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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND CHARLES R. COHEN, et al. v. ENTANGIBLE.COM, et al. : : : : MEMORANDUM Before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Count III of the Complaint (Paper No. 7). briefed and ripe for decision. The motion is fully : Civil Action WMN-00-1168

Upon a review of the motion

and the applicable case law, the Court determines that no hearing is necessary (Local Rule 105.6) and that Defendants' motion will be denied. This suit arises out of a series of events leading up to Defendant entangible.com's ("entangible") offer of employment to Mr. Cohen and the subsequent withdrawal of that offer, which left both Plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Cohen, unemployed. Prior to April 13, 2000, Mr. Cohen was employed by Holt Paper & Chemical Co., Inc. ("Holt") as the director of sales. was through his employment that he came into contact with entangible, a company providing e-business services to Holt. On March 17, 2000, Ms. Hanson, entangible's President and CEO, contacted Mr. Cohen to discuss the possibility of employment with entangible as its director of sales. Entangible flew Mr. It

Cohen to its home office in Idaho for an interview on March 1

26, 2000.

After several discussions, the parties, on March

27, 2000, agreed to the terms of Mr. Cohen's employment. These terms, according to Mr. Cohen, included a starting salary of $125,000 annually, health and dental benefits, a company car phone and laptop, stock options, an incentive bonus, and a two-year guaranteed contract.1 Additionally, the

parties allegedly agreed that Mrs. Cohen would quit her job to stay home with the Cohen's children. This was deemed

necessary due to the travel demands that would be placed on Mr. Cohen. Prior to Mr. Cohen leaving Idaho on March 28,

2000, entangible's Chairman, Mr. Reifschneider, allegedly received a call from Holt President, Mr. Holt, during which Mr. Holt expressed his displeasure with entangible for having "stolen" a key employee. Complaint at

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