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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
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Note 7. Commitments and Contingencies
 
The Company records $7,500 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 Metropolitan 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 February 19, 2015 we, together with our subsidiary SLC, filed an action against Norm A Properties LLC in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. Defendant utilizes the “Scores” name and trademark in connection with its ownership and operation of an adult entertainment club in Detroit, Michigan. In this action we sought damages for breach of contract in the amount of $110,000 plus interest, and the issuance of a permanent injunction prohibiting defendant from using the “Scores” name and trademark with respect to the Detroit club and all websites controlled by defendant. The defendant failed to appear and on August 31, 2015, the court entered a judgment in favor of the Company (which order was amended on October 17, 2015), awarding a total of $117,646.92 to the Company. In addition, the court ordered defendant to render an accounting to the Company and enjoined the defendant from using the “Scores” name and trademarks. 
 
The Company was unable to collect on the judgement as the defendant, Norm. A. Properties, had no assets that could be found. The Company therefore filed another action with in the US District Court in the Southern District of New York seeking to recover the unpaid royalties from Scores Detroit, Inc., the company which is believed to have operated Scores Detroit and Majed Mike Dabish, its principal.  On June 29, 2016 the court transferred the case to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for further proceedings. The case is currently in the discovery phase.
 
On March 14, 2016 three individuals purporting to be adult entertainers who performed at Scores New York commenced a lawsuit in the SDNY on behalf of themselves and a putative collective and class. The lawsuit is captioned Taylor et al. v. I.M. Operating LLC, et al., Case No. 16cv1909 (ALC) (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Action”). The defendants in the Action, in addition to us, included IMO, Robert Gans and Mark Yackow. The Action alleged violation of federal and state wage and hour laws, including, inter alia, failure to pay minimum wage, overtime, spread of hours, uniform violations, and failure to provide wage notices and statements, arising from an alleged misclassification of the plaintiffs as independent contractors.  The Action was withdrawn by Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, So Ordered on May 11, 2016, in favor of the Arbitrations discussed below.
 
On April 3, 2016, fifty (50) individuals purporting to be professional models and/or actresses, filed a civil suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company, I.M. Operating, LLC, The Executive Club, LLC, and Robert M. Gans (collectively, “Defendants”), alleging images of the plaintiffs were used without their consent for commercial purposes on websites and social media outlets to promote gentlemen’s clubs operated by the Defendants or licensees of the Defendants. The lawsuit further alleges that the unauthorized use of these images created, among other things, the false impression that these individuals either worked at, or endorsed, one or more of such clubs. The lawsuit asserts causes of action under Section 43 of the Lanham Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1), premised on a theory of false endorsement and/or association; New York Civil Rights Law §§ 50-51; New York’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act, New York General Business Law § 349; defamation; as well as various common law torts, namely negligence, conversion, unjust enrichment and quantum merit. The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory damages, punitive damages, as well as attorneys’ fees and costs. The lawsuit also seeks an injunction permanently enjoining the use of the individuals’ images to promote, via any medium, any of the clubs. The Company, along with all of the Defendants, intends to vigorously defend themselves against the claims asserted against them in this lawsuit, including having filed a motion seeking dismissal of the complaint. The Court has not yet issued a decision resolving this motion.  
 
On or about July 22, 2016 three individuals, Courtney Taylor, Heidi Swensen and Trace Byers, (collectively the “Claimants”) who formerly performed as adult entertainers at Scores New York, owned in its entirety by I.M. Operating LLC, each brought individual and separate arbitrations (collectively, the “Arbitrations”) against Scores NY as well as, among others, the Company.   The American Arbitration Association is administering the Taylor, Swensen and Byers Arbitrations, identified by case numbers 01-16-0003-1171, 01-16-0003-1170 and 01-16-0003-1169, respectively.  The Claimants allege that they were misclassified as independent contractors, that they should have been classified as employees, and as a result the respondents, including the Company, violated, inter alia, applicable federal and state wage and hour laws. The Arbitrations seek unspecified compensatory damages, liquidated damages, as well as attorneys’ fees and costs.
   
Discovery demands in each of the Arbitrations have either been served or will be served shortly.
 
Given that the Arbitrations are in their preliminary stages, it is not possible at this juncture to ascertain the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome.  However, the respondents, including the Company, intend to vigorously defend themselves against the claims asserted against them in the Arbitrations. 
 
The Arbitrations follow the filing and subsequent voluntary dismissal of the Action, as discussed above.
 
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.