E360 Insight—the company that everyone in e-mail marketing wonders how it’s funding its various legal actions—has inexplicably dropped its lawsuit against a group of individual anti-spammers … for the third time.
This time, however, E360 filed to dismiss with prejudice, meaning it can’t re-file. Off the hook are Mark Ferguson, Kelly Chien and Susan Wilson.
In a complaint made at U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in January, E360’s CEO Dave Linhardt had accused Ferguson, Chien and Wilson of making statements in online anti-spam discussion group Nanae that caused his outbound e-mail to be blacklisted by anti-spam outfit Spamhaus and, as a result, blocked from reaching recipients.
The complaint alleged e360 Insight lost business as a result of their comments and accused all three of “tortious interference” with its business.
This was the third time Linhardt sued a group of anti-spammers claiming they caused his e-mail to be blocked by calling him a spammer on Nanae.
Linhardt has also sued Comcast, anti-spam block list Spamhaus. He lost against Comcast. He is also being sued by a lawyer in Ohio.
Linhardt and Ferguson declined comment for this article. It wasn’t immediately apparent how to reach Chien or Wilson.
