Article: Pioneer Press wins 1st round in suit against Star Tribune; The judge permitted searches of Star Tribune computers and suspended a former Pioneer Press exec from a new Star Tribune job.(BUSINESS)

Byline: Matt McKinney; Staff Writer

A Ramsey County district judge Friday granted a request from the St. Paul Pioneer Press allowing the newspaper to search at least a dozen computers owned or used by Star Tribune employees amid concerns that the Minneapolis paper obtained its main competitor's confidential advertising information.

Judge David Higgs also granted a Pioneer Press request that the Star Tribune's director of niche publications, Jennifer Parratt, be temporarily suspended from her job. Parratt, who was hired away from the Pioneer Press, started with the Star Tribune on Tuesday.

The St. Paul paper has alleged that Parratt broke a ...

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