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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies
 
The Company records $2,500 a month as rent, overhead, and services due to Metropolitan Lumber Hardware Building Supplies, Inc. for services rendered by the management of the Company. Mr. Gans is the sole owner of Metropolitian Lumber Hardware Building Supplies, Inc.
 
The Company currently leases office space from the Westside Realty of New York which is owned and operated by Robert Gans our majority shareholder, for $2,500 a month.
 
On June 14, 2011, Christina Maldonado, a former front door receptionist/coat checker at Scores New York, located in New York NY filed a civil lawsuit against the Company and IMO alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, New York State Human Rights Law, New York Executive Law, New York City Human Rights Law and the New York City Administrative Code, based on allegations of sexual discrimination and sexual harassment. The lawsuit further alleges that both the Company and IMO were her employers. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for alleged loss of past and future earnings and emotional distress and humiliation. The Company disputes that that it was an employer of the plaintiff and categorically denies all allegations of sexual discrimination and sexual harassment. The Company responded to the complaint and later filed an amended complaint and asserted a cross claim against IMO. The Company is vigorously defending itself in this litigation and does not expect that the outcome will be material.
 
On June 14, 2013, Elizabeth Shiflett, a former cocktail waitress, filed a civil lawsuit against the Company in the S.D.N.Y. alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), as amended, the New York State Human Rights Law (“NYSHRL”) and the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) based upon allegations of sexual discrimination, creating a hostile work environment based upon plaintiff’s sex and race and unlawful retaliation against plaintiff. The lawsuit further alleges that at all material times the Company was the employer of the plaintiff. The lawsuit had been preceded by a Determination of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) on January 25, 2013 that there was reasonable cause to believe that the Company had violated Title VII as a result of the complained-of conduct. The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment that the practices complained of violated Title VII, the NYSHRL and the NYCHRL, an injunction enjoining the Company from engaging in future unlawful acts of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, unspecified compensatory damages for plaintiff’s alleged loss of past and future earnings, emotional distress, humiliation and loss of reputation, punitive damages as a result of the Company’s alleged disregard of plaintiff’s protected civil rights, and attorneys’ fees and costs. The Company disputes that it was an employer of the plaintiff and categorically denies all allegations of sexual discrimination, sexual and racial harassment and retaliation. In an order dated April 10, 2014, the Court dismissed all federal claims. In May 2014, Ms. Shiflett filed an appeal. On February 19, 2015 the United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit, upheld the order from April 2014 and all federal claims have been dismissed.
 
On or about February 28, 2014, Kiana Love, a former entertainer and masseuse at The Penthouse Executive Club and Scores New York, both located in New York, NY, filed a civil lawsuit in the SDNY against us, The Executive Club, LLC, Go West Entertainment, Inc., Scores Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment Management Services, Inc., 333 East 60th Street., Inc., I.M. Operating, LLC, Richard Goldring, Elliot Osher, Robert Gans and Mark Yackow (collectively “Defendants”), alleging, for the time during which she performed as a masseuse, violations of the state and federal wage and hour laws, including the New York Labor Law and Fair Labor Standards Act, based upon allegations of failure to pay minimum wage, uniform related expenses, and allegations of improper wage deductions and tip misappropriation as well as record keeping violations. The lawsuit further alleges that at all material times Defendants were employers of Ms. Love, the plaintiff, while she performed massage services at Scores New York as well as The Penthouse Executive Club.  The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory damages for plaintiff’s alleged loss of past wages and reimbursement of allegedly unlawful deductions. We dispute that we were an employer of the plaintiff, who was at all material times an independent contractor, and categorically deny all allegations of violations of law, including the wage and hour laws, improper tip taking, and violations related to uniforms.  The Complaint in the action was served in June 2014.  Certain defendants, including Scores Holding Company, Inc. answered on July 21, 2014.  The Executive Club LLC and I.M. Operating, LLC each interposed a counterclaim for offset / unjust enrichment which Plaintiff answered on August 13, 2014. Fact discovery is set to close in June 2015.
 
There are no other material legal proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its property is subject, nor to our knowledge are any such proceedings threatened.