Fricke-Parks Press, Inc. v. Fang

ORDER

WALKER, District Judge.

This case stems from a March 16, 2000, agreement between Hearst Communications, Inc and defendant Exin, a hmited liability corporation operated by defendants Florence Fang and her son, Ted Fang. The agreement called for Hearst to transfer certain assets associated with its Examiner newspaper and up to $66 million over three years to Exin. See Reilly v. Hearst Corp., 107 F.Supp.2d 1192 (N.D.Cal.2000).

Plaintiff Fricke-Parks Press, Inc (FPP), a commercial printer of independent publications and periodicals in the San Francisco area, alleges that Hearst’s deal with…