ZO Skin Health files complaint against Obagi Medical Products

Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMPI), a leader in topical aesthetic and therapeutic skin health systems, today announced that it was served January 7, 2010 with a complaint from ZO Skin Health, Inc., a company affiliated with Dr. Zein Obagi, OMP’s original founder. The complaint, filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, seeks unspecified damages and injunctive relief under various contract, tort and statutory theories. Dr. Obagi and affiliates also served a demand for arbitration pursuant to certain 2006 agreements with OMP in which he makes additional claims for damages and other relief. OMP is in the process of reviewing the allegations contained in the complaint and in the demand for arbitration and intends to vigorously defend itself against these claims.