Steiner et al v. eBay Inc. et al

  1. December 12, 2023

    EBay, Ex-Officials Can't Duck Claims Over Stalking Ploy

    A Boston federal judge ruled Tuesday that eBay Inc., several high-ranking former executives and others must face civil claims by married Massachusetts bloggers who were stalked and terrorized by the e-commerce giant's corporate security apparatus to squelch the couple's reporting. 

  2. August 10, 2023

    Mass. Couple Gets 2025 Trial Date In EBay Cyberstalking Case

    A lawsuit filed two years ago against eBay Inc. and its higher-ups for allegedly cyberstalking and terrorizing two married Massachusetts journalists over their reporting on the e-commerce giant will wait another year and a half to go to trial, a Boston federal judge said Thursday.

  3. April 21, 2023

    Ex-EBay Execs Attack Thin Links To Civil Stalking Claims

    EBay Inc.'s former chief executive said Friday that his August 2019 text message telling a coworker to "take her down" had no connection with a bizarre stalking campaign to chill a Massachusetts couple's reporting on the e-commerce giant.

  4. March 02, 2023

    EBay In Talks With Feds To Settle Stalking Probe

    EBay Inc. is in settlement talks with Boston federal prosecutors to resolve potential criminal liability for its employees stalking and harassing a Massachusetts couple who run an e-commerce blog.

  5. October 17, 2022

    EBay Denies Cyberstalking Probe Was 'Sham'

    EBay Inc. rejected a Massachusetts couple's claim that it ran a "sham" internal probe into a company cyberstalking scheme, countering in a Monday filing that the investigation formed the basis for the successful criminal prosecution of the seven former employees responsible.

  6. October 03, 2022

    EBay Stalking Victims Say Harassment Started At The Top

    A Massachusetts couple who were the victims of a bizarre cyberstalking campaign carried out by eBay Inc. employees say a pair of recent criminal sentencing hearings for the conspirators show the company's top brass were in on the harassment campaign.

  7. September 29, 2022

    'Cruel' EBay Stalking Ploy Lands Former Execs Prison Time

    A couple stalked by an eBay security team over their e-commerce blog's reporting on the company watched from the gallery of a Boston federal courtroom Thursday as the two senior-most executives charged in the scheme were sentenced to 57 months and 24 months in prison.

  8. June 10, 2022

    Former Exec Says EBay Should Pay Legal Tab Despite Plea

    A former eBay Inc. executive argued Thursday that his former employer should pay his legal bills even though he admitted to playing a role in a cyberstalking and harassment campaign against a Massachusetts couple whose blog criticized the e-commerce giant.

  9. May 27, 2022

    EBay Balks At Indemnifying Convicted Exec, Paying Legal Tab

    A former eBay Inc. security executive's guilty plea for stalking a Massachusetts couple who ran an industry blog bars him from being indemnified by the e-commerce giant in the criminal action or a related civil case, the company argued.

  10. January 31, 2022

    EBay In Talks To Settle Couple's Harassment Claims

    EBay Inc. is in talks to settle civil claims that its executives orchestrated a campaign to terrorize a married Massachusetts couple whose blog was critical of the e-commerce giant, according to a Saturday court filing.

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