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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

NOTE 8 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In May 2016, Simon Bonini and Paul Kettlety (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) filed a lawsuit against Tellurian Investments and Tellurian Services, along with each of Messrs. Martin Houston and Christopher Daniels and certain entities in which each of Messrs. Houston and Daniels own membership interests, as applicable (collectively, the “Defendants”), in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, alleging among other things, breach of contract, promissory estoppel, quantum meruit, fraud/fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, usurpation/diversion of corporate opportunity, conversion, civil conspiracy and implied partnership. The Plaintiffs sought damages in excess of $168 million.

In April 2017, the Defendants entered into a Compromise Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (the “Settlement Agreement”) with the Plaintiffs and the Plaintiffs’ counsel, Schiffer Odom Hicks & Johnson, PLLC, a Texas professional limited liability company (“Schiffer Odom”), in connection with the lawsuit. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, among other things, (i) Mr. Houston agreed to transfer a total of 2,000,000 shares of Tellurian common stock owned by Mr. Houston (the “Transferred Shares”) to the Plaintiffs and Schiffer Odom, comprised of 825,000 shares to each of the Plaintiffs and 350,000 shares to Schiffer Odom, (ii) the Company agreed to file a prospectus supplement with respect to the resales of the Transferred Shares by the Plaintiffs and Schiffer Odom and (iii) the Plaintiffs released all claims against the Defendants. Also in April 2017, Mr. Houston transferred the Transferred Shares to the Plaintiffs and Schiffer Odom, and the Company filed a prospectus supplement with respect to the resales of the Transferred Shares by the Plaintiffs and Schiffer Odom.