Rare search order used to seize documents from former Irving publisher
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | 5:31 PM AT
CBC News
Brunswick News Inc. has used a little-known legal procedure to allow the search of a home of a former newspaper publisher to try to ensure he doesn't use confidential information to start his own publication.
William Kenneth Langdon resigned as publisher of the Woodstock Bugle-Observer on Sept. 19 and has since opened the office of the Carleton Free Press, which is expected to launch its first issue in November.
In his resignation letter, which he has filed with the court, Langdon cited harassment by Brunswick News vice-president Victor Mlodecki and disillusionment with company management practices that included orders to drive Irving's competitors out of business as key factors in his decision to step away from the company where he had worked for more than a decade.
Brunswick News, which is owned by J.K. Irving, initially sought an injunction to stop Langdon from starting a new publication in Woodstock but last week withdrew that request in a Saint John court.
Now Brunswick News is asking the court to issue an order preventing Langdon from approaching Bugle customers, advertisers and employees on behalf of his new paper.
As part of the request, Irving's legal team asked Justice Peter Glennie to issue an Anton Piller order.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/10/10/nb-irving-follo.html
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