Legal Opinion
Laugh Factory, Inc. v. Basciano
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 7, 2009No. 08 Civ. 1887 (JSR)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
To state the obvious, this hard-fought litigation, involving, as it does, 18 claims and 8 counterclaims, is no laughing matter. Plaintiffs are Jamie Masada and two companies of which he is the principal officer, Laugh Factory, Inc. and Laugh Factory Times Square, Inc. Defendants are Richard Basciano, whose principal business is managing and investing in New York real estate, and several entities actually or allegedly controlled by Basciano. In 2004, the parties jointly opened a comedy club called the Laugh Factory in the Times Square area of New…
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