This is a complete non-story. It's well-known that Kirk bought the Bernard Haldane company. I think I learned that on JL Kirk's own web site. It's good to see that people are still digging around, though.

Forget the first comment, this *is* a story. Here's what Ms. Coble had to say regarding the JL Kirk experience:

" JL Kirk's main concern at the outset was that we communicate their position - which is different from the information originally told to me by a JL Kirk employee - that JL Kirk is not a continuation of the defunct Bernard Haldane company, either in terms of corporate identity or stock ownership, and that JL Kirk's principal, Kirk Leipzig, is only a former Bernard Haldane employee but did not buy any assets or stock of Bernard Haldane."

So, they didn't buy any pieces of the old company, but they share 5 addresses. Something smells funny...