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Exhibit 10.2

Exhibit 10.2

FIRST AMENDMENT

TO

SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) to that certain Services Agreement, dated as
of October 1, 2009 (the “Agreement”), by and among (i) American Processing Company, LLC, a
Michigan limited liability company (d/b/a NDeX) (the “Default Specialist”), (ii) James E.
Albertelli, P.A., a Florida professional association d/b/a “Albertelli Law” (the “Firm”),
and (iii) James E. Albertelli, an individual (the “Restricted Party”), is made and entered
into to be effective for all purposes as of July 12, 2010 among each of the Default Specialist, the
Firm and the Restricted Party.

RECITAL

Each of the Default Specialist, the Firm and the Restricted Party now desire to amend the
Agreement as set forth below;

In consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements contained herein, the
sufficiency of which is hereby agreed to and acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend the
Agreement as follows:

AGREEMENTS

1. Amendments.

1.1 Preamble. The first sentence of the Preamble of the Agreement is hereby deleted
in its entirety and replaced with the following:

This Services Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 1, 2009 (the
“Effective Date”), is by and between American Processing Company, LLC, a Michigan
limited liability company (d/b/a NDeX) (the “Default Specialist”), James E.
Albertelli, P.A., a Florida professional association d/b/a “Albertelli Law” (the
“Firm”), and James E. Albertelli (the “Restricted Party”).

1.2 New Definitions. The following definitions are hereby added to Section 1.1 of the
Agreement in their applicable alphabetical order:

“Competing Publisher” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9 of this
Agreement.

“Dolan” shall mean The Dolan Company, a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Dolan Media
Company).

“New Law Firm” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7 of this Agreement.

“New Services Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8 of this
Agreement.

“New Territory” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8 of this Agreement.

“Non-Compete Territory” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a) of this
Agreement.

“Posting or Publication Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9 of
this Agreement.

 

 

 

“Practices” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8 of this Agreement.

“Subject Client” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9 of this Agreement.

1.3 Definition of “Territory”. The definition of “Territory” in Section 1.1 is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“Territory” shall mean the State of Florida.

1.4 Section 4.7. The following is hereby added to the Agreement as Section 4.7:

4.7 Covenant to Enter Into New Services Agreements. Upon the request of the
Default Specialist during the Restricted Period, each of the Firm and the Restricted Party
covenants and agrees, both on behalf of themselves, respectively, and any other law firm
affiliated with either the Firm or the Restricted Party (any such law firm, a “New Law
Firm”), that, if the Firm, the Restricted Party or any New Law Firm opens an office or
otherwise does business at any time whether within or outside of the Non-Compete Territory,
the Firm, the Restricted Party or any New Law Firm shall promptly enter into a services
agreement with the Default Specialist or one or more of its Affiliates in substantially the
form as this Agreement (any such new services agreement, a “New Services
Agreement”), but solely with respect to the Firm’s, the Restricted Party’s or any New
Law Firm’s conduct of the Business. The Default Specialist, on the one hand, and the Firm
and the Restricted Party (each on behalf of any New Law Firm), on the other hand, each
acknowledge and agree that the per file fee charged by the Default Specialist for each type
of file referred by such New Law Firm to the Default Specialist for processing shall be
established at the lower of (i) the per file fee that the Default Specialist charges other
applicable competing law firms for similar processing services for files in the applicable
territory (the “New Territory”) and (ii) one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of
the Default Specialist’s aggregate direct and indirect costs for providing such processing
services; provided, however, that if, at the time prior to any such New
Services Agreement being entered into between the Default Specialist and such New Law Firm,
the Default Specialist is not then currently providing processing services in the New
Territory, then only clause (ii) above shall be used for establishing the applicable file
fees in such New Services Agreement.

1.5 Section 4.8. The following is hereby added to the Agreement as Section 4.8:

4.8 Covenant to Refer Files. To the extent not otherwise subject to the
provisions of Section 4.7 hereof, during the Restricted Period, each of the Firm and
the Restricted Party covenants and agrees, both on behalf of themselves, respectively, any
of their respective affiliates and any New Law Firm, to promptly refer to (i) the Default
Specialist or its applicable Affiliate whether within or outside of the Non-Compete
Territory or (ii) upon the request of the Default Specialist, the relevant law firm
affiliated with the Default Specialist or its applicable Affiliate if within the Non-Compete
Territory (with the exception of the State of Florida), all files (including, but not
limited to, those types of files described in Section 3.1(a) hereof or the
applicable section of any New Services Agreement) with respect to which the Firm, the
Restricted Party, any of their respective affiliates or any New Law Firm (x) receive from
any Person (including, but not limited to, any Agency, any Investor or any Client) or (y)
otherwise have the ability to influence or direct the referral of such files, in each case
for processing in conjunction with the residential (but not commercial) foreclosure,
residential eviction, residential bankruptcy and litigation (with respect to any of the
foregoing) law or trustee practices of the Firm, the Restricted Party, any of their
respective affiliates or any New Law Firm (collectively, the “Practices”).

