A frosty relationship between the organizers of two upcoming technology conferences in Nashville has resulted in another out-of-court settlement.
The dispute began after San Francisco tech publication Pando Daily threatened legal action against Launch Tennessee, an agency partly funded by the state that invests in startups.
The two organizations put on a technology conference in Nashville last summer, called Southland, but
decided to split up and organize separate events in 2015: Pando would put on Pandoland, while LaunchTN would create 36|86. As part of the split, LaunchTN said it wouldn’t partner with another national media company in its upcoming conference.
But Pando
accused LaunchTN of violating that contract by inviting national reporters from TechCrunch to participate. Pando called that a “partnership”; LaunchTN said the reporters were
moderators, not partners.
This week, the two organizations clarified how much a national reporter can legally participate in 36|86: no more than one hour of moderating a single session.
This is the organizations’ second settlement since they split. In November, Launch Tennessee agreed to pay Pando $93,000 to resolve an earlier dispute.
See the settlement below.
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