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Commitments and Contingencies
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8. Commitments and Contingencies
Guarantor Arrangements
We have agreements whereby we indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or
occurrences while the officer or director is or was serving at our request in such capacity. The
term of the indemnification period is for the officer or director’s lifetime. The maximum potential
amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is
unlimited; however, we have a director and officer insurance policy that reduces our exposure and
enables us to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. As a result of our insurance policy
coverage, we believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal.
Accordingly, we had no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of June 30, 2011 or December
31, 2010.
In the ordinary course of our business, we enter into standard indemnification provisions in
our agreements with our customers. Pursuant to these provisions, we indemnify our customers for
losses suffered or incurred in connection with third-party claims that our products infringed upon
any U.S. patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right. Where applicable, we
generally limit such infringement indemnities to those claims directed solely to our products and
not in combination with other software or products. With respect to our products, we also generally
reserve the right to resolve such claims by designing a non-infringing alternative, by obtaining a
license on reasonable terms, or by terminating our relationship with the customer and refunding
the customer’s fees.
The potential amount of future payments to defend lawsuits or settle indemnified claims under
these indemnification provisions is unlimited in certain agreements; however, we believe the
estimated fair value of these indemnity provisions is minimal, and, accordingly, we had no
liabilities recorded for these agreements as of June 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.
Litigation
From time to time, in the normal course of our business, we are a party to litigation matters
and claims. Litigation can be expensive and disruptive to normal business operations. Moreover, the
results of complex legal proceedings are difficult to predict and our view of these matters may
change in the future as the litigation and events related thereto unfold. We expense legal fees as
incurred. Insurance recoveries associated with legal costs incurred are recorded when they are
deemed probable of recovery. We record a provision for contingent losses when it is both probable
that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. An
unfavorable outcome in any legal matter, if material, could have an adverse effect on our
operations, financial position, liquidity and results of operations.
On January 24, 2011, Yardi Systems, Inc. (“Yardi”) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court
for the Central District of California against RealPage, Inc. and DC Consulting, Inc. On March 28,
2011, we filed an answer and counterclaims and on May 18, 2011, we filed amended counterclaims.
Yardi has also requested leave to file an amended complaint to assert an additional cause of action
and has filed a pending motion to dismiss several of our counterclaims. Trial in this case is
currently set for August 2012. This case is at an early stage and we are not able to predict its
outcome. For additional information regarding this lawsuit, see “Legal Proceedings” in Item 1 of
Part II of this report.
We are involved in other litigation matters not listed above but we do not consider the
matters to be material either individually or in the aggregate at this time. Our view of the
matters not listed may change in the future as the litigation and events related thereto unfold.
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