A lawsuit has been filed by a networking website for oil workers, claiming that a Texas man who founded the company stole data to launch a competing business.<\/p>\n
Rigzone.com claims to host the resumes of over 2 million workers in the oil and gas industry. Workers post their resumes for free, and recruiters pay a fee for access. David W. Kent Jr. founded Rigzone in March 2000 and later sold it to DHI Group, subsequently starting Oilpro.com, a rival site. Rigzone and DHI Group sued Kent and Oilpro in federal court on June 10.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit alleges that Kent owned approximately 70 percent of Rigzone when he sold it to DHI Group for $51 million in August 2010, while staying on as president under a consulting agreement. DHI Group claims that Kent received over $35 million from the sale, but the firm alleges that Kent set up a backdoor entry into Rigzone\u2019s website (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A lawsuit has been filed by a networking website for oil workers, claiming that a Texas man who founded the company stole data to launch a competing business. Rigzone.com claims to host the resumes of over 2 million workers in…<\/span><\/p>\n