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Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan sex tape

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Case against DOB dropped by using a loophole from the ancient law of champerty from 1634. Because the plaintiff hasn't the €10m it would take to pay the legal fees.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/judge-says-english-firm-cannot-fund-denis-o-brien-case-1.2617753

    If only they apply that law to the ambulance chasers and compo culture that's driving insurance insane.

    Erm...yes they do.

    Hence in Ireland, a Solicitor can't offer to take on a case, say in the basis that he'll fund it and get a percentage of an award. I understand such arrangements are popular in the US where firms will fund actions, and it encourages ambulance chasing and compo culture as of course a firm could have effectively retained doctors, detectives etc.


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    #33
    gramar
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    KomradeBishop wrote: »
    The idea that a billionaire should be able to anonymously bankroll lawsuits against media outlets (however shítty they are) that he has a grievance with, is quite a dangerous one.

    His presence as a benefactor should not have been secret in the first place - we can't have billionaires randomly exerting power anonymously like that, against news media organizations, even for good causes, as it would enable them to do the same for ill reasons as well - it has to be out in the open.

    Noble sentiments indeed but the real world doesn't work like that. Never has and never will.


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    #34
    KomradeBishop
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    There's nothing inevitable about it - all it requires is proper reform of the legal system.

    It's our choice whether the legal system should be a two-tier one, with the wealthy having privileged access, or not. Hell, it's our choice how much individual/private power we want to allow people to gain in the first place.


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    #35
    BattleCorp
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    Is there any chance that Hulk Hogan will get any of the payout he has been awarded?


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    #36
    valoren
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    mahoganygas wrote: »
    Batman?

    It's the best super power of them all.

    Money. Lot's and lot's of money :pac:


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    #37
    ohnonotgmail
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    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Is there any chance that Hulk Hogan will get any of the payout he has been awarded?


    you cant get money from somebody that doenst have it.


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    #38
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Hogan is supposedly flat broke. Numerous bad investments, a messy divorce, and that incident involving his son.

    He'll take whatever gawker can pay him.


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    #39
    Raging_Ninja
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    He'll take whatever gawker can pay him.

    Which right now looks like everything they have.


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    #40
    Capt'n Midnight
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    valoren wrote: »
    It's the best super power of them all.

    Money. Lot's and lot's of money :pac:
    It's the only superpower for Batman and Iron Man.



    Having said that , Bill Gates has been a bit of a disappointment.


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    #41
    B.A._Baracus
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Hogan is supposedly flat broke. Numerous bad investments, a messy divorce, and that incident involving his son.

    He'll take whatever gawker can pay him.






    :pac:


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    #42
    sligeach
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    Gawker Media files for bankruptcy after losing Hulk Hogan case

    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/gawker-media-files-for-bankruptcy-after-losing-hulk-hogan-case-1.2680308

    I came across this as a video gamer earlier. I didn't realise but Gawker Media own Kotaku. They're also another contentious site but they're not completely bad. I wonder what will happen to them now?


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    #43
    Aidric
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    Great news. A scurrilous bottom of the barrel website masquerading itself as being in the public interest.

    You can argue all day long about the merits of a billionaire funding the legal case but if that's what it takes to bring down a scummy publication like Gawker I'm all for it.


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    #44
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,453 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    A website has offered $25,000 for Denton to have sex with a men dressed as Hulk Hogan. (It's Breibart, still made me laugh). http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/06/20/xhamster-offers-gawker-founder-denton-35-thousand-for-hogan-porn/


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    #45
    exaisle
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Hence in Ireland, a Solicitor can't offer to take on a case, say in the basis that he'll fund it and get a percentage of an award.

    AFAIK a solicitor can't but a barrister can....


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    #46
    Pro Hoc Vice
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    exaisle wrote: »
    AFAIK a solicitor can't but a barrister can....

    Neither can as the law in Ireland means no one can fund a case for a bit of the payout, http://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/judge-says-english-firm-cannot-fund-denis-o-brien-case-1.2617753


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    #47
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Whatcha gonna do?!!!


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    #48
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,453 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    See that Gawker is closing next week. Long time coming.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37125348


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    #49
    For Forks Sake
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    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    See that Gawker is closing next week. Long time coming.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37125348

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp56UB8g3vU


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