Mar 11, 2003 : CommuniTech Legal Issues Continue

📅 March 11, 2003 - Following recent legal action against Web hosting company Interland by the founders of CommuniTech.Net Inc., which was acquired by Interland in 2002, former employee Jason Park has reportedly filed a lawsuit of his own against the hosting giant.

Park reportedly claims that Interland unplugged four of his servers at CommuniTech, effectively shutting down his Web hosting company Bent Axis LLC.
According to Park, who has been offering refunds to customers since the servers went offline in February, about 1,000 Web pages have been turned off as a result of the servers being taken offline. His lawsuit alleges that Interland knew when it bought CommuniTech about an agreement with the company's founders allowing Park to house four personal servers in the office.
In a lawsuit filed earlier against CommuniTech founder Gabriel Murphy, Interland claimed it was not aware of Bent Axis and considered the company a competitor, illegally using its power and Internet connection.
Park's suit, on the other hand, claims that Interland was fully aware of Bent Axis and that the company's assistant general counsel inquired about buying the company in January.
In separate cases, CommuniTech is reportedly being sued by a former employee for discrimination and the company's former security provider for breach of contract.

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