 

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1.6 Section 4.9. The following is hereby added to the Agreement as Section 4.9:

4.9 Covenant to Use Dolan’s Posting and Publication Services. During the
Restricted Period, each of the Firm and the Restricted Party covenants and agrees, both on
behalf of themselves, respectively, any of their respective affiliates and any New Law Firm,
to exclusively use Dolan or one or more of Dolan’s Affiliates for the publication or posting
of all foreclosure, public or other legal notices required or desired to be published or
posted (whether in a legal or other newspaper or on an Internet web site) in conjunction
with the Practices of the Firm, the Restricted Party, any of their respective affiliates or
any New Law Firm or on behalf of any client of the Firm, the Restricted Party, any of their
respective affiliates or any New Law Firm whether within or outside of the Non-Compete
Territory; provided, however, that none of the Firm, the Restricted Party,
any of their respective affiliates or any New Law Firm shall be required to comply with this
Section 4.9 for so long as none of Dolan or any of its Affiliates offer posting or
publication services (collectively, the “Posting or Publication Services”) for the
relevant geographic area in which the Firm, the Restricted Party, any of their respective
affiliates or any New Law Firm requires the publication or posting of any foreclosure,
public or other legal notices in conjunction with the relevant Practice(s) of the Firm, the
Restricted Party, any of their respective affiliates or any applicable New Law Firm, as the
case may be, in such relevant geographic area; provided, further,
however, that each of the Firm and the Restricted Party covenants and agrees, both
on behalf of themselves, respectively, any of their respective affiliates and any New Law
Firm, to (1) provide not less than ten (10) days prior written notice to Dolan prior to
using any Person other than Dolan or an Affiliate of Dolan (any such other Person, a
“Competing Publisher”) for the publication or posting of any foreclosure, public or
other legal notices (whether in a legal or other newspaper or on an Internet web site) in
conjunction with any Practice(s) of the Firm, the Restricted Party, any of their respective
affiliates or any New Law Firm whether within or outside the Non-Compete Territory, which
such notice shall include (x) the name of such Competing Publisher, (y) the applicable
geographic area in which the Posting or Publication Services of such Competing Publisher are
proposed to be used and (z) a description of the particular Posting or Publication Services
of such Competing Publisher which are proposed to be used by the Firm, the Restricted Party,
any of their respective affiliates or the applicable New Law Firm, as the case may be; and
(2) enter into any contract or other agreement with any Competing Publisher for any Posting
or Publication Services which cannot be terminated without penalty by the Firm, the
Restricted Party, any of their respective affiliates or the applicable New Law Firm on less
than thirty (30) days prior written notice by the Firm, the Restricted Party, any of their
respective affiliates or the applicable New Law Firm, as the case may be. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 4.9, none of the Firm, the Restricted Party
or any New Law Firm shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 4.9 with
respect to any given particular matter solely to the extent that (A) the Client or any other
Person who receives Legal Services from the Restricted Party or the applicable New Law Firm
for such matter (in either case, a “Subject Client”) requests (without any
encouragement by or on the advice of the Firm, the Restricted Party or the applicable New
Law Firm) in writing that the Firm, the Restricted Party or the applicable New Law Firm, as
the case may be, use the Posting or Publication Services of a Competing Publisher for such
matter; provided, however, that (i) each of the Firm, the Restricted Party
and any New Law Firm shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to encourage
such Subject Client to use the Posting or Publication Services of Dolan or one or more of
its Affiliates for such legal matter and (ii) each of the Firm and the Restricted Party
covenants and agrees, both on behalf of themselves, respectively, and any New Law Firm,
acknowledge and agree that for purposes of this clause (A) neither Lender Processing
Services, Inc. nor any of its Affiliates shall be considered to be a client of the Firm, the
Restricted Party or any New Law Firm, (B) any of the Firm, the Restricted Party or any New
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an Applicable Law which requires that the
Firm, the Restricted Party or any New Law Firm, as the case may be, to use the Posting or Publication
Services of a Competing Publisher for such matter on behalf of such Subject Client;
provided, however, that the Firm, the Restricted Party or any New Law Firm,
as the case may be, shall promptly provide Dolan with a written opinion of counsel to such
effect, or (C) the Firm, the Restricted Party or any New Law Firm receive a written
directive from a Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the Firm, the Restricted Party
or any New Law Firm, as the case may be, to the effect that the Firm, the Restricted Party
or any New Law Firm, as the case may be, must use the Posting or Publication Services of a
Competing Publisher for such matter on behalf of such Subject Client; provided,
however, that the Firm, the Restricted Party or the applicable New Law Firm shall
promptly provide Dolan with a written copy of any such written directive.

