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Media Perspective: Flynn versus Sorrell is a catalyst to drag out Aegis' legal fight.(KR Media)
The past few days have seen some almighty scraps, bringing an end, in no uncertain terms, to the season of goodwill.
We've had the BBC facing off with religious groups over the screening of Jerry Springer: The Opera, John McCririck falling out with almost all of his fellow housemates on Celebrity Big Brother and yet more exposure of the enmity between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
But over in France, a bitter legal battle has been making the headlines.
The rumoured rift between the founders of KR Media - Bruno Kemoun and Eryck Rebbouh - and their former boss, the Aegis chief executive, Doug Flynn, has broken out in public, or at least in the courtroom.
Last Friday, a judge at the French Commercial Court ruled against Aegis in a case that centres on allegations from the owner of Carat that KR Media had broken agreements not to solicit clients of their old employer before November.
The case did not focus solely on the poaching allegations but on the way in which evidence was gathered by court officials against KR Media through a raid of its offices late last year. The judge said that any evidence collected should be returned to KR Media. Aegis, which put out a trading statement in December referring to Carat France experiencing 'a number of client defections towards the end of the year', said that it will appeal against the decision that ...
- Aegis wins KR Media appeal.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Campaign February 25, 2005 700+ words
Aegis Media has won an appeal in the French courts that allows it to press on with action against KR Media for alleged breach of contract. KR Media, launched last year by the former Aegis Media executives Bruno Kemoun and Eryck Rebbouh...
- French court throws out Aegis Media case against KR Media.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 12, 2005 700+ words
...the French media consultancy Aegis Media against fellow-French rival KR Media concerning allegedly poaching...in Nanterre, near Paris. Aegis Media, the holding company...clients away from Carat to KR Media, the company which they founded...
- Hotline: French court ruling over WPP.(WPP Group PLC faces lawsuit from Aegis...
- Magazine article from: Campaign February 24, 2006 700+ words
...documents relating to a row with Aegis Media over alleged client poaching by KR Media, the Paris-based agency...owns a 20 per cent stake. Aegis alleged Bruno Kemoun and Eryck Rebbouh, the founders of KR Media, illegally poached clients...
- KR Media UK prepares for January debut.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Campaign October 29, 2004 700+ words
KR Media, the agency launched...Rebbouh, the former Aegis Media Europe chief...and now aim to have KR Media UK fully operational...and Rebbouh launched KR Media in Paris in January...French pair, who left Aegis a year ago, said...
- KR limits WPP stake to 20 per cent.(KR Media)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Campaign June 18, 2004 700+ words
...their posts as the chief executives of Aegis Media Europe last November, agreed...clients until this November. They said KR Media's objective is to handle planning...and Rebbouh, credited with building Aegis Media into a powerhouse in France...
- The World: Paris - Universal Music hires KR Media without pitch.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Campaign January 28, 2005 700+ words
KR Media, the French media agency founded by the former Aegis chiefs Bruno Kemoun (pictured, top) and Eryck Rebbouh...previously an executive with MAAF Assurances, has been made KR Media's director of strategic planning.
- Naked Paris to launch with KR Media.(Naked Communications)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Campaign February 18, 2005 700+ words
...to Bruno Kemoun and Eryck Rebbouh's KR Media, and has appointed Simon Summerscales to run the unit. KR Media is not taking a financial stake in Naked...will share premises and Naked will act as KR media's preferred partner. The move marks...
- Aegis can pursue WPP unit over 'poaching'.
- News wire article from: Evening Standard (London) February 23, 2005 700+ words
...advertising group Aegis and WPP affiliate KR Media is continuing in the...now concluded that KR Media's original legal...flaws". That gives Aegis the green light to...account wins of former Aegis clients by KR Media last year. To see...
- Media Headliner: Hardman Buhlmann secures Aegis global crown.(Aegis...
- Magazine article from: Campaign May 23, 2008 700+ words
...to launch their own agency, KR Media. Defying expectations, Aegis Media has grown its EMEA revenues...have been blips along the way: KR Media biting chunks out of Carat...alleged fraud by employees of Aegis Media Germany. However, Aegis...
- Media Headliner: Is this the man who will put Aegis up for sale?
- Magazine article from: Campaign Reid, Alasdair February 18, 2005 700+ words
...uncertainty will continue to dog Aegis: it is the last unaligned...joint chief executives of Aegis Media Europe, who departed...Flynn. The pair have set up KR Media, which has backing from WPP and half an eye on Aegis clients, so there's still...