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Exhibit 10.18(a)    
    

 
 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE
  REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT    
    

        THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), is made as of November 9,
2004 by and among, Thoma Cressey Fund VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Fund VII"), Thoma Cressey Friends Fund VII, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("Friends Fund" and together with Fund VII, "TCEP") and LECG Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("LECG"). 

RECITALS  

        A.    Reference is made to that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated September 29th, 2000 (the  "Registration Rights Agreement") by and among (i) LECG Holding Company, LLC, a California limited liability company ("Old
LECG"), (ii) TCEP/LECG Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("TCEP Funding"), (iii) David Teece and David
Kaplan (together, the "Executives"), (iv) certain institutional investors listed on the signature pages thereto (each an  "iCap Entity") and
(v) those certain other Persons who became a party to the Registration Rights Agreement by executing and delivering a joinder
to that agreement. 

        B.    Pursuant to that certain Omnibus Plan of Reorganization dated August 21, 2003, by and among LECG, Old LECG, TCEP
Funding, TCEP and the Executives, LECG Corporation became the successor to all of the rights and obligations of Old LECG under the Registration Rights Agreement. Pursuant to that certain Transfer
Agreement dated August 21, 2003, by and among LECG, TCEP Funding and TCEP, TCEP received shares of LECG common stock which, as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement and by letter
from LECG to TCEP dated December 3, 2003, are considered "Investor Registrable Securities" as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement. 

        C.    Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Registration Rights Agreement, the
parties to this Amendment hold the power and are authorized to amend the Registration Rights Agreement. These parties have determined that it is necessary to amend certain portions of the Registration
Rights Agreement to clarify the meaning of such provisions and to ensure they accurately reflect the agreed upon terms. 

        D.    Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Registration
Rights Agreement. 

 
 

AGREEMENT    
    

        NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

        1.     Section 1(b)—Long-Form
Registrations.    Section 1(b) of the Registration Rights Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
amended to read as follows: 

"The
Initiating Holders shall be entitled to request (i) two (2) Long Form Registrations in which the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses
("Company-paid Long Form Registrations") and (ii) an unlimited number of Long Form Registrations in which the holders of Investor
Registrable Securities included in such registration shall pay their pro rata share of the Registration Expenses as set forth in Section 5 below.
A registration shall not count as one of the permitted Company-paid Long Form Registrations until it has become effective and the holders requesting registration are able to register and
sell at least ninety percent (90%) of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration; provided that in any event the Company
shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration initiated as a Company-paid Long Form Registration whether or not it has become effective and whether or not such
registration is 

 

counted
as one of the permitted Company-paid Long Form Registrations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Section 1(f)
below, if any registration initiated by the Initiating Holders as a Company paid Long Form Registration is voluntarily withdrawn by the Initiating Holders, such holders may (a) pay all
Registration Expenses in connection with such registration in which case such registration shall not be treated as a Company-paid Long Form Registration or (b) cause the Company to pay such
expenses provided that such registration shall count as one of the permitted Company-paid Long Form Registrations." 

        2.     Section 1(d)—Demand
Registrations.    Section 1(d) of the Registration Rights Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
amended to read as follows: 

"All
registrations requested pursuant to Section l(b), and Section 1(c) are referred to
herein as "Demand Registrations". Demand Registrations shall be Short Form Registrations whenever the Company is permitted to use any applicable short
form. Each request for a Demand Registration shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered. Within 10 days after receipt of any such request from the
Initiating Holders, the Company shall give written notice of such requested registration to all other holders of Investor Registrable Securities and, except as provided in  Section 1(e) below, shall
include in such registration all Investor Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written
requests for inclusion therein within 15 days after the receipt of the Company's notice. In addition, if the Initiating Holders consent to inclusion of additional Registrable Securities in any
Demand Registration, as soon as reasonably possible, but in no event later than 10 days after receipt of any such Demand Registration request, the Company shall give written notice of such
requested registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities and, except as provided in Section 1(e) below, shall include in such
registration on such terms as determined by the Company, all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days after
receipt of the Company's notice to such holders of Registrable Securities." 

        3.     Section 1(e)—Priority on Demand
Registrations.    Section 1(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
amended to read as follows: 

"The
Company shall not include in any Demand Registration any securities which are not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Investor Registrable
Securities included in such registration. If a Demand Registration is an underwritten offering in which the Initiating Holders have consented to inclusion of additional Registrable Securities, and the
managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such
registration exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Initiating Holders, the Company shall include in such registration:
(i) first, the Investor Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among the holders of such Investor
Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of shares owned by such holders; (ii) second, the Management Registrable Securities requested
to be included in such registration, pro rata among the holders of such Management Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of shares owned by such holders;
(iii) third, securities the Company wishes to sell; (iv) fourth, other Registrable
Securities pro rata based on the number of shares owned by such holder or pursuant to such other allocation method determined by the Company and acceptable to the managing underwriters; and
(v) fifth, other securities which are not Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration pursuant to contractual
registration rights ("Other Registrable Securities"), pro rata among the holders thereof on the basis of the number of their securities requested to be
included therein or pursuant to such other allocation method determined by the Company and acceptable to the managing underwriters. Without the consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of
the 

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Investor
Registrable Securities included in such registration, any Person other than holders of Registrable Securities who participate in Demand Registrations must pay their share of the Registration
Expenses as provided in Section 5 below." 