1.7 Section 8.1(a). The first sentence of Section 8.1(a) of the Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(a) Non-Compete. During the term of this Agreement (including any extensions or
renewals thereof), and for a period of two (2) years following termination of this Agreement
(the “Restricted Period”), none of the Firm, the Restricted Party or any of their
respective Affiliates shall directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the
Default Specialist, purchase, join, control, invest in, organize, start or form, or contract
with, any business or Person that will provide Mortgage Default Services anywhere in the
States of Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nevada and Texas (the “Non-Compete Territory”).

1.8 Section 8.2. Section 8.2 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:

8.2 Blue-Pencil. If any court of competent jurisdiction or any other
Governmental Body shall at any time deem the term of any particular restrictive covenant
contained in Section 8.1 too lengthy or the Non-Compete Territory too extensive, the
other provisions of this Article VIII shall nevertheless stand, and the Restricted
Period and/or the Non-Compete Territory shall be reduced to such duration or size as such
court or Governmental Body shall determine to be permissible.

2. Reference to and Effect on the Agreement.

2.1 Each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or
words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.

2.2 Except as specifically amended above, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

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3. Miscellaneous.

3.1 This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This
Amendment will become effective after (i) a counterpart to this Amendment has been executed and
delivered by the Default Specialist, the Firm and the Restricted Party, (ii) a counterpart to that
certain First Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date of this Amendment, by and
among the Default Specialist, Dolan, the Restricted Party, the Firm, The Albertelli Firm, P.C., a
Georgia professional corporation (“Albertelli Georgia”) and Albertelli Title, Inc. has been
executed and delivered by each of foregoing
parties, (iii) a counterpart to that certain First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as
of the date of this Amendment, by and among the Default Specialist and the Restricted Party has
been executed and delivered by each of the Default Specialist and the Restricted Party and (iv) a
counterpart to that certain First Amendment to Services Agreement, dated as of the date of this
Amendment, by and among the Default Specialist, the Restricted Party and Albertelli Georgia has
been executed and delivered by each of the Default Specialist, the Restricted Party and Albertelli
Georgia. This Amendment, and any amendments hereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of
a facsimile machine or other electronic transmission (including transmission in portable document
format by electronic mail), shall be treated in all manner and respects and for all purposes as an
original agreement and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the
original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto, each
other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other
parties, except that the failure of any party to comply with such a request shall not render this
Amendment, and any amendments hereto, invalid or unenforceable. No party hereto or to any such
other agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic
transmission to deliver a signature, or the fact that any signature was transmitted or communicated
through the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic transmission, as a defense to the
formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

3.2 Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only
and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

3.3 The language used in this Amendment will be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against
any party.

3.4 If and to the extent there are any inconsistencies between the Agreement and this
Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall control.

3.5 This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Delaware without regard to its conflict of laws doctrines.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment as of the date first
hereinabove written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	AMERICAN PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/  Scott J. Pollei  /
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Scott J. Pollei 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	JAMES E. ALBERTELLI, P.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	/  James Albertelli  /
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James Albertelli 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 /  James Albertelli  /
 	 
	 	James E. Albertelli, individuallyExhibit 10.3

Exhibit 10.3

FIRST AMENDMENT

TO

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement,
dated as of October 1, 2009 (the “Agreement”), by and among (i) American Processing
Company, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (d/b/a NDeX) (the “Buyer”), (ii) The
Dolan Company, a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Dolan Media Company) (“DMC” and, together with
the Buyer, the “Buying Parties” and each a “Buying Party”), (iii) James E.
Albertelli, P.A., a Florida professional association d/b/a “Albertelli Law” (“Albertelli
Florida”), (iv) The Albertelli Firm, P.C., a Georgia professional corporation (“Albertelli
Georgia”), (v) Albertelli Title, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Albertelli Title,” and
together with Albertelli Florida and Albertelli Georgia, the “Sellers” and each a
“Seller”), and (vi) James E. Albertelli, an individual (“Albertelli,” and together
with the Sellers, the “Selling Parties” and each a “Selling Party”), is made and
entered into to be effective for all purposes as of July 12, 2010 among each of the Buying Parties
and each of the Selling Parties.

