Unbelievable stuff in Ridder from St. Paul to Minneapolis

Few will have time to read this now, but this is the suit the Star-Tribune filed.

The depth of what they accuse Par Ridder of doing when he went from publisher of one paper to publisher of another is astounding.

http://extras.twincities.com/pdfs/ridder_suit.pdf

If you decide to plow through it, read the top, then skip down to about page 14-15.

 

I've been d-b'ed!

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/39993/

 

Well, A) it's off the front page and B) this is new stuff. So I only accept a little of that.

 

Wow.

Talk about being bold in your deception.

(By the way, SF, you've got it backwards. The Pi Press filed this suit.)

It's awesome that the Pi Press was able to dig up all that stuff through computer tracing programs about how much stuff they copied and stole.

I wonder what the hell the kind of damages the Pi Press is seeking? Does it say and I just missed it?

 

Absolutely amazing. And let this be a reminder to all of you: If you're using a work computer, company cell phone, e-mail servers, etc., you have NO EXPECTATION that anything for which you use that machine will remain private.

 

To be determined at trial, the suit says. (And yeah, I'm reading every word. This is fascinating as hell.)

 

Really? You really think a reader cares about any of this?

 

Readers who are interested in business or legal matters will find this quite entertaining.

 

Punitive Damages.

 

Wow. It's incredible how sleazy some people can be.

I had to sign a non-compete in the 1990s. I still haven't blabbed the financial information I was given. I don't especially like the company, but I wouldn't want the average working people there to suffer any more than they already do.