is this a good thing or a bad thing?

so yesterday in the newspaper, there was an article about something that i have worked on this summer. not substantively or anything, but still, when i saw it, i was kinda excited and i thought, "i know about that!" then later that evening, i saw someone's away message, which linked to that same article as an example of what he works on (and why his friends never see him.) so the first thing i was wondering is if we both work on the same side of the case, as in this guy just needs oodles of legal help since this is all a pretty huge enterprise, or if he's working for the other "side" (which has quotes b/c it isn't litigation). but either way, i just didn't think it could possibly be a good thing when we're all working on the same cases. or is this "networking" and how we "build relationships" in the legal community? hm. yes, well i don't think anyone was guessing i would last long enough for that sort of stuff to matter.