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Feds Try to Halt Starwood Suit of Hilton to Chase Criminal Charges
Usually, it's what goes on inside the hotels that is mysterious. Illicit trysts, quiet business deals and the occasional rendez-vous of spies (very occasional, I suspect) are what we'd love to believe happens in behind the closed doors of hotels up-market and down. The reality, however, is far more interesting. There is plenty of espionage going on in the hotel world, but it's the hotels themselves – not he guests – who are getting in on the action ... and now the feds are involved. A lawsuit filed by Starwood Hotels against competitor Hilton may have to wait for a bit. Federal prosecutors believe that the civil litigation could impede the criminal investigation. The U.S. Attorney's Office is pursuing charges that could include conspiracy, computer fraud, theft of trade secrets and interstate transportation of stolen goods against Hilton, as well as two executives that that the company hired from Starwood.
According to the filing by the U.S. Attorney's Office, "The government seeks a stay of discovery pending resolution of the criminal investigation."
Starwood alleges that Hilton swiped confidential documents in an attempt to develop an offer that would compete with Starwood's W Hotels brand. Before the civil effort can be put on hold in favor of the criminal investigation, a judge will have to sign off on the motion.
Hilton's response to the filing, according to USA Today is: "Hilton Worldwide continues to fully cooperate with the Government's investigation and supports the Government's motion to stay discovery in the Starwood civil litigation matter."
Not exactly earth-shattering.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
wanda Feb 26th 2010 4:22PM
Don't say someone spells something wron g and you mispelled a word.
wanda Feb 26th 2010 4:24PM
Any body can make a mistake. I did in my post.
ZTHEZS Feb 26th 2010 4:51PM
THEY CORRECT "WORK"?
Fursealclubber Feb 26th 2010 5:45PM
The group that took over Hilton got rid of all the Hilton executives that knew how to run the business, all the real Hoteliers that built the brand, and valued Customers. Most management staff in Hiltons have a couple of years experience it even that, the corporate executives have less.
The crowd pulling the strings now are nothing but a bunch of accountants and paper pushers. They've run the brand into the dirt, cutiing services, skeleton staffing, and expect the customers will continue to patronize. Most Hiltons are nothng more than limited service roadside motels these days; they don't even want to change the sheets daily instead trying to convince guillible guests that it's a "green" initiative. it's far from what Hiltons used to be, and they continue to underperform.
ohnohiltonspls Feb 26th 2010 8:43PM
You must admit that remote control anti-bacterial cleanser is almost nifty for $100.00. I loved it. Good design....................what the heck were they thinking?
omraee entertainment LLC. Feb 26th 2010 8:30PM
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Stanley Feb 26th 2010 7:25PM
This must be the work of Paris Hilton. Rumors are that Paris was the one who actually started the war in Iraq, and it was Paris who engineered the last few earth quakes in California. About the only redeeming quality Paris has is that even she was not dumb enough to put George Bush in office. That was done by Charles Manson. He did get his revenge. Of course, there was also a rumor that Paris caused the earth to tilt a few degrees off course, but I doubt that myself.
Al Feb 26th 2010 7:36PM
Stan your the man lol
ogodno Feb 26th 2010 8:12PM
Please don't joke about the hotel Industry that is at best the worst. Do you think they care about you? I do but they don't. They don't care if they did everything wrong in the smallest detail that will harm you or a loved one. How do you equate Paris Hilton and Charles Manson (unless you reference "dumb and scummer) in one sentence. It so happens that Charles Manson could not even get the right house in Bel-Air and thus had others kill the wrong people. It so happens Paris Hilton could take out a family of her own (maybe yours) while drinking and driving. The only thing in common they have is THEY think their right and deitys while the rest of America knows they are wrong. Add in Hotels and you've got sloppy, lazy people trying selfishly to make a dime or kill you without cause. Read some books people. Charles Manson was instructing others to kill Terry Melsher and Candice Bergen that night (wrong house). Paris Hilton is trying to get fame as she becomes known as the Woman even her Parents don't believe in and Hotels??? Give, give, give to foreign Owners who don't give a darn. A rant, maybe.......or the truth.
ohnohiltonspls Feb 26th 2010 8:06PM
I believe Paris Hilton did start the Iraq War or Osama Bin Laden said she did as she could not prove her virginity. Yeah, that's the way it worked. Somehow it does go back to Paris Hilton. She drank a drove a camel maybe. It could be Stanley is wrong but if tortured, I'd say Paris Hilton.