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PFSWEB INC filed this 10-Q on 08/14/2007.
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PFSweb, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
was damaged thereby in the amount of at least $38 million. On May 3, 2007, the Court granted certain motions for summary judgment filed by the Company and certain of the former Daisytek directors. As a result of this ruling, all of the claims against the Company have been dismissed, although certain of the claims against certain of the individual defendants remain. Through June 30, 2007, the Company has incurred outstanding legal costs of $1.2 million, which have not been paid as the Company expects such costs to be covered by insurance. As of August 13, 2007, the insurance companies have paid approximately $1.0 million of the outstanding legal costs.
     On July 12, 2004, eCOST received correspondence from MercExchange LLC alleging infringement of MercExchange’s U.S. patents relating to e-commerce and offering to license its patent portfolio to eCOST. On July 15, 2004, eCOST received a follow-up letter from MercExchange specifying which of its technologies MercExchange believed infringed certain of its patents, alone or in combination with technologies provided by third parties. Some of those patents are currently being litigated by third parties, and eCOST is not involved in those proceedings. In addition, three of the four patents identified by MercExchange are under reexamination at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which may or may not result in the modification of those claims. In the July 15 letter, MercExchange also advised eCOST that it has a number of applications pending for additional patents. MercExchange has filed lawsuits alleging infringement of some or all of its patents against third parties, resulting in settlements or verdicts in favor of MercExchange. At least one such verdict was appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and was affirmed in part. Recently, the Supreme Court reversed the ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court requiring that an injunction must be issued in that case. Based on eCOST’s investigation of this matter to date, eCOST believes that its current operations do not infringe any valid claims of the patents identified by MercExchange in these letters. There can be no assurance, however, that such claims will not be material or adversely affect eCOST’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
     On July 25, 2007 a purported class action lawsuit entitled Darral Frank and Joseph F. Keeley, Jr.. v. PC Mall, Inc. dba eCOST.com and eCOST.com, Inc. was filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County. The purported class consists of all of current and former sales representatives who worked for the defendants in California from July 24, 2003 through July 24, 2007. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants failed to pay overtime compensation and interest thereon, failed to timely pay compensation to terminated employees and failed to provide meal and rest periods, all in violation of the California Labor Code and Business and Professions Code. The complaint seeks unpaid overtime, statutory penalties, interest, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, restitution and injunctive relief. The Company intends to vigorously contest this action and does not believe the claims have any merit.

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