The splenetic squirmish in the courts between CAA and Range Media Partners over whether the 2020 formed latter can really exist or not is nowhere near over, but a patchwork ruling today certainly put the matter on a new footing for all concerned – at least for the next three weeks.

At its core, the demurrer outcome Thursday afternoon from LA Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young saw portions of accusations of the stealing of trade secrets by future Range execs, lifting confidential data and information, and, among others, the Concealment of Unlawful Conduct sub-claims tossed out. Accordingly, CAA was schooled that, despite the assertions against Range in their heavily redacted amended complaint of two months ago, “soliciting clients is not independently wrongful.”

Yet, at the same tim

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