As far as I can tell from the suit, the only complaint against Brisnet is that they contacted Ed and told him he couldn't resell their data - a policy clearly stated on their service agreements. Certainly Equibase and The Jockey Club are merciless in establishing themselves as the sole owner/provider of horse racing data and that brings in all sorts of questions and problems for handicappers, but they are within their rights to limit resale of their data.

As for the Jockey Club and/or Equibase hacking into his business computers to place trojans and viruses, I find it surprising that they would do so from an IP address clearly traceable to their corporate entities and that these business computers would operate on the Internet without adequate virus protection. Hopefully if these were targeted, malicious attacks from TJC or Equibase authorities have gathered enough evidence to step in and perhaps seize computers at those offices that contain "stolen information and trade secrets, removed files from Ed Bain’s computers..."