Bill Weinstein Sues Verve To Be CEO Again

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Just over a week after Bill Weinstein left Verve, the former CEO of the agency he co-founded wants his old job back – and Weinstein’s going to court to get it.

The breach of contract lawsuit filed in LA Superior Court today by Weinstein claims he was kicked out earlier this month for “without any notice, reason, cause or an opportunity to cure.” “With Weinstein now conveniently out of their way, Levine and Besser are looking to sell Verve without Weinstein’s participation or cutting him in on the sales proceeds, giving further clarity to the nefarious motives behind the timing and abruptness of Levine and Besser’s ouster of Weinstein,” the complaint from the firm of Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae states, with more that a few additional swipes of “repeated leaks to the media” out of Weinstein’s departure. “This misguided coup attempt by Levine and Besser violated multiple provisions of the Operating Agreement, including the required dispute resolution procedures, which Mr.

Weinstein seeks to enforce through this action for injunctive relief.” To that end, the ex-Endeavor literary agent is seeking a court injunction against Verve and co-founders AdamLevine and BryanBesser rendering his firing DOA, at least until the widely expected legal action he began today is dealt with.

If granted, such an injunction would put Weinstein back in the CEO seat for the agency he helped create 14 years ago. On top of that, with Verve not naming anyone to the CEO job since Weinstein was shown the door on February 19, Devon Schiff, Matthew Doyle and Jake Dillman left the company too.