Bryant Family Vineyards tries last ditch legal ploy to keep consultant’s case in California – Updated Nov. 1

October 31, 2019

10/31/19 UPDATE to: Bryant Family Vineyards case against financial consultant booted out of San Francisco, transferred to NY Attorneys for Bryant Family Vineyards played their last cards in a last ditch attempt to keep their lawsuit against consultant Lauren Ridenhour from being transferred to New York. The Bryant attorneys have asked the San Francisco Federal […]

Bryant Family Vineyards case against financial consultant booted out of San Francisco, transferred to NY

October 30, 2019

Lauren Ridenhour, a former financial consultant to Donald I. Bryant Jr., and his wife, Bettina Sulser Bryant has been granted her request to have a contract dispute moved from San Francisco Federal District Court to New York federal court where Ridenhour is suing the Bryants. Ridenhour had asked the San Francisco court either to dismiss the […]

Bryant Family Vineyards court adversaries make an issue out of court coverage by Wine Industry Insight

October 18, 2019

The attorney for Lauren Ridenhour, the financial consultant who claims that Bryant Family Vineyards wrongly terminated her services, has filed a letter with the San Francisco U.S. District Court alleging that Wine Industry Insight’s articles are evidence that Bryant Family Winery’s attorneys are engaged in a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP). Bryant Family Winery’s […]

SLAPP Shot? How Sulser Bryant’s San Francisco lawsuit against her former financial consultant may violate state law

October 14, 2019

Other articles in this new, three-part series: Sulser Bryant’s imaginary conspiracy Sulser Bryant sues to silence the whistleblower who once saved her $3 million NOTE: This three-part update is based primarily on new court filings and judicial decisions. The accuracy, context and content of these articles are improved because our previous coverage prompted multiple knowledgeable […]

Sulser Bryant sues to silence the whistleblower who once saved her $3 million

October 8, 2019

Other articles to be published in this new, three-part series: SLAPP Shot? How Sulser Bryant’s curiously redundant San Francisco lawsuit against her former financial consultant may violate state law Embarrassment appears to have forced Sulser Bryant to blame her San Francisco lawsuit on a Wine Industry Insight conspiracy?clumsy conspiracy theory worthy of a vaudeville pratfall […]

Ridenhour and Bryant litigation court documents

  Ridenhour complaint-032219 Ridenhour complaint-Amended-042219 Ridenhour complaint-Amended-Exhibit-042219 Response to defendant srequest for premotion conference-060619 Bryant-V-Ridenhour-Complaint- 073019 Bryant-V-Ridenhour-Complaint-Exhibita-073019 Second amended complaint-Ridenhour-073119 Complaint amended-Exhibita-073119 Complaint amended-Exhibitb-073119 Complaint amended-Exhibitc-073119 Complaint amended-Exhibitd-073119 Complaint amended-Exhibite-073119 Declaration Of Bettina Sulser Bryant In Support Of Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Application For (1) Temporary Restraining Order And (2) Order To Show Cause Regarding Preliminary […]