11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Lease Commitment The Company operated from leased office space under an operating lease that was to expire in November 2013. Effective July 1, 2010, the Company renegotiated its lease agreement with the landlord to: (a) reduce the monthly rent to $4,000; (b) a termination date of December 31, 2010; and (c) agreed that the landlord and tenant each have the right to cancel the lease with a thirty day written notice. Effective January 1, 2011 through July 31, 2011, Bluegate paid $4,000 month-to-month rent which totaled $28,000 for the seven months. Effective July 1, 2010 through July 31, 2011, the Sperco entities agreed to pay a monthly amount of $4,000 for office space and associated services to Bluegate for the Sperco entities. For the seven months ended July 31, 2011, $28,000 was recorded as a reduction in rent expense and accounts payable to related party. Effective August 1, 2011, the Sperco entities entered into a lease agreement for space in Suite 350 of the same building and moved from Suite 600 to Suite 350. At the same time, Bluegate relocated to Suite 350 with the Sperco entities and agreed to pay the Sperco entities $1,000 rent on a month-to-month basis which totaled $5,000 for months from August 2011 through December 2011. The net rent expense incurred under the operating lease was $5,000 and $54,478 for 2011 and 2010, respectively. Contingencies We were party in the following litigation: In September 2010, Bluegate Corporation received notice that a prior client of Bluegate, Renaissance Healthcare Systems, Inc. through the Chapter 7 Trustee, filed a summons in an adversary proceeding against Bluegate Corporation while in bankruptcy under the recovery of money/property fraudulent transfer clause, attempting to reach back two years prior to the petition date. The amount in question was $68,480, (specifically four monthly payments Bluegate received from its client in the ordinary course of business from March 18, 2008 through June 13, 2008), plus pre-judgment and post jud