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And then there are these two paragraphs:

After joining Hilton, Klein recruited other Starwood employees to join him. Starwood was not happy and began arbitration proceedings against him for violating non-solicitation provisions of his employment contract. Hilton's attorneys, in preparing for that case, discovered hundreds of thousands of Starwood documents and electronic files, according to the letter they sent Starwood with the returned material. A few days later, Hilton said it was launching a brand code-named Project Global 21, which a month later it introduced as Denizen.

"Klein and Hilton have trumpeted the name Denizen, which has a familiar ring with Starwood," the lawsuit says, noting that some of the documents taken contain confidential references to a new but unclear concept within W hotels called "zen den." Among other things allegedly stolen: the idea for a "restro-lounge" in a living-room area, a roster of developers that own luxury hotels, and "Brand in a Box" modules that include "proprietary training, operational materials and procedures for opening" a boutique hotel.

Look, we know it's just a name, but why didn't they just go with Quinn or some other moniker? This is all incredibly shady to us.

But the big takeaway here: it's looking like Denizen is dunzo. Meh. But as they say, it ain't over 'til it's over.