Full Tilt Legal Wins
Full Tilt Poker (www.fulltiltpoker.net) might have felt like it was under attack recently, but this week the company can celebrate two wins in legal challenges.
Last year, Full Tilt.net was sued by Larry Kennedy and Greg Omotoy for false advertising, fraud and libel. The pair charged that the company had unlawfully seized more than $80,000 from their accounts that they say they rightfully won playing poker at the online poker site.
The site argued that the pair had used illegal bot software, and had dismissed the pair’s suits as baseless and frivolous. This week, the case was thrown out by the Superior Court in Los Angeles.
In Kentucky, Full Tilt's parent company, Pocket Kings, received a temporary relief during discovery by the state's lawyers. The state of Kentucky is seeking to seize more than 140 international domain names in its maneuver against the online poker giant. So far, the state has been unsuccessful.
The temporary delay was awarded to Pocket Kings after a state judge agreed and that's the company had not been properly served in a timely manner. In that way, then, no discovery could be permitted. This is not a huge win, because once pocket Kings is properly served, discovery can continue. But the order does at least delay some of this legal maneuvering against the company.
