The defense for Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst; Skill game!

LaserCats · Sep 2, 2012

The defense for Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst — three men named in an amended civil complaint tied to April 2011’s Black Friday — have requested a “status conference” in their case in light of a recent legal opinion that declared poker to be a game of skill, according to a letter filed by an attorney close to the matter.

Link to article: http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/13977-ftp-owners-look-for-help-from-poker-is-skill-ruling

1luckysob · Sep 2, 2012

doesnt mean much considering we need a supreme court to rule this way in order to see any REAL progress, but its a nice start.

Dreams of Tragedy · Sep 2, 2012

doesnt matter they still have a target on their backs for life

grnfing3r · Sep 2, 2012

its all just a bbig amount of run around!!! the gov. didnt get there money so the big man shut em down lol . what do u expect them to do say hey okay makes all this money and give now back typical bag man syndrome

OzExorcist · Sep 3, 2012

IANAL, but I think even if they can use the "poker is a game of skill" ruling in their favour their biggest problem will still be the allegation that they defrauded the player base and paid themselves big bonuses with player funds...

LaserCats · Sep 3, 2012

i agree with OzExorcist... Its like banks taking money from our bank accts and lending it out to losers.

Charade You Are · Sep 4, 2012

I had posted the revelant links regarding the 3 documents regarding this in the Black Friday thread:

Charade You Are said:
Latest lawyering in US v. PokerStars (Lederer, Ferguson, Furst) SDNY civil forfeiture proceedings

Aug 28th Lederer's lawyer to Judge Sands requesting conference to discuss effect of DiChristina case poker ruling

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/defense-request-for-status-conference-re-60315/

Aug 29th Preet Bahara to Judge Sands:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/104425092/8-29-12-USAO-Letter-to-SDNY-re-U-S-v-PokerStars-et-al

No meeting necessary because they "intend" to file a second amended complaint on or before the...deadline."

How to suck up: "Accordingly, while the Government is always happy to meet with the Court, we do not believe a status conference is warranted at this time."

Aug 31st Lederer's lawyer to Judge Sands in response to Preet's letter:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/104552665/8-31-12-Ltr-to-SDNY-re-U-S-v-PokerStars-et-al

"We are also mindful of the Government's comments about filing an amended complaint that includes new forfeiture theories--presumably theories that were deemed unworthy of inclusion in the original complaint."