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EPO at Boiling Point: Why Battistelli is Believed to be Paid About $2,000,000 Per Year and Who Created and Circulated a Letter in His Support

The EPO scandals keep piling up

Golden parachute with money
Reference: Golden parachute, defined as "an agreement between a company and an employee (usually upper executive) specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated." (like Microsoft's Elop inside Nokia)
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Summary: More details (not just rumours) surface in the ongoing aftermath of the Battistelli regime, which is fighting to keep itself together

"Wow," wrote Florian Müller this morning, "tonight (9 PM) even Bavarian state-owned TV will report on the EPO crisis." He also said that "Bavarian state-owned radio (B5) just reporting on EPO labor dispute."



We received several E-mails about it this morning (at least 3), as it has a profound impact on the legal community, not just EPO staff. We mentioned some of this before (prior E-mails we received about it) and today is an important day because German media coverage is starting to become a reality. It's even on television and there are detailed programs on it, not just brief reports. To be frank, I am still pressuring some German publications behind the scenes, in order for them to do proper coverage of recent events; not sure if this will have an effect or not, but gradually we escalate the severity/tone and it appears to be working. We will say more about it in our next post.

"It's even on television and there are detailed programs on it, not just brief reports."Regarding Battistelli€´s salary, told us one source, "I€´ve said a long time ago that it€´s supposed to be those 250-300k according to the scale (he acknowledged around 250k but I guess it€´s a bit higher). The important part of his remuneration is the bonus, which was rumoured to be around 1.4-1.5 million. Together it would amount to the 1.8 million which multiplied by ten would give his alleged claim of 18 million for retiring."

This is still the subject of an ongoing investigation here; we have a lot of data from many sources and we assure readers that once it becomes a confirmed fact (or leak) it'll be a big scandal. Regarding the support letter (in support of Battistelli), our source told us: "Most of the directors refused to sign it. It was drafted by PD Roberta Romano-Goetsch at the instigation of VP Minnoye. I guess she couldn€´t say no, having just been promoted. I hope it will surface one of these days."

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