        4.     Section 3—Holdback
Agreements.    Section 3(a) and Section 3(b) of the
Registration Rights Agreement shall be deleted in their entirety and amended to read as follows: 

        "(a) Holders of Registrable Securities.    Each holder of
Registrable Securities shall not effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144) of equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the period beginning on, in the case of a Demand Registration, the date of notice to the Company by the Initiating Holders of a Demand
Registration and ending on the 90th day after the effective date of any underwritten Demand Registration or in the case of any underwritten Piggyback Registration in which Registrable
Securities are included, the period beginning on the date the Company provides notification to the holders of Registrable Securities of such offering and ending on the 90th day after the
effective date of any such registration, unless the underwriters managing the Demand Registration or Piggyback Registration otherwise agree. 

        (b)   The Company.    The Company shall not effect any public sale or
distribution of any of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the period beginning on the date of the notice of the Demand
Registration by the Initiating Holders and ending on the 90th day after the first effective date of any underwritten Demand Registration or any underwritten Piggyback Registration
(except pursuant to registrations on Form S-4,
Form S-8 or any successor form), unless the underwriters managing the registered public offering otherwise agree to a shorter time period applicable to both holders of the Investor
Registrable Securities and to the Company." 

        5.     Section 10(d)—Amendment and Waivers.    The
word "thirty" in Section 10(d) of the Registration Rights Agreement is hereby replaced with the word "twenty." 

        6.     Section 10(j)—Notices.    Section 10(j)
of the Registration Rights Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and amended to read as follows: 

        "(j)  Notices.    All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered
under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given to the recipient when delivered personally, sent by facsimile or one day after being
sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid). Such notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the addresses indicated on the books and records of the Company with
respect to holders of Registrable Securities and to the Company at the address of its corporate headquarters, or to such other address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party
has specified by prior written notice to the sending party." 

        7.     Miscellaneous.

        (a)   In
all other respects, the Registration Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and no term or condition of any other provision in the Registration
Rights Agreement shall be deemed to be amended or waived. 

        (b)   This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of this Amendment by facsimile
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Amendment. 

        (c)   Notice
of this Amendment shall be delivered to all other signatories to the Registration Rights Agreement by the Company within a reasonable period of time but in no
event later than 30 days from the date hereof. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date and year first above written. 

	 	 	LECG:
	

 	
 	

LECG CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  JOHN C. BURKE      
	 	 	 	

	 	 	Name:	John C. Burke
	 	 	 	

	 	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 	

	

 	
 	
TCEP:
	

 	
 	

THOMA CRESSEY FUND VII, L.P.
	

 	
 	

By:	

TC Partners VII, L.P.

Its General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	

Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, Inc.

Its General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  LEE M. MITCHELL      
	 	 	 	
 Lee M. Mitchell

Authorized Representative
	

 	
 	

THOMA CRESSEY FRIENDS FUND VII, L.P.
	

 	
 	

By:	

TC Partners VII, L.P.

Its General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	

Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, Inc.

Its General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  LEE M. MITCHELL      
	 	 	 	
 Lee M. Mitchell

Authorized Representative

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Exhibit 10.18(a)

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

AGREEMENTEXHIBIT 4.2  

BE
IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to authority granted to the Deferred Compensation Committee by Section 7.1 of The Allstate Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Contractor
Exclusive Agents (the "EA Plan"), the EA Plan shall be amended to read as follows, effective as of April 24, 2003: 

	1.
	Section 4.3(B)(4)
is amended by revising the first sentence thereof to read as follows: 

"Subaccount
#4—SSgA Daily EAFE Securities Lending Fund Series T—a fund, managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA),
which invests in a diversified portfolio of stocks outside of North and South America." 

	2.
	Section 4.3(b)(4)
is amended by the addition of the following as the last sentence thereto: 

"Trading
limits apply to investments in the Series T Fund." 

	3.
	Section 4.3(c)
is amended by revising the first sentence thereof to read as follows: 

"A
Participant may change his Subaccount investment elections at such time and in such manner, and with respect to such existing Account balances and future contributions as the Committee shall
determine; any such changes to be effective only in accordance with such procedures as established from time to time by the Committee."

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