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Corporate Counsel

EBay Chief Legal Officer Exiting in Wake of $3M Cyberstalking Settlement

Marie Oh Huber is stepping down after cleaning up the legal fallout from a campaign unleashed by a group of employees to terrorize a Massachusetts couple as retribution for negative coverage in their e-commerce newsletter.
3 minute read

Law.com

Passenger's Vicarious Liability Claims Proceed Against Uber Following Alleged Assault by Driver

"Here, based on the facts alleged in the Complaint, Micah was at the address as part of his business driving for Uber and assaulted Plaintiff to coerce payment of a debt owed to Uber; therefore, a reasonable jury could determine that ... the assault was in furtherance of Uber's business," U.S. District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. said, denying Uber's motion to dismiss on the plaintiff's vicarious liability claims.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Pitney Bowes Legal Chief Retiring on Heels of Rancorous Proxy War

Departing Chief Legal Officer Daniel Goldstein said Pitney Bowes is "an iconic company ... going through an important transformation."
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Online Retailers Frustrated That FTC Fake-Review Ban Would Give Tech Giants a Pass

Hindering the agency's efforts to crack down on shady reviews is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which provides online platform with immunity to claims stemming from third-party content.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Shein Loses U.S. General Counsel as It Fights Flurry of Litigation, Preps for IPO

Valerie Ho helped craft the fast-fashion giant's global legal and compliance structure and was helping it fend off questions about its IP and labor practices as it preps for an IPO.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Federal Class Action Accuses StubHub of Deliberately Misleading Customers on Ticket Prices

The class asserts that StubHub uses a strict computer algorithm to tack on as much as $3 per ticket sold despite hiding it from paying customers.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Why 13 Trademark Infringement Lawsuits, With Hundreds of Defendants, Were Dismissed in Chicago

"Finally someone is holding [the plaintiffs'] feet to the fire," said Cory Jay Rosenbaum of Long Island law firm Rosenbaum Famularo & Segall.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Victims of eBay's Harassment Upset Prosecutors Have Spared Top Brass

Then-CEO Devin Wenig set the intimidation campaign in motion by sending an ominous-sounding message to then-chief communications officer Steven Wymer. But neither man said they knew about, or endorsed, the outrageous conduct that followed.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Blatant Pretext': Class Action Claims Amazon Fired Employees for Taking FMLA Leave

"Defendant Amazon has repeatedly terminated employees for taking time off while on approved medical leave despite the employees receiving notification from defendant Amazon that they had time remaining for their approved medical leave," the complaint said.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hit With Felonies for Terrorizing Newsletter Publisher, eBay Agrees to $3M Settlement

EBay CEO Jamie Iannone called the 2019 harassment campaign, which included sending live spiders and cockroaches and a bloody pig mask, "reprehensible."
3 minute read

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