The Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, (derived from Russian чавыча), is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is a Pacific Ocean salmon and is variously known as the king salmon, tyee salmon, Columbia River salmon, black salmon, chub salmon, hook bill salmon, winter salmon, Spring Salmon, Quinnat Salmon and blackmouth. Chinook Salmon are typically divided into "races" with "spring chinook", "summer chinook", and "fall chinook" being most common. Races are determined by the timing of adult entry into fresh water. A "winter chinook" run is recognized in the Sacramento River.

Certain current and former Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) directors have filed a Special Motion to strike Copper River Partners LP (formerly Rocker Partners) countersuit against them as individual defendants. The group includes John J. Byrne (father of Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne and a former Director), Allison H. Abraham (current Director), Jason C. Lindsey (recently resigned as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director), and John A. Fisher (former Director).

Since Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has not posted a copy of Copper River's countersuit on his company's web site, I have made it available for download on my blog.

Details of Cooper River's (formerly Rocker Partners) countersuit against Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne, and others

Copper River Partners LP (formerly Rocker Partners) has filed a countersuit against Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne (CEO), Jack Byrne Jr. (Patrick Byrne's father and former board member), Jason C. Lindsey (President), Allison H. Abraham (Director and Audit Committee member), and John Fisher (former Director and Audit Committee member).

Google has lost another top player. This time, Salman Ullah, Google’s director of corporate development, has departed from the search giant to found the venture firm Copper River Partners.