Gone fishin’

Peak Broadcasting does not own radio stations in Boise - and doesn’t employ Kevin Godwin.

Instead, Peak Broadcasting of Boise, LLC owns radio stations in Boise, and employs Godwin. That’s the wonderfully convoluted legalese overflowing in the Citadel v. Peak lawsuit.

Peak today replied to Citadel’s earlier demand for a wide range of discovery Citadel asked for. Peak says the “overbroad” requests amount to “nothing more than a ‘fishing expedition.’” Peak says Citadel’s requests lack a time frame, and are an attempt to prove its charge of violation of the Idaho Trade Secrets Act — without actually stating what trade secret Peak violated.

In one particularly funny passage (intentionally or not), Peak notes Citadel’s request to look over computer equipment isn’t very specific.

“Citadel’s Request for Production Nos. 49 - 52 require the Peak Entities to produce all computer equipment in any way used or accessed by the individual defendants… These discovery requests contain no reference as to whose computer should be produced, as well as no time period restrictions. Furthermore, the requests do not limit the computer equipment to equipment used for work purposes only.

OK, boring so far. Right? Wait for it…

Also, “use” and “access” are not defined; so, if an individual defendant used another employee’s computer for a project or a day, is Citadel entitled to access to that computer?”

Attention all Peak employees: If any manager ever used your computer… it may be confiscated by the lawsuit police.

“If a defendant had access to a friend or family member’s computer for non-business purposes only, is Citadel entitled to that machine?

The mean man took my computer away daddy!

The breadth of these requests would potentially required production of computers owned and in the possession of people with no relation to this case, which contains vast amounts of private personal information, to which Citadel has absolutely no reasonable basis to claim entitlement.”

Note to self. Don’t let Peak’s management borrow my computer.