OurPetsSmartScoopLegal

OurPet’s is asking for your help to help resolve this legal issue as quickly, efficiently and as inexpensively as possible.

1) You can help by forwarding this website to as many friends and family as possible. The more people that are made aware of how cumbersome the legal system can be for small companies, the better. Have them forward the story as well.

2) Forward the story to any media outlets or other people you think would be interested.

3) Send any letters expressing your opinion to:

Terry L. Polistina, Chief Executive Officer and President, Salton, Inc.,
3633 Flamingo Road, Miramar, Florida 33027

John M. Silvestri, President and General Manager, Pet Products Division
Salton, Inc., 3633 Flamingo Road, Miramar, Florida 33027

Lisa R. Carstarphen, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Salton, Inc., 3633 Flamingo Road, Miramar, Florida 33027

4) Contact your senator and / or representative and express your opinion. Click HERE to locate your members of Congress.

For more information about the lawsuit, click here:

Crain’s Cleveland Business article

A company’s corporate domicile is the location where its governing functions are performed. The laws of that particular state or country are what govern the operation of the business, no matter where the company sells its product. OurPet’s Company’s corporate domicile is the State of Colorado. Harbinger Capital Partners is registered in the Cayman Islands.

What does this mean?

CorporatePolicy.org

Social Science Research Network

Who is Max Baucus?

Harbinger Capital Partners owns 92% of the outstanding common stock of Salton, and as of March 1, 2008, the Harbinger Capital Partners investment team was managing in excess of $20 billion.

This SITE will give you more details about what they do.

Some press releases about Harbinger:

Harbinger Capital Scores Big With Bear Stearns Short

Oglebay Norton Adopts Poison Pill

Who Are Those Guys?

Philip Falcone, managing partner of Harbinger Capital Partners, called “The Midas of Misery.”

Read the Business Week article HERE

Applica Consumer Products, the maker of the Litter Maid litter box, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Salton, Inc. Harbinger Capital Partners owns 92% of the outstanding common stock of Salton.

Click HERE to read about the ownership of Applica / Salton.

Other brands owned by Salton include Black & Decker, Spacemaker appliances, Clear2O, George Foreman Grill, Breadman bread makers, Farberware kitchen products, Melitta coffee makers, Stiffel lamps, Toastmaster and Juiceman juicers.

This PROFILE will give you a brief history of Applica.

This SITE will give examples of consumer complaints with the Litter Maid automatic litter box.

This PROFILE will give you a brief history of Salton.