Patrick Byrne
Patrick Byrne
Patrick M. Byrneis an American entrepreneur, e-commerce pioneer and CEO of Overstock.com. In 1999, Byrne launched Overstock. He had previously served shorter terms leading two smaller companies, including one owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 November 1962
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We alleged that the Rocker Defendants paid for and edited false and libelous reports from Gradient, pre-positioning themselves to profit from the expected downturn in Overstock's share price. We do not believe the legislature of California, in passing the Anti-SLAPP statute, had in mind protecting libelous speech -- bought and paid for by those who stood to profit handsomely from this type of activity. We believe the case law is on our side and are confident we have adequately answered the motions to move this case forward.
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To get above the noise, we spent a few dollars more than we had hoped, but in my experience, over time, those dollars will pay large dividends.
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I can generally tell what a guy is saying at home from what his spouse says after a glass of wine or three,
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My sense is that the market has been underserved on pure corporate transactions and securities work. We are doing our best to keep some of that work in the marketplace.
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My bad, ... I bit off more technology projects than my colleagues could chew.
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We've had a nice holiday season, just not as nice a season as we've had in the past or as I'd hoped for.
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Dave is certainly critical of the loss of dignity of the human person and the trivialization of human life in our contemporary culture. That will certainly be a theme in his lecture,
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Everyone always assumes that this is all about Overstock, but it isn't. It's about Gradient.
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I was amazed nobody had gone down this alley.
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He was father to us all and he will be deeply missed.
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We are going to pursue discovery aggressively and follow the rabbit trail of unfair business practices wherever it leads.
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Being a Tree City USA establishes the point that our government and our community care about trees, and we feel that trees help raise our quality of life.
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Candidly, that's why it's a market that hasn't seen a lot of firms coming here.
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By February, inventory was half of what it should have been, and that choked off sales in February and March.