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Comment by jaredstenquist | Hacker News Reader

AllThingsD needs a lesson in basic grammar. -------- "Fatdoor founder Raj Abhyanker on Thursday filed a complaint with against Benchmark Capital for interference"

with against?

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..."agreed at least informally to advice Fatdoor."

advise?

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Besides the poor grammar, this case will be difficult to win without some strong evidence. I'm not sure he'll have access to the discussions between Benchmark and the current company called NextDoor.

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> I'm not sure he'll have access to the discussions between Benchmark and the current company called NextDoor.

the crazy thing now is that he may get to discovery where he can put Benchmark through a process where they have to hand over emails, etc.

From a scan of the filing, it seems he is really grasping at straws, but that doesn't mean that he will not cause hell to Benchmark and those named in the interim.

No, he will definitely get access to their emails. Benchmark and Nextdoor by law has to sequester and preserve their emails once sued. Besides, it seems like he already has it, exact emails are quoted throughout the complaint from benchmark and the CTO of Facebook, who was an EIR at the time. If those emails are true, the benchmark/nextdoor are screwed.

That stuff sure does sound awkward but it's common in news writing.

I've always thought they did it to get the subject up front and entice a reader to read the rest of the paragraph.

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