RECITAL

Each of the Buying Parties and the Selling Parties now desire to amend the Agreement as set
forth below;

In consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements contained herein, the
sufficiency of which is hereby agreed to and acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend the
Agreement as follows:

AGREEMENTS

1. Amendments.

1.1 Section 8.6(b). The first sentence of Section 8.6(b) of the Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(b) Non-Compete. Each Non-Compete Party hereby agrees that for a period
commencing on the Closing Date and ending three (3) years from the Closing Date (the
“Restricted Period”), he, she or it will not, directly or indirectly, as agent, employee,
consultant, representative, manager, equityholder or in any other capacity, own (other than
through the passive ownership of less than one percent (1%) of the publicly traded shares of
any Person), operate, manage, control, engage in, invest in (other than through the passive
ownership of less than one percent (1%) of the publicly traded shares of any Person) or
participate in any manner in, act as a consultant or advisor to, render services for (alone
or in association with any Person), or otherwise assist any Person that engages in or owns,
invests in, operates, manages or controls any venture or enterprise that directly or
indirectly engages or proposes to engage in any business competitive in any material respect
with any portion of the Business anywhere in the States of Alabama, Arizona, California,
Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada and Texas (the “Territory”).

 

 

 

1.2 Section 8.9. Section 8.9 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:

8.9 Covenant to Enter Into New Services Agreements. Upon the request of the
Buyer after the Closing Date, Albertelli covenants and agrees, on behalf of himself
individually, Albertelli Florida, Albertelli Georgia and any other law firm affiliated with
him, Albertelli Florida or Albertelli Georgia, respectively (any such law firm, together
with Albertelli Florida and Albertelli Georgia, each an “Albertelli Law Firm”), that, if
Albertelli or any Albertelli Law Firm opens an office or otherwise does business at any time
whether within or outside of the Territory, Albertelli and any such Albertelli Law Firm
shall promptly enter into a services agreement with the Buyer or one or more of its
Affiliates (such person, the “Default Specialist”) in substantially the form as the Florida
Services Agreement (any such new services agreement, a “New Services Agreement”), but solely
with respect to Albertelli’s and/or any such Albertelli Law Firm’s conduct of the Business.
The Buyer (on behalf of such Default Specialist), on the one hand, and Albertelli (on
behalf of any such Albertelli Law Firm), on the other hand, each acknowledge and agree that
the per file fee charged by the Default Specialist for each type of file referred by such
Albertelli Law Firm to the Default Specialist for processing shall be established at the
lower of (i) the per file fee that the Default Specialist charges other applicable competing
law firms for similar processing services for files in the applicable territory (the “New
Territory”) and (ii) one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of the Default Specialist’s
aggregate direct and indirect costs for providing such processing services;
provided, however, that if, at the time prior to any such New Services
Agreement being entered into between the Default Specialist and such Albertelli Law Firm,
the Default Specialist is not then currently providing processing services in the New
Territory, then only clause (ii) above shall be used for establishing the applicable file
fees in such New Services Agreement.

