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Black and Radler have also been sued by Hollinger Inc., essentially a Chicago-based subsidiary of Hollinger International in what is a complicated web of holding companies. Hollinger Inc. owns the Chicago Sun-Times, where Radler was the former publisher, and other newspapers. Canadian and U.S. securities regulators have also accused Black of wrongdoing.

"Whaddya want me to do?? I'm a crime fighter." (My words ;)

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To make a criminal case out of this is, in my view, absurd. It's another example of the dangers of aggressive prosecutors attempting to regulate business, together with busy-body shareholders.

Hollinger, etc., wouldn't have existed without Black and Radler. Period.

And it isn't a cut-and-dry case. The guy who paid them most of the non-compete fees says, specifically, that they were meant to go to them. They weren't concerned that Holligner would create another paper - they were concerned that Black and Radler would.