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Commitments and Contingencies

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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015
Leases [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 6: Commitments and Contingencies

 

Leases

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases (with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year) as of October 31, 2015 are as follows:

 

    Non-Related     Related        
    Party     Party     Total  
Year ending April 30:                        
2016 remaining     80,000       45,000       125,000  
2017     82,000       90,000       172,000  
2018     84,000       90,000       174,000  
2019     85,000       45,000       130,000  
2020     86,000             86,000  
 Thereafter                        
Total   $ 417,000     $ 270,000     $ 687,000  

 

Legal Proceedings

 

Dataram is party to certain legal proceedings noted herein. They are as follows:

 

Effective as of the close of business on December 17, 2014, the Company terminated its agreement with MPP Associates, Inc., pursuant to which Marc P. Palker had been providing CFO services to the Company. On April 8, 2015, MPP Associates, Inc. and Mr. Palker filed a complaint, styled MPP Associates, Inc. and Marc Palker v. Dataram Corporation, Jon Isaac, David Moylan, Michael Markulec and Richard Butler, in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Essex County, Docket No. ESX-L-002413-15.

 

Effective as of the close of business on January 22, 2015, the Company terminated the employment agreement with John H. Freeman, its former Chief Executive Officer. On April 9, 2015, Mr. Freeman filed a complaint, styled John Freeman v. Dataram Corporation, David A. Moylan, Jon Isaac, and John Does 1-5, in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Essex County, Docket No. ESX-L-002471-15.

 

Similarly, on April 10, 2015, the Company filed an action against Mr. Freeman, Mr. Palker and MPP Associates, Inc., styled as Dataram Corporation v. John Freeman, Marc Palker and MPP Associates, Inc., in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Mercer County, Docket No. ESX-L-000886-15.

 

The aforementioned three State Court actions described have been consolidated in Essex County.

 

On March 9, 2015, Marc Palker filed a complaint against the Company with the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alleging a violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

On June 26, 2015, Alethea Douglas, a former employee, filed a complaint against the Company with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging a claim for age discrimination in connection with the termination of her employment effective May 20, 2015.

 

A range of loss, if any, on the aforementioned matters cannot be estimated at this point in time.