Local consulting firm says Colorado man has become the bain of its existence

By adamg on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 8:14am

Bain & Co. (different from Bain Capital) is suing a Colorado man it charges is using its name and mission statement to drum up business for his own consulting firm.

In a lawsuit filed yesterday in US District Court in Boston, Bain alleges that when its lawyers asked Him Woods to knock it off, he responded by telling them they could "kiss my black ass" and that unless Bain backed off - or paid him $20,000 for the bainconsultinggroup.com domain name - he would unleash "a social media onslaught" against the Boston-based firm.

Visitors to the Web site this morning get a "Sorry! This site is not currently available" error message, but a Google cache of the site shows that it formerly advertised Bain Consulting as:

We are a global management consultancy specializing in strategic innovation and competitive advantage solutions focused solely on catalyzing top-line growth. We do this by devising innovative strategies that drive consumer demand and create unconventional financial rewards. Join us.

Bain's lawsuit seeks an injunction against Woods's use of the Bain name, plus, naturally, plenty of money for the "irreparable damage" to its brand.

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Comments

Cry me a river

By Will LaTulippe on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 12:16pm.

Yeah, I feel sorry for Bain Capital. Go lay off more Clear Channel employees, you greedy scumbags. Go cry to your boy Romney if the mean man won't play nice.

I mean, their suit might have some merit, but they still suck as people.

What an ignorant comment.

By anon on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:14pm.

What an ignorant comment. Bain makes money for its investors before it makes money itself. Its investors are predominantly public pension funds and college endowments, Screw them too?

Not really....

By Brian Riccio on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 9:11pm.

I have had doings with many Bain execs over the years and morally, they're a little to the left of Charles Manson. They care nothing for their fellow humans, just how they can get to that brownstone on Commonwealth Ave, on the good side, don't you know...

You are correct, sir

By Will LaTulippe on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 3:07am.

Bain does make money for itself.

And yes, I could care less about public pension funds and college endowments. Stop paying people who already stopped working, and colleges are businesses just like everything else. You know how much my pension fund is? $0.

Relevancy, your honor?

By gradontripp on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 11:11pm.

Let's make sure we're discussing the right companies here. Bain & Co. is a management consulting firm. Bain Capital is a private equity firm.

Bain & Co.

By adamg on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 12:10am.

Not Mitt's favorite firm, Bain Capital. I screwed it up initially.