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The quiescent legal battle between Focus Media and its former client, Sears, Roebuck and Co., flared up again last week when the media agency filed an amended cross-complaint against the retailer, accusing Sears of a “conspiracy” that includes named and unnamed media sellers and buyers.
The complaint states that Sears, its top marketing officials and 10 unnamed “[John] DOES,” whose actions or depositions supported Sears’ suit, “knowingly and willfully conspired and agreed among themselves to force Focus Media out of business and destroy Focus Media’s operations.”
Focus also claimed that “personal animus against Focus Media and its officers, and a desire to advance their own personal interests … and future employment opportunities” spurred the alleged attempt to destroy it.
Focus, in Santa Monica, Calif.,
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