What's odd about it?
--- wegirlshavefun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I find it rather odd no one in this group (fans or
> foes of Earl
> Kaplan alike) commented on this lawsuit.
> This is no mere gossip and hearsay. Earl Kaplan's
> `business ethics'
> is being challenged by a massive company, with a
> world reputation,
> Reader's Digest.
>
> --- In [email protected], vedic8000
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
>
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA514709.html
> >
> > Books Are Fun Sues Founder
> > by Jim Milliot -- 4/4/2005
> > Article
> >
> >
> > Reader's Digest's Books Are Fun division has filed
> a motion to
> amend
> > its lawsuit against the display marketing company
> Reader's Choice
> to
> > include Earl Kaplan, the stepfather of RC founder
> Stephen
> Rosebrough
> > and the founder of BAF. Kaplan sold BAF, which
> sells books and
> other
> > merchandise through temporary displays in schools
> and businesses,
> to
> > RD in 1999. BAF filed a lawsuit against Reader's
> Choice in
> November,
> > charging Rosebrough, a former BAF v-p, and three
> others with
> > stealing trade secrets in setting up the new
> company (News, Nov.
> 15,
> > 2004).
> >
> > According to BAF's motion, Kaplan had served as
> chairman of RC for
> a
> > short period and loaned Rosebrough $100,000 to
> start the company.
> > Shortly after BAF filed its lawsuit, Rosebrough
> announced he was
> > closing down RC, while at about the same time
> Kaplan was launching
> > Imagine Nation Books, another display marketing
> company. BAF
> alleges
> > that Imagine Nation "was set up for the purpose of
> taking over the
> > business of Reader's Choice, while attempting to
> avoid any
> > liability" for RC. The complaint further charges
> that Imagine
> Nation
> > has already taken over some RC contracts, hired
> some RC employees
> > and signed some RC sales reps.
> >
> > Cyril V. Smith, an attorney for Reader's Choice,
> described the
> > addition of Kaplan and Imagine Nation as an
> attempt by BAF to make
> > the lawsuit longer and more expensive. He also
> denied the
> allegation
> > that Imagine Nation is a "successor" company to
> RC.
>
>
>
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