wants in on a $14 million whistleblower award from the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arguing the ex-contractor defamed him in the press and is holding up payment of the award. Carson Block alleged in a defamation suit filed Thursday in a Texas federal court that former contracted researcher Kevin R. Barnes is trying to extort Block for a settlement over his purported involvement in research handed to the SEC about Chinese digital advertising company Focus Media. Block said Barnes falsely claimed to reporters that Block. . .
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