Par: For The Course
By Mitch Berg
Par Ridder gets his comeuppance:
Judge David C. Higgs, in a ruling marked by pointed criticisms of Ridder’s behavior, said Ridder violated the state’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and his “common law duty of confidentiality.”
“Given Ridder’s past conduct and his cavalier attitude toward his use and disclosure of confidential Pioneer Press information, it seems to the court that his past actual misappropriation is a good indicator of possible future misappropriation or use of confidential Pioneer Press information,” Higgs ruled.
It just goes to show you; no matter how gratingly smug an establishment media liberal you are, if you commit a grievous enough breach of conduct, a Minnesota judge might eventually hand you a nearly-meaningless consequence:
The ruling bars Ridder from his office for one year starting today, a move that lawyers for the Pioneer Press had argued was necessary to prevent further damage to their business. Ridder left the Star Tribune at 8:40 a.m., according to Star Tribune spokesman Ben Taylor.
I guess he’ll have to double-dog promise not to work from home.
Getting sent home; I bet Ridder hasn’t heard that one since fourth grade.
