In Filing, Former B&N CEO Claims Malicious Firing Destroyed His Career - Publishers Weekly

Today, Panzer decided to visit the Publishers Weekly site to look for any news on the Barnes and Noble dueling lawsuits in the firing of former CEO Demos Parneros. It didn't take any digging at all to find the latest court filings. Panzer has been following this story since the beginning.

Maybe we should all study law.

According to the post at Publishers Weekly by Andrew Albanese, former CEO Demos Parneros' attorneys have now filed an opposition brief (or a memorandum in opposition) in response to Barnes and Noble's request for a summary judgement. The summary judgement was requested for the defamation of character portion and the breach of good faith and fair dealing portion of Demos Parnero's lawsuit. Mr. Parnero's attorneys filed "hundreds of pages" of information, exhibits etc. with the court. A settlement conference is already scheduled for January 27. There are several links in post to other information about the two lawsuits..

Panzer says, "Hundreds of pages of documents ... The memorandum in opposition alone is 40 pages long ... Hmm ... How are attorneys paid? By the page?"

Note: This is a long post. Bring a quart of tea and six muffins for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow all the links, bring two gallons of tea, two dozen muffins and sleeping bag for a nap in the middle of your reading.

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble
To read Panzer's most recent previous post about this lawsuit, tootle over to Barnes and Noble litigation

B&N Pursues 'Risky' Move Against Fired CEO - Publishers Weekly

Today Panzer made a quick trip to the Publishers Weekly site. There with a little digging in the posts pile our fastidious kitty boy found one about the Demos Parneros lawsuit filed against Barnes and Noble.

What was discovered?

According to Andrew Albanese's post, Barnes and Noble attorneys are asking the judge in Demos Parneros' lawsuit against his former employer Barnes and Noble to issue a summary judgement on two of the three claims in the lawsuit. They are the defamation of character claim and the breach of good faith claim. The attorneys say that now the discovery process is over, the information shows there is no merit to these two claims. The judge advised the attorneys it would be a risky proposition to ask for a summary judgement, but the attorneys intend to go ahead with it. They have until November 22 to file their motion. The post contains several links to other posts containing information about the ongoing lawsuit as well as a link to the letter filed with the court advising about the summary judgement request.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty doesn't think it bodes well when the judge tells you it's risky to do what you want to do."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading. If you plan to follow all the links in the post, bring a gallon of tea and a dozen muffins. Oh, and you might want to bring a sleeping bag for a nap in the middle of your reading.

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble