United States District Court Southern District of Georgia
Case 1:16-cv-00071-JRH-BKE Document 1 Filed 05/31/16 Page 1 of 124 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS, INC., RESOLUTE : FP US, INC., RESOLUTE FP AUGUSTA, LLC, FIBREK : GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, FIBREK U.S., INC., : FIBREK INTERNATIONAL INC., and RESOLUTE FP : CANADA, INC. : CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. _________ : Plaintiffs, : : - against - : COMPLAINT : GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL (aka : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED “GREENPEACE STICHTING COUNCIL”), : GREENPEACE, INC., GREENPEACE FUND, INC., : FORESTETHICS, DANIEL BRINDIS, AMY MOAS, , : MATTHEW DAGGETT, ROLF SKAR, TODD PAGLIA, : and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-20, : : Defendants. : : Plaintiffs Resolute Forest Products, Inc., Resolute FP US, Inc., Resolute FP Augusta, LLC, Fibrek General Partnership, Fibrek U.S., Inc., Fibrek International, Inc., and Resolute FP Canada, Inc., (collectively, “Resolute” or “Plaintiffs”), as and for their complaint against Greenpeace International (aka “Greenpeace Stichting Council”), Greenpeace, Inc. (“GP-Inc.”), Greenpeace Fund, Inc. (“GP-Fund”), Daniel Brindis, Amy Moas, Matthew Daggett, Rolf Skar (collectively, “Greenpeace Defendants”), ForestEthics, Todd Paglia (together, “ForestEthics”) and John and Jane Does 1-20, allege as follows: PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 1. “Greenpeace” is a global fraud. For years, this international network of environmental groups collectively calling themselves “Greenpeace” has fraudulently induced people throughout the United States and the world to donate millions of dollars based on materially false and misleading claims about its purported environmental purpose and its Case 1:16-cv-00071-JRH-BKE Document 1 Filed 05/31/16 Page 2 of 124 “campaigns” against targeted companies. Maximizing donations, not saving the environment, is Greenpeace’s true objective. Consequently, its campaigns are consistently based on sensational misinformation untethered to facts or science, but crafted instead to induce strong emotions and, thereby, donations.
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