Honor Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 TNA Wrestling filed a lawsuit in Nashville, TN yesterday against World Wrestling Entertainment and former TNA/WWE office worker Brian Wittenstein for interference with existing contracts, conversion, breach of contract, civil conspiracy, unfair competition, and violation of the Tennessee Uniform Trade Secrets Act. They are also suing Wittenstein for breach of duty loyalty. The lawsuit alleges that Wittenstein, who had worked for TNA previously, gave WWE inside information on contracts and other matters backstage within TNA, and now WWE is attempting to poach talent from TNA based off that information. Wittenstein worked briefly under Michael Hayes when he was hired by WWE earlier this year before being let go in April. The lawsuit alleges that during this time period, Wittenstein provided WWE the inside information from TNA. However, WWE did not inform TNA that the informtion was provided for several weeks. TNA claims that this information was presented on 5/7. Several days later, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair approached TNA management about being released from his contract. TNA alleges that Flair wanted out so he could return to WWE. An injunction was issued earlier today demanding that WWE & Wittenstein return whatever confidential information retained during his TNA tenure. They were both instructed not to destroy the material. http://nodq.com/tna/339904433.shtml Sorry if old. wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango kid Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 makes sense when u think of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nWo_Kevin Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Thanks for posting. Maybe we can get an adult conversation on this side of the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan4life Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 honestly i idk what to think as i have zero knowedgle in law so i will wait in see what happens wwe is a juggernaut so i doubt the they wont go down easy or will tna for that matter its all up to the law for now i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango kid Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 the law on tna side in this it was tech corporate espionage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Windham Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 I still think that we're going to get an out of court settlement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan4life Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I still think that we're going to get an out of court settlement. i think that too it might be better if the news catches wind of this it might get out of control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Windham Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Associated Press has already caught wind of the lawsuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarch98 Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Thanks for posting. Maybe we can get an adult conversation on this side of the forums. Good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan4life Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Associated Press has already caught wind of the lawsuit. i wonder if wwe or tna will scramble for sometype of damage control before cnn or fox news get wind of the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Windham Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Why would TNA do damage control? They're the ones doing the suing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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