News Details

New York judge dismisses Ecclestone case

Bernie Ecclestone's legal woes have eased slightly, as it emerges a $650m lawsuit against him has been dismissed. Late last year, a company called Bluewaters Communications claimed it was the high bidder to buy formula one in 2005. But it said CVC only won the day because of chief executive Ecclestone's alleged bribes, after Bluewaters gave "no commitment" to keep the 83-year-old in his top job. F1 business journalist Christian Sylt now reports that the New York supreme court has ruled that it has no jurisdiction to hear the case. According to Autoweek, the Justice ruled that the "critical events underlying the claims in this lawsuit took place in Germany, England and...
Full Story »
11y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Relief for Ecclestone as US judge dismisses $650...

Relief for Ecclestone as US judge dismisses $650 million lawsuit 22...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

The curious timing of the announcement of the case...

Last week the world of Formula One was taken by surprise by the...
11y ago from Pitpass.com

Ecclestone facing ten years in German prison

Bernie Ecclestone is facing the prospect of up to ten years in jail. F1's...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Ecclestone vows to return

Bernie Ecclestone is adamant he will be back on the F1 board the...
11y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power turns first IndyCar laps with Andretti at...

IndyCar veteran Will Power completed his first test laps with his new...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Palou delivers takedown of McLaren F1 drivers...

IndyCar champion Alex Palou has delivered a takedown of both McLaren...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

FA Cup third round: 10 things to look out for this...

clesfield and Weston-super-Mare carry the non-league hopes while fringe...
57m ago from TheGuardian.com

Return of the Emirates Groan: Arsenal fans restless on...

y one club are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League, but the...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

‘He didn’t realise’: Arteta defends Martinelli...

t;li>Winger tried to push injured Liverpool full-back off pitchKeane...
57m ago from TheGuardian.com

Mikel Arteta responds to Gabriel Martinelli's shocking...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is sure that Gabriel Martinelli did not mean...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.