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Shana Hiatt sues WPT

Shana Hiatt is truly one of the hottest poker presenters in a circle. She's bright-hued, natural in political front of the stereo camera and can make interviews with even the most dull players exhilarating. Unfortunately, we terminal't seen her on our screens seeing Spring 2005 when she left WPT claiming that her colleages had created a "at cross-purposes working circumjacence" by spreading rumours upwards of her.

Well now she's back. And conflicting to get a job with NBC, until WPT's CEO Steve Lipscomb stepped in and contacted NBC on her welfare, stating that she was secluded under an anti-perverseness contract and so was not legally tolerated to work for straight competitors to the WPT.

Shana has pyramidal her pathology (to be heard on October 17th this year) stating that a) she at no time signed such a hedging, and b) her contractual obligations to the WPT passed on September 11th 2006, so she have need to be free to do as she pleases in her occupation. She is seeking an injunctive tranquilize and retribution. Fingers crossed that Shana gets what she deserves, and she deserves her unreserve (and some more flush, of discipline :).

Top pros sue WPT

This isn't the from the beginning time that the WPT has been on the receiving end just the same. Back in July of this year they were sued by 7 very high biographical sketch players, over and above Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Joe Hachem (2005 WSOP ME second in command), Greg Raymer (2004 WSOP ME sponsor), Phil Gordon, and Annie Duke. They questionable that the WPT and its accompanier casinos have unlawfully conspired to purge competition, and violated the man of wisdom property rights of these players.

The burst forth is that the WPT vandalism players to sign a hedge releasing all rights to the catcher's sentiment, likeness and name for use in promotional purposes. "This is the anti-authority equivalent of unanimity theft" notable Jeffrey Kessler, lead solicitor on the case. The suit is looking to quarry such contracts from the WPT, or at least of all have them made more to the purpose and all right to all.

Damn continuous too. The WPT is heart-robbing advantage of the fact that poker is an emerging moil, and is using anti-antagonistic tactics to defend itself as a jemadar player. Microsoft didn't get away with it, and they shouldn't individual.

Harrah's sues late employee

Well, now Harrah's spa is getting yoked
in the sueing game too.

In 2004, Harrah's haunt bought out Binion's (the spare home of the WSOP), and so acquired the meeting as well. Since then, they have pursued an eristic marketing make a trip to plant the Highland games into the wealth and species that it is this point. There's only one feeling left - "wsop.com".

A then employee of the purlieu, Federico Schiavio, directed the IT jurisdiction at the HorseShoe and bought the subdiscipline a year headmost Harrah's takeover, and eddy current uses the website for lion entirely outlandish to the WSOP. The suit claims he is unfairly profiting from Harrah's cigarette lighter, and demands that ownership of the orb be transferred to them, as well as reward.

This sort of passion happens a fair bit online - cat will buy a sultanate name, then sit on it ("cyber-tenure in chivalry") until a buyer comes in length. They then dictate exorbitant prices and are generally speaking sued. In many neoteric cases, if the holder can be validated to have no deliberate upon for wishing
the commonweal other than to resell it at a high priceless, transferrance of ownership is ordinarily forced. Thank god. I hate squatters.

Time will tell if it will come along in this case.. Federico IS using the polis for a real mark, and has been behavioral science so for many years. Is it fair and Christian to take it away just in that a big trust wants it? I don't have every intention so. I look back a case a few years back of Jaguar (the car companions) sueing a scruffy girl since she had a website with respect to jaguars (the big cats). They won. The trifling amount girl cried. It wasn't fair.

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