XBIZ Served With Lawsuit From Rival AVN

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When AVN posts something I'll drop it here as well...

Wow, these cases have become nearly impossible to win in California - the plaintiff's non-compete contract has to fit very narrow criteria. Only a handful of plaintiffs have won in the software non-compete era.

On the other hand, it's easy to slap a plaintiff back if this kind of lawsuit is found to have been filed without meri - and it California, almost all of these suits are now without merit.

If the contract in question mentions XBIZ by name, since XBIZ is AVN's only competitor in its niche, then AVN may have a case. Otherwise...industry lawyers are going to have another chance to feed at the aorta.

Terri

It looks like AVN doesn't have to rely on non-compete clauses in this lawsuit. They've gone right where the law allows the to go, alleging theft, destruction of company property, etc.

Here's Gene Ross' new article detailing the complaint:

http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=34208

I hope AVN's IT experts are good enough to prove their claims, if they're accurate.

Terri

It's not there. Gene musta got the willies and pulled it.

Yeah, he either pulled it, edited it (and deleted the old copy) - or put up an all-new version of it that won't include any of the detail he obviously got from someone who shouldn't have given it to him.

Terri

I don't know what Gene changed: let me know.

Here's the latest version.

http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=34220

Terri