Other suit may benefit from Chiquita tapes; company fears use by ex-exporter in a federal malicious prosecution case

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Lawyers for Chiquita Brands International allege that Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Mike Gallagher stole company voice mail and fear that it may get into the hands of Ernst Stalinski, a German export agent who has sued Chiquita in Ohio federal court. Stalinski's suit centers on a 1990 incident when he claims Chiquita employees enlisted Honduran thugs to kidnap and terrorize him. More generally, since the voice mail tapes point to questionable company practices, Chiquita has every reason to try to keep them confidential.

Fruit industry, Fruit trade

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Thelen, Reid & Priest tops growing list of mergers

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The bicoastal Thelen Reid and Priest , product of a merger between Thelen, Marrin, Johnson and Bridges and Reid and Priest, is the largest bicoastal merger in history and has the most attorneys added and the highest percentage of growth of US law firms that merged with, or acquired lawyers from another firm since Oct 1997. The new firm ranks No. 66 in the National Law Journal Top 250 and has 380 attorneys.

United States, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Law firms, Thelen Reid and Priest

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Ohio grand jury indicts former Chiquita lawyer; Parsons Behle partner faces 10 state felony counts of voicemail access and theft

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Attorney George Ventura, a former Chiquita Brands International employee, has been indicted in an Ohio state court for illegal interception of communications and unauthorized access to computer systems. Ventura stands accused of recording voicemail messages intended for two Chiquita senior counsel in late 1997.

Officials and employees, Ohio, Computer crimes, Ventura, George

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