1.3 Section 8.11. The following is hereby added to the Agreement as Section 8.11:

8.11 Covenant to Refer Files. To the extent not otherwise subject to the
provisions of Section 8.10 hereof, Albertelli covenants and agrees, both on behalf
of himself individually, each of his affiliates and each Albertelli Law Firm, to promptly
refer to (i) the Buyer or its applicable Affiliate whether within or outside of the
Territory or (ii) upon the request of the Buyer, the relevant law firm affiliated with the
Buyer or its applicable Affiliate if within the Territory, all files (including, but not
limited to, those types of files described in Section 3.1(a) of the Florida Services
Agreement, in Section 3.1(a) of the Georgia Services Agreement or the applicable section of
any New Services Agreement) with respect to which Albertelli, any of his affiliates or any
Albertelli Law Firm (x) receive from any Person (including, but not limited to, any Agency,
any Investor or any Client (as each such term is defined in the Florida Services Agreement))
or (y) otherwise have the ability to influence or direct the referral of such files, in each
case for processing in conjunction with the residential (but not commercial) foreclosure,
residential eviction, residential bankruptcy and litigation (with respect to any of the
foregoing) law or trustee practices of Albertelli, any of Albertelli’s affiliates or any
Albertelli Law Firm (collectively, the “Practices”). In consideration for Albertelli’s
agreement, both on behalf of himself individually, each of his affiliates and each
Albertelli Law Firm, to comply with this Section 8.11, the Buyer, on behalf of
itself and its Affiliates, agrees to pay or cause to be paid to Albertelli, his applicable
affiliate or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm a referral fee for each file referred to the
Buyer or one or more of its Affiliates, which such referral fee shall be mutually agreed
upon in good faith between the Buyer, on behalf of itself and any applicable Affiliate, and
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1.4 Section 8.12. The following is hereby added to the Agreement as Section 8.12:

8.12 Covenant to Use DMC’s Posting and Publication Services. Albertelli
covenants and agrees, both on behalf of himself individually and each Albertelli Law Firm,
to
exclusively use DMC or one or more of DMC’s Affiliates for the publication or posting of all
foreclosure, public or other legal notices required or desired to be published or posted
(whether in a legal or other newspaper or on an Internet web site) in conjunction with the
Practices of Albertelli or any Albertelli Law Firm or on behalf of any client of Albertelli
or any Albertelli Law Firm whether within or outside of the Territory; provided,
however, that (i) notwithstanding the foregoing, Albertelli Georgia shall not be
required to comply with this Section 8.12 and (ii) neither Albertelli nor any
applicable Albertelli Law Firm shall be required to comply with this Section 8.12
for so long as none of DMC or any of its Affiliates offer posting or publication services
(collectively, the “Services”) for the relevant geographic area in which Albertelli or the
applicable Albertelli Law Firm requires the publication or posting of any foreclosure,
public or other legal notices in conjunction with the relevant Practice(s) of Albertelli or
the applicable Albertelli Law Firm in such relevant geographic area; provided,
further, however, that Albertelli, on behalf of himself individually and
each Albertelli Law Firm, covenants and agrees to (1) provide not less than ten (10) days
prior written notice to DMC prior to using any Person other than DMC or an Affiliate of DMC
(any such other Person, a “Competing Publisher”) for the publication or posting of any
foreclosure, public or other legal notices (whether in a legal or other newspaper or on an
Internet web site) in conjunction with any Practice(s) of Albertelli or any Albertelli Law
Firm whether within or outside the Territory, which such notice shall include (x) the name
of such Competing Publisher, (y) the applicable geographic area in which the Services of
such Competing Publisher are proposed to be used and (z) a description of the particular
Services of such Competing Publisher which are proposed to be used by Albertelli or the
applicable Albertelli Law Firm, as the case may be; and (2) enter into any contract or other
agreement with any Competing Publisher for any Services which cannot be terminated without
penalty by Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm on less than thirty (30) days
prior written notice by Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm, as the case may
be. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.12, neither
Albertelli nor any Albertelli Law Firm shall be bound by the provisions of this Section
8.12 with respect to any given particular matter solely to the extent that (A) the
client of Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm for such matter requests (without
any encouragement by or on the advice of Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm)
in writing that Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm, as the case may be, use
the Services of a Competing Publisher for such matter; provided, however,
that (i) both Albertelli and the applicable Albertelli Law Firm shall use their respective
commercially reasonable efforts to encourage such client to use the Services of DMC or one
or more of its Affiliates for such legal matter and (ii) Albertelli, both on behalf of
himself individually and the applicable Albertelli Law Firm, acknowledges and agrees that
for purposes of this clause (A) neither Lender Processing Services, Inc. nor any of its
Affiliates shall be considered to be a client of Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law
Firm, (B) Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm determine, in good faith, that
there is an applicable Legal Requirement which requires that Albertelli or the applicable
Albertelli Law Firm, as the case may be, use the Services of a Competing Publisher for such
matter on behalf of such client of Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm;
provided, however, that Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm
shall promptly provide DMC with a written opinion of counsel to such effect, or (C)
Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm receive a written directive from a
Governmental Body having jurisdiction over Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm,
as the case may be, to the effect that Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm, as
the case may be, must use the Services of a Competing Publisher for such matter on behalf of
such client of Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm; provided,
however, that Albertelli or the applicable Albertelli Law Firm shall promptly
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1.5 New Definitions. The following definitions are hereby added to Section 9.12 of
the
Agreement in their applicable alphabetical order:

“Albertelli Law Firm” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9 hereof.

