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AnOminous said:
I wonder if that site's audience will be offended. Because it has this look like "hey this is our gurl site, gurls are dumb and they like gossip."
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I don't think it matters. They're circling the drain and just trying to cling to life.
 
[GALLERY=media, 585]Gawker To Become Even More Cancerous, Somehow. by RepQuest posted Nov 19, 2015 at 1:20 PM[/GALLERY]
 
During introductory remarks to the four-woman, two-man jury, Judge Pamela Campbell said the case would involve deciding whether the sex tape was a matter of “legitimate public concern” or if posting it represented a “morbid and sensational prying” into Hogan’s private life “for its own sake.”
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Welp, Gawker's fucked.
 
Dynastia said:
Welp, Gawker's fucked.
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Hogan is asking for 100 Million Dollars. He may not get it, but since the case is being tried in Florida there is the fact that in order to appeal a verdict there you must put the amount of money up for bond during the appeals process. This means that if the judgement is large enough, Gawker can't afford to put up the bond and goes bankrupt. It may be optimistic, they may have to pay only a few million, but it could put a nice torpedo into them. They even admit that more likely or not, they will lose the case.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/artic...resident-more-likely-not-well-lose-hogan-case
 
During the defense opening, Gawker lawyer Michael Berry attacked Hogan’s suit as a naked grab for “lots and lots of money,” and contended that company founder Nick Denton had acted with the purest of motives.
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and contended that company founder Nick Denton had acted with the purest of motives.
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Nick Denton had acted with the purest of motives.
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:story::story::story:

I agree with Dynastia, Gawker is more fucked than Shawn Michaels' selling against Hogan at SummerSlam.
 
Hopefully Buzzfeed becomes the next to royally fuck up after Gawker crashes and burns

Also LOL at Nick Denton "Waaahh poor oppressed privileged Jew me, having to fork over muh shekels is like anuddah shoah!!!"
 
SunLightStreak said:
Hogan is asking for 100 Million Dollars. He may not get it, but since the case is being tried in Florida there is the fact that in order to appeal a verdict there you must put the amount of money up for bond during the appeals process.
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Not entirely true. You can appeal without putting up the bond. The bond, a supersedeas bond, simply stays the judgment pending appeal and ensures that the money is there for the plaintiff to collect if they win on appeal, too. Without the bond in place, the plaintiff can immediately move to collection while the appeal progresses. Hulk would probably do this because he wants Hulkamania to run wild on Gawker.

Also, if Hulk basically nukes the company, it's going to have a bad time appealing. Even if it wins on appeal it would then have to sue Hogan to get the money back. That might not be easy, to say the least, and might not be worth doing.

This also isn't unique to Florida. Every state has this requirement. So does federal court. Unlike in federal court, though, the bond is mandatory. In federal court, the trial court can grant a stay without a bond, or for that matter, increase the amount of the bond required. In Florida, no bond, no stay.

Emperor Julian said:
Never understood why hulk hogan was the hill they decided to die on, what with the fact they had literally no legal case.
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That something is newsworthy is a defense. Most news involving celebrities is. Much news involving completely normal people is.
 
Assholes. I'd rather have street fights with Trump supporters than watch them get run over by fucking tanks.
 
Denton and pals are not doing themselves any favors with their snarky attitude in court. The Gawker attitude on the internet is one thing, but in a court of law it is entirely a different matter.
 
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