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  1. October 29, 2024

    EBay, Ex-Execs Deny Fault For Harassment Of Bloggers

    Online retailer eBay and a group of former executives say a 2019 harassment campaign against a pair of Massachusetts bloggers was solely the work of rogue employees, urging a Massachusetts federal court to rule they're not liable over the episode.

  2. October 04, 2024

    Couple Harassed By EBay May Not Get Maximum Damages

    A federal judge said Friday she will have to decide count by count whether she can allow a Massachusetts couple suing eBay over a harassment campaign against them to seek punitive damages under California law while pursuing compensatory damages for the same claims under the laws of the pair's home state.

  3. September 25, 2024

    Bloggers In EBay Stalking Case Can't Pinpoint Lost Sources

    A Massachusetts couple suing eBay after their blog's critical coverage of the e-commerce giant made them the target of a corporate harassment scheme told a federal judge on Wednesday they aren't able to specifically identify potential sources who were allegedly chilled into silence by the scheme.

  4. September 23, 2024

    Journalists Say EBay Can't ID Sources In Stalking Case

    A Massachusetts couple who were harassed by a group of eBay Inc. employees over their negative blog posts about the company said they shouldn't have to turn over the names of confidential sources purportedly scared off by the ordeal.

  5. August 05, 2024

    EBay Resists Calif. Damages In Mass. Stalking Case

    Married Massachusetts bloggers who were stalked and terrorized by eBay Inc. employees shouldn't be able to seek punitive damages available under California law while having Massachusetts law otherwise govern liability for their myriad civil claims, the e-commerce giant is arguing.

  6. 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. 

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.