“Competing Publisher” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12 hereof.

“Default Specialist” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9 hereof.

“New Services Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9 hereof.

“New Territory” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9 hereof.

“Practices” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.11 hereof.

“Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12 hereof.

2. Certain Other Agreements.

2.1 Early Payment of 2010 Earn Out Payment. In consideration for (i) the Selling
Parties entering into this Amendment, (ii) Albertelli entering into that certain First Amendment to
Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement Amendment”), dated as of the date of this
Amendment, by and between the Buyer and Albertelli, (iii) Albertelli Florida and Albertelli
entering into that certain First Amendment to Services Agreement (the “Florida Services
Agreement Amendment”), dated as of the date of this Amendment, by and among the Buyer,
Albertelli Florida and Albertelli, and (iv) Albertelli Georgia and Albertelli entering into that
certain First Amendment to Services Agreement (the “Georgia Services Agreement Amendment”),
dated as of the date of this Amendment, by and among the Buyer, Albertelli Georgia and Albertelli,
the Buyer agrees, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.3(a)(i) of the Agreement
and regardless of whether Adjusted EBITDA actually equals or exceeds the 2010 Adjusted EBITDA
Target for the 2010 Earn Out Period once determined in accordance with Section 2.3(b) of the
Agreement, to pay (such payment, the “Early 2010 Earn Out Payment”) to each Seller on
October 1, 2010 such Seller’s Allocable Percentage of the Earn Out Payment Amount for the 2010 Earn
Out Period to the bank account for such Seller set forth on Exhibit 2.1(a) to the Agreement. Upon
receipt of the Early 2010 Earn Out Payment by the Sellers, each Selling Party acknowledges and
agrees that the Sellers shall have received payment in full satisfaction of all of the Buying
Parties’ obligations under Section 2.3(a)(i) of the Agreement.

3. Reference to and Effect on the Agreement.

3.1 Each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or
words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.

3.2 Except as specifically amended above, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

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4. Miscellaneous.

4.1 This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This
Amendment will become effective after (i) a counterpart to this Amendment has been executed and
delivered by each of the Buying Parties and each of the Selling Parties, (ii) a counterpart to the
Employment Agreement
Amendment has been executed and delivered by each of the Buyer and Albertelli, (iii) a
counterpart to the Florida Services Agreement Amendment has been executed and delivered by each of
the Buyer, Albertelli Florida and Albertelli, and (iv) a counterpart to the Georgia Services
Agreement Amendment has been executed and delivered by each of the Buyer, Albertelli Georgia and
Albertelli. This Amendment, and any amendments hereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means
of a facsimile machine or other electronic transmission (including transmission in portable
document format by electronic mail), shall be treated in all manner and respects and for all
purposes as an original agreement and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as
if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party
hereto, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them
to all other parties, except that the failure of any party to comply with such a request shall not
render this Amendment, and any amendments hereto, invalid or unenforceable. No party hereto or to
any such other agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or other
electronic transmission to deliver a signature, or the fact that any signature was transmitted or
communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic transmission, as a defense
to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such
defense.

4.2 Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only
and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

4.3 The language used in this Amendment will be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against
any party.

4.4 If and to the extent there are any inconsistencies between the Agreement and this
Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall control.

4.5 This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Delaware without regard to its conflict of laws doctrines.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment as of the date first
hereinabove written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	AMERICAN PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/  Scott J. Pollei  /
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Scott J. Pollei 	 
	 	 	Its:        	Vice President	 
	 
	 	THE DOLAN COMPANY (f/k/a DOLAN MEDIA COMPANY)

 	 
	 	By:  	/  Scott J. Pollei  /
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Scott J. Pollei 	 
	 	 	Its:        	Executive Vice President and 

Chief Operating Officer 	 
	 
	 	JAMES E. ALBERTELLI, P.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	/  James Albertelli  /
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James Albertelli 	 
	 	 	Its:        	President	 
	 
	 	THE ALBERTELLI FIRM, P.C.

 	 
	 	By:  	/  James Albertelli  /
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James Albertelli 	 
	 	 	Its:        	President	 
	 
	 	ALBERTELLI TITLE, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/  James Albertelli  /
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James Albertelli 	 
	 	 	Its:        	President 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                         /  James Albertelli  /
 	 
	 	JAMES E. ALBERTELLI, individually

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