6. Litigation and Accrued Settlement Liabilities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Litigation and Accrued Settlement Liabilities

NOTE 6. LITIGATION AND ACCRUED SETTLEMENT LIABILITIES

On October 30, 2014, Gary M. Cohen (“Cohen”), former President, Chief Operating Officer and a board member of Canna Colorado, filed a lawsuit against Canna Colorado and an individual officer and board member, Gary Herick, who is currently an officer and director of the Company. On November 26, 2014, Cohen filed an amended complaint naming the Company and Gerald Crocker, James Smeeding, Robert Liess and Mathew Sherwood, each of whom was a member of the Company’s board of directors at that time, as defendants. In his amended complaint, Cohen alleged various employment- related contract and wrongful termination claims, as well as claims alleging breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of assets, violations of corporate law regarding his access to internal corporate information, and alleged violations of U.S. federal securities laws, the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 and the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Cohen’s claims arose out of the removal of Cohen as an officer and board member of Canna Colorado, which occurred on or about October 23, 2014. The defendants successfully removed Cohen’s lawsuit from state court in Hillsborough County, Florida—where it was filed originally—to the U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida.

On November 11, 2014, the Company, under its former name Golden Dragon Holding Co., sued Cohen in U.S. District Court in New Jersey for libel and tortious interference.

On March 30, 2015, the Company executed a Confidential Settlement and Release of Claims Agreement dated March 30, 2015, by and between the Company, Canna Colorado, Cohen and the other individuals named above (the “Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the lawsuit filed in Florida on October 30, 2014 against the Company, Canna Colorado, Herick, Crocker, Smeeding, Sherwood and Liess by Cohen has been resolved and dismissed. The parties amicably resolved their differences before any discovery occurred or before any decision by the court on the merits of any claims. The Company and all the individuals who had been sued categorically denied of all Mr. Cohen’s claims and allegations, maintained that the allegations were false and were prepared to assert counterclaims of their own. As part of the parties’ resolution, Cohen retracted his allegations.

As part of the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase all of Mr. Cohen’s 2,250,000 shares of Canna Colorado for a purchase price of $350,000, with $85,000 payable up front and the remainder payable in equal installments of $15,000 per month over the next 17 months, and a payment of $10,000 in the eighteenth month. In addition, on May 4, 2015, the Company issued 600,000 unregistered restricted shares of its common stock to Mr. Cohen as part of the Settlement Agreement. The Company valued those shares at $1,597,500 based on the trading average of the Company’s stock over the ten days preceding entry into the Settlement Agreement and recorded an expense in such amount during the period ended December 31, 2014. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, $160,000 has been paid to Mr. Cohen in cash through September 30, 2015 in accordance with the settlement payment terms, leaving a remaining liability of $190,000 as of December 31, 2015 to be paid in cash in the future, since no payments were made subsequent to September 30, 2015.

In addition, the Company and Cohen have resolved their differences in the Company’s lawsuit filed against Cohen on November 11, 2014 in New Jersey. The Company has dismissed its claims against Cohen of libel and tortious interference.