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LEGAL ACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
LEGAL ACTIONS

NOTE 9 – LEGAL ACTIONS

 

On December 30, 2016, the Company executed a stock purchase agreement (the “HK SPA”), which was signed and closed in Hong Kong, with GoFun Group, Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary Go F & B Holdings, Ltd. GoFun Group, Ltd. is a privately held company running a casual dining restaurant business, based in Hong Kong. Subsequent to the HK SPA being signed, GoFun Group failed to substantially perform under the agreement, including, but not limited to providing audited financials of its assets, making the ongoing payments called for in the agreement, along with other matters that led Global Tech to initiate litigation in the United States. Global Tech and GoFun litigated the matter in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York, Docket No.17-CV-03727 . On October 2, 2019, the Company was able to secure, via preliminary settlement, the return of 43,649,491 shares of the Company’s stock out of the original 50,649,491 that were issued in good faith to GoFun in anticipation of a final stock exchange. That stock was returned to the Company’s treasury and cancelled. On May 14, 2021, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division: Monmouth County (docket no. PAS-MON-C-60-21) issued an order restraining the removal of restrictive legends on the remaining 7,000,000 shares of stock. Subsequently, the Company and GoFun mutually agreed to resolve the matter and as of the date of this filing, the matter has been resolved among all the parties. .

 

On December 30, 2019, a dispute between the Company and its counsel regarding the GoFun matter, above, resulted in a filing, and subsequent settlement, of an action in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York (Index No. 656396/2019). Pursuant to the settlement, counsel for the Company accepted previously-issued shares as full payment for all legal work, expenses, costs, and other fees.

 

On March 17, 2021, the Company filed an action against Pacific Technologies Group, Inc., Rollings Hills Oil and Gas Inc., Demand Brands, Inc., Innovativ Media Group, Inc., Tom Coleman, and Bruce Hannan, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York (Index No. 651771/2021), alleging fraud, rescission and cancellation of a written instrument, unconscionability, breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, and civil conspiracy. The action stems from a stock purchase agreement entered into by the Company and Pacific Technologies Group, Inc. (then known as Demand Brands, Inc.) on October 16, 2018. On May 22, defendants filed a motion seeking additional time to answer. On November 23, 2021, the defendants filed a venue-related procedural motion to dismiss. On January 21, 2022, the Company submitted its opposition to said motion, and on February 11, 2022, defendants filed their affirmation in reply. To date, no decision on that motion has been entered by the Court.

 

On August 16, 2021, the Company filed an action against David Wells, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case 1:21-cv-06891) seeking injunctive relief and relinquishment of 150,000 shares held in the name of David Wells. As of December 31, 2021, David Wells had not filed an answer to the Company’s complaint. On November 11, 2021, David Wells filed an action against GTII in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada,(Case 2:21-cv-02040) claiming a violation of the duty to register transfer of shares. As of December 31, 2021, the parties were engaged in briefing jurisdictional motions. As of the date of this filing, the David Wells matter has been primarily resolved, with a few minor issues still open between the parties. It is anticipated that the open issues, which are primarily administrative, will be closed within the few weeks.

 

On August 24, 2021, the Company filed an application for a temporary restraining (“TRO”) order in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division: Monmouth County (Docket No.: Mon-C-132-21) seeking to restrain Liberty Stock Transfer, Inc. from removing restrictive legends from 6,000,000 shares of Company stock held in the name of International Monetary, as well as from transferring said shares. The Court granted the TRO effective until September 28, 2021. On September 28, 2021, the Court declined to issue any further restraints.

 

In the interim, on September 16, 2021, International Monetary filed an action against the Company in Clark County, Nevada (Case No: A-21-841175-B) alleging breach of contract and breach good faith and fair dealing, as well as a request for declaratory relief, and temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. On September 30, 2021, the Company filed a notice of removal of the action to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (Case 2:21-cv-01820), as well as a request for a temporary restraining order enjoining International Monetary from taking any action to remove the restrictive legend shares from Company shares held in its name. On October 14, 2021, International Monetary filed a motion to strike the petition for removal. As of December 31, 2021, no ruling on that motion had been entered. On November 3, 2022, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with two separate private lenders, which provided for the settlement of all disputes and claims of the parties, including those arising in connection with the lenders’ loans to the Company (the “Settlement Agreement”). The transactions under the Settlement Agreement closed on November 8, 2022.

 

On January 28, 2023, the board authorized management to issue 227,284 shares of the Company’s common stock, restricted by Rule 144, to International Monetary in keeping with the previously signed settlement agreement.