Barbara Newman, known in Second Life as Barb Carson worked with Frank Corsi, who was known in Second Life as Jasper Tizzy on Central Grid. She is now pursuing legal action against Corsi.

Central Grid is an OpenSim based grid, which seeks to provide a Second Life like environment, without many of the requirements that Linden Lab has placed on residents. Recently, Central Grid has announced that currency is now active.

Jasper Tizzy’s departure from Second Life last year caused great turmoil in the Second Life financial markets and has contributed to difficulties in the early days of Central Grid. Early on, the Anicapistan Capital Exchange (ACE) was looking into setting up operations in Central Grid. However, when it became common knowledge that Frank Corsi was one of the owners of Central Grid, ACE pulled out of Central Grid, stating

"Beyond slander and libel and collusion with saboteurs, they openly, as individuals, monopolize grid locations for personal benefit. We are extremely leery of holding any virtual currency in a grid managed by the likes of Jasper Tizzy."

Now, a conflict between Newman and Corsi has further clouded the future of Central Grid. According to Newman, she has retained the counsel of Robert Brackman, Esq. Brackman works for “Brackman and Brackman, a general practice of law with special emphasis on the developing field of virtual law, as well as corporate ethics and regulatory compliance requirements, white collar criminal defense, property law and alternative dispute resolution.”

Earlier this year, Brackman represented Patrick Leavitt in a dispute over Sailor’s Cove. An out of court agreement was reached. Two SL residents, Izabella Bentham and Tasha Kostolany claimed that their voluntary efforts as estate managers for Leavitt entitled them to equal ownership rights and that Leavitt had made them full and legal partners.

Bentham and Kostolany settled for an undermined sum in recognition by Leavitt of their "sweat equity."  The point at the heart of the matter, the assertion by Bentham and Kostolany of a "verbal contract" thus, was not decided since the case was settled.