, Igly, and Judos, that the Respondents breached
+Added: the Merger Agreement in a number of significant respects and committed fraud in connection with the Merger.
+Added: following legal proceedings where Vivos Group borrowings impacting MMG:
September 28, 2018, Credit Cash filed a complaint against MMG, Vivos, Vivos Acquisitions, LLC, Dr.
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the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland.
+Added: MMG needs to confirm whether this matter has been settled and if so whether MCA lenders
+Added: and HCRN remitted payments to Credit Cash, and if so, which liens have been removed.
Resource Network Complaint:
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Foreign Judgement total is $579.
+Added: There was a settlement reached on 10/1/2021 with both
+Added: parties releasing each other of any and all claims with no assets changing hands.
+Added: MMG needs to determine which lien releases have been
July 21, 2021, MMG came to an agreement with Kinetic and Libertas for $475 to release MMG from being obligated to this Vivos Group debt.
−Removed: 9 , 2021, Reliability filed an additional claim in the Debt Collection Suit and Vivos Default Counterclaim in the Circuit
−Removed: Court of Montgomery County, Maryland against Doki, Valleru, Pathuri, Janumpally, Igly, and Judos, asserting that the Respondents
−Removed: breached the Merger Agreement in a number of significant respects and potentially committed fraud in connection with the
+Added: The intended shield to protect MMG from having to pay Vivos Group’s debt was the aforementioned Liquidation Agreement which Vivos
+Added: Debtors refuse to comply with (as covered in Note 7).
+Added: September 7, 2021, the Company entered in Arbitration and Tolling Agreements with alleged shareholder Naveen Doki, M.D., and his affiliates
+Added: and all other persons who were parties to the pending litigation previously reported in the Texas, New York and Maryland courts and before
+Added: the American Arbitration Association.
+Added: The Agreements call for the stay or dismissal of the pending litigation, with the parties agreeing
+Added: to resolve their disputes before a single arbitrator in Maryland.
+Added: The parties also agreed to maintain the status quo in corporate governance
+Added: and related matters pending a final non-appealable judgment confirming any award in arbitration.
+Added: The parties also signed a Tolling Agreement
+Added: to toll the statute of limitations following the dismissal of a pending litigation.
+Added: binding Arbitration must be completed with 150 days of the agreement date which places the deadline date around February 4, 2022.
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