Greg Sargent of the Washington Post has a copy of the lawsuit filed by Daily Kos against its former pollster, Research 2000. Sargent’s observations:

1) The suit alleges that Research 2000 founder Del Ali repeatedly promised to volunteer to Kos the raw polling data behind the surveys, but never came through — potentially raising further suspicions. The suit quotes multiple emails from Ali to DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas, vowing to share the data.
The suit quotes an email from Ali that seemed to ask for more time to furnish the data because of office computer malfunctions, prompting him to go to a Kinkos. “I am at a Kinkos computer because we cannot read any mail from our PCs,” Ali emailed to Moulitsas, according to the suit.
2) The suit alleges that Research 2000 had money problems, which could prompt further questions about the firm’s business practices. It alleges that Ali asked Moulitsas to make one lump-sum payment in advance, in exchange for some free polling, because it would provide “immense” help for cash flow reasons.
3) The suit alleges that Ali was infuriated when statistics guru Nate Silver recently rated the firm poorly. It says that when Kos reacted to the Silver analysis by terminating their relationship, Ali responded to Kos with a lengthy defense of his polling methods, lashing out at Silver as “nothing more than a fringe blogger.”
4) The suit says that there was no formal written contract between the two parties, claiming the deal was made verbally and by email.
5) One outstanding question: It’s unclear how much DailyKos paid for these polls. The lawsuit puts damages at “in excess of $100,000.” Given that Kos commissioned scores of polls from Research 2000, this raises questions about whether the polls were priced too low.

Now, let’s get the popcorn ready as we await the countersuit.