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XBIZ NEWS: XBIZ Served With Lawsuit From Rival AVN

04-14-2009, 11:42 AM

XBIZ NEWS: XBIZ Served With Lawsuit From Rival AVN

Adult Video News has filed suit against XBIZ, claiming it misappropriated trade secrets when it hired a former AVN sales executive.

http://www.xbiz.com/news/107165

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04-14-2009, 11:44 AM

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04-14-2009, 11:46 AM

Just passing through......

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04-14-2009, 11:46 AM

Oh snap.
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04-14-2009, 11:48 AM

thats how you can tell it's def tough times... people start really suing the shit out anyone they can :/
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04-14-2009, 11:48 AM

everyone says non-compete's don't hold up for shit in court, so let's see what happens.

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04-14-2009, 11:49 AM

oh noes .....
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04-14-2009, 11:50 AM

that's not nice
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04-14-2009, 11:51 AM

I've trying to cancel my subscription to AVN for months now. I don't need their black plastic garbage bag wrapped pile of advertisements every month. It's usueless IMO. I should file a law suit against them for SPAMMING my PO Box
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04-14-2009, 11:52 AM

That's fucking bullshit. Not making enough money on ads so now this? Seriously AVN, I love you guys but WTF?

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04-14-2009, 11:54 AM

Who cares, both you motherfuckers are irrelevant anyways.
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04-14-2009, 11:54 AM

wow....hmmm
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04-14-2009, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by XPays

everyone says non-compete's don't hold up for shit in court, so let's see what happens.

exactly, lets see how this turns out as I have been wondering this myself for a while now.

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04-14-2009, 11:57 AM

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04-14-2009, 12:00 PM

I never expected this wow very bold and aggressive move. I wonder how it will play out.

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04-14-2009, 12:01 PM

This is just ridiculous....

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04-14-2009, 12:02 PM

Ouch! Win or loose, getting sued sux!!!

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04-14-2009, 12:08 PM

I realize XBiz/AVN may not want to comment on this, but who is Sara Sazzman? What was her role at AVN and what was she hired to do at XBiz?
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04-14-2009, 12:09 PM

yeah non-competes pretty much are useless in this industry this tidbit was cited by a Judge in my case:

http://www.georgetownlawjournal.org/...den%5B1%5D.pdf
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04-14-2009, 12:10 PM

i make misappropriate comments to ppl all the time! grrr

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04-14-2009, 12:13 PM

Originally posted by Roald

exactly, lets see how this turns out as I have been wondering this myself for a while now.

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04-14-2009, 12:13 PM

frivolous lawsuit... against such a close company... sucks..

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04-14-2009, 12:13 PM

interesting how frequently these days people are calling others out about stealing and taking ideas. Unless I am mistaken, the industry has always had this Achilles heel to a degree-unfortunately just seems more overt these days be it true or not.

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04-14-2009, 12:20 PM

everyone getting sued lately
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04-14-2009, 12:24 PM

Sara was in sales for AVN.

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04-14-2009, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by XPays

everyone says non-compete's don't hold up for shit in court, so let's see what happens.

Doesn't whether the person quit or got let go make a difference also?

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04-14-2009, 12:26 PM

Oh wow, this sucks..

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04-14-2009, 12:27 PM

Originally posted by scuba steve

everyone getting sued lately

sign of the times ?

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04-14-2009, 12:29 PM

Dayum. Can't we all just get along?

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04-14-2009, 12:29 PM

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04-14-2009, 12:30 PM

Cant we all just get along?

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04-14-2009, 12:37 PM

If there is in fact a non-compete clause in her prior contract, wouldn't it better serve your defense to not advertise yourself as a "rival" ?

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04-14-2009, 12:39 PM

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04-14-2009, 12:40 PM

hope everything gets rectified quickly
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04-14-2009, 12:40 PM

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04-14-2009, 12:43 PM

Originally posted by JD

thats how you can tell it's def tough times... people start really suing the shit out anyone they can :/

Seems to be a growing trend.
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04-14-2009, 12:43 PM

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04-14-2009, 12:53 PM

Originally posted by LAJ

Sara was in sales for AVN.

May the best man win here ;)

Close to eight years at AVN, I believe, and pretty high up in the company, which probably means she has a LOT of information about its inner workings, etc.

I don't know any specifics about this lawsuit, but I do have a pretty good sense of how I'd feel if someone with detailed information about the inner workings of my company went to an aggressive direct competitor.

I don't know if this deals w/ a non-compete or other, and I'm guessing here, but I'd think that a sales person would be in position to try and bring clients from one company to another. Not sure if that's alleged or not, since AVN isn't the one who went public, but if it is, it's possible that this goes beyond just non-competes.

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04-14-2009, 12:55 PM

Originally posted by Connor

Close to eight years at AVN, I believe, and pretty high up in the company, which probably means she has a LOT of information about its inner workings, etc.

I don't know any specifics about this lawsuit, but I do have a pretty good sense of how I'd feel if someone with detailed information about the inner workings of my company went to an aggressive direct competitor.

I don't know if this deals w/ a non-compete or other, and I'm guessing here, but I'd think that a sales person would be in position to try and bring clients from one company to another. Not sure if that's alleged or not, since AVN isn't the one who went public, but if it is, it's possible that this goes beyond just non-competes.

This is going to be interesting.
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04-14-2009, 02:00 PM

Looks like the AVN ship is sinking.

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04-14-2009, 02:07 PM

can't we all just get along!

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04-14-2009, 02:09 PM

very interesting since she was working a long time for AVN.

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04-14-2009, 02:12 PM

This could get very interesting for sure.
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04-14-2009, 02:18 PM

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04-14-2009, 02:25 PM

This is outrageous!

I love Monty, and Chris but lets be real...To me, AVN looks like a "Douche" for doing this.

This whole industry has people floating from one company to another and doing the same or similar jobs all the time. How can AVN be so petty as to file a lawsuit like this in a industry like ours that is so small and tight knit?

Talk about burning bridges...geez!

As a company owner I think it's a joke to expect one of your sales people not to go somewhere else if you can't pay them competitively or the work environment is not constructive.

In my opinion, this girl has no trade secrets because after working in this biz for even a month you get to know who's who and what's what. There are no big secrets anymore and since Cali is a "right to work" state...I doubt very much this is anything more then a scare tactic.

I'm just venting cause I can't believe what I'm reading.

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04-14-2009, 02:29 PM

I wonder who will have the thicker magazine when this is over with?

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04-14-2009, 02:36 PM

Originally posted by Sexentertain_mike

This is outrageous!

I love Monty, and Chris but lets be real...To me, AVN looks like a "Douche" for doing this.

This whole industry has people floating from one company to another and doing the same or similar jobs all the time. How can AVN be so petty as to file a lawsuit like this in a industry like ours that is so small and tight knit?

Talk about burning bridges...geez!

As a company owner I think it's a joke to expect one of your sales people not to go somewhere else if you can't pay them competitively or the work environment is not constructive.

In my opinion, this girl has no trade secrets because after working in this biz for even a month you get to know who's who and what's what. There are no big secrets anymore and since Cali is a "right to work" state...I doubt very much this is anything more then a scare tactic.

I'm just venting cause I can't believe what I'm reading.

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04-14-2009, 02:43 PM

this is going to get real interesting
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04-14-2009, 03:16 PM

Originally posted by Sexentertain_mike

This is outrageous!

I love Monty, and Chris but lets be real...To me, AVN looks like a "Douche" for doing this.

This whole industry has people floating from one company to another and doing the same or similar jobs all the time. How can AVN be so petty as to file a lawsuit like this in a industry like ours that is so small and tight knit?

Talk about burning bridges...geez!

As a company owner I think it's a joke to expect one of your sales people not to go somewhere else if you can't pay them competitively or the work environment is not constructive.

In my opinion, this girl has no trade secrets because after working in this biz for even a month you get to know who's who and what's what. There are no big secrets anymore and since Cali is a "right to work" state...I doubt very much this is anything more then a scare tactic.

I'm just venting cause I can't believe what I'm reading.

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04-14-2009, 03:20